Mental ILLNESS and the BELIEVER
Today the US Government said 45 MILLION Americans or 1 in 5 suffer from mental illness and most go untreated. God has a mental health program and we as believers need to exercise our minds for soundness or health!
God’s constant call to His servants in His Word is for their minds to be His dwelling place. That is why Paul called the early church to begin training older men in the godly habit of living reverently for God. That is the second character quality laid down for grace-energized older men in Titus 2:2. Grace-energized men think and live reverently as they walk through each day of their lives. They are men who try by choice and conviction to worship nothing but God. Reverent men understand that nothing in life is neutral, nothing in life is harmless. Everything in life is either for God or against Him. Everything is either promoting God’s Glory or opposing it. Men, how are you doing at guarding your heart? Your heart (as the mind is referred to in the Bible) is the entry point of God’s grace, the communication channel for worship and prayer, and the spiritual battle field. Is your mind daily placed under God’s control—or not? Proverbs 4:23 Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life. NKJV Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. NIV A mind given to God is reverent, and God wants reverent men. Men regarding Him with awe, devoted to honoring and obeying Him—while living in a sin-energized world. Reverent men think much and often about God. Remembering what God's Word says: ‘as a man thinks…so is he’ (Pr. 23:7)
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