Throughout this series, we have compiled a list of mental health resources which can be found going forward at https://victorycc.life/resources.
You can’t have a positive life with a negative mind.
Major factors of our mental health are both biological and environmental.
Dr. Gary Nichols is going to help us answer some of the questions submitted by our church during the mental health survey at the beginning of this series. Feel free to take notes as he talks with us about each of the following questions:
1. Is it true that you are either mentally healthy or mentally ill?
2. Why do you think our culture has gotten to the point where there’s such a stigma or taboo around the topic of mental health?
3. How do you find a counselor who is a good fit without having to tell your story over and over?
4. How should a spouse or parent help their family when they are struggling?
5. When I pray for this past trauma to go away and God hasn’t taken it away, what do I do?
6. Poor mental health, unless due to medical imbalances, drug induced or accidental injury, seem to be all self centered anxiety. How is this statement true or untrue?
Is there something you wished you could tell everyone about mental health?
Is there one last piece of advice or something you’ve found helpful to share as we wrap up our time together?
I can’t control what
State of mind: Your mood or mental state at a particular time.
Frame of mind: Your mood or mental state at a particular time which causes you to have a particular attitude to something.
No matter your level of faith in God, we have this in common —
We don’t really know what we believe until our faith, our health, or our mental health has been tested.
23Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again. 24Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. 25Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea, 26I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers. 27I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. 28Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches. 29Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? —2 Corinthians 11:23-29 NIV
12Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel. 13As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ. 14And because of my chains, most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord and dare all the more to proclaim the gospel without fear.—Philippians 1:12-14 NIV
We will always be tempted to examine our pain, suffering and loss within the context of our life alone.
4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy— think about such things. 9Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. —Philippians 4:4-9 NIV