Everyone wants to talk about MENTAL HEALTH. No one wants to talk about getting MENTALLY HEALTHY.

There are some of you dealing with crippling anxiety. Some of you have felt like you’ve been a slave to depression. It’s hard. It’s a journey. You’re not alone in that journey.

You have a God who CARES. He does not abandon you in the struggle. You have a God who time and time again in Scripture says, I AM WITH YOU.

Four reminders that could bring HEALING to your life:
1. You Can Change Your Mind
-You DON’T HAVE TO BE STUCK. For those of you who are feeling like your MIND is in prison, you can ESCAPE that prison

2. Mind Over Matter
-2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV) - For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
-YOU CAN RENEW YOUR MIND. You have the ability to impact your mental state. You are not a slave to your thought life. Rather you are ACTIVELY writing the DNA code that your brain.

3. Capture The Thought
-2 Corinthians 10:5 (NASB) We are destroying arguments and all arrogance raised against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ
-We are not a SLAVE to our thoughts. We are not a SLAVE to our mind. We are not a SLAVE to anything existing between our ears. Paul says that we are to make our THOUGHTS our slave. We take them CAPTIVE

4. The Formula to Freedom
-Philippians 4:6-8 (NASB) Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and pleading with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, think about these things. As for the things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

We need to FILTER our minds according to these standards. We’ll stop thinking of ourselves as UGLY when we realize that according to God we are fearfully and wonderfully made.