Over the past 25 years of psychological research, emotional intelligence has been shown to play a crucial role in our relationships, productivity, performance, job satisfaction, and a lifestyle based on faith. Essentially, emotional intelligence is the basis of positive productivity, educational achievement, interpersonally engagement and focused faith. Emotional intelligence is associated with confidence, diligence, and self-respect. It is the foundation to calmness, flexibility, hope, and sustained attention when work place and family life crises hit and panic threatens to set in.
Faith is the belief in a person much greater than oneself that is influencing the events of history and the life experiences of each individual. Personal faith is the decisive act of placing one's confidence and very life in the hands of a personal God who cares and lives within those who have placed their trust in him. He is the essence of what one would hope for and the essence of things unseen. Faith is living beyond the here and now and with a view of life's purpose and meaning into the future...eternity.
Emotional intelligence and faith intersect when a person acts in faith and trusts the living God for wisdom when confronting a real life event, problem, or situation. Such events are faced with an expectation of positive resolve because God is in it and cares about the outcome and those involved in it. It is ultimately taking on a significant event that would fail if God were not in it.
Quite simply, emotional intelligence is a set of competencies that enhance a person's ability to relate positively to others in a wide variety of settings. It is being interpersonally smart and effective.