Let's Talk About It
A Conversation On Mental Illness
Leo Burge
Part of Let's Talk About It—A Conversation On Mental Illness
October 1, 2023

Welcome to church!!

We are so excited you’re joining us for worship. Whether you’re here with us in person, or tuning in online, we believe that God has a word for you today. If this is your first time visiting, or maybe you’ve been coming for a while but haven’t taken a next step to let us know, we can’t encourage you enough to fill out Connect Card at the Connect Desk in the lobby, or go to the Next Steps tab at the bottom of the screen in the Life Church app and fill a digital Connect Card in the Connet section. As always, never hesitate to let us know if there’s any specific way we can be praying for you!

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 

14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. —Ephesians 6:10-13 NIV

For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword.. —Hebrews 4:12 NIV

For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. —2 Corinthians 10:3-4 NIV

Stronghold: A prisoner locked by deception Living life by something that’s not true. 

Stronghold: Anything that exalts itself in our minds, “pretending” to be bigger or more powerful than our God. 

When we believe the lie. We empower the liar. 

1. The Name of Jesus.

Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. —Philippians 2:9-11 NIV

Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. —Romans 10:13 NIV

2. The Word of God.

For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword… —Hebrews 4:12 NIV

3. The Power of the Blood of Jesus.

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. —Revelation 12:11 NKJV

Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? —Romans 8:35 NLT

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. —Romans 8:37 NIV