Sermon Title: “The Mentally Healthy Believer”
November 15, 2020
God would like to have a word with us.
John 14:27
God wants to help us get through whatever we are going through …
Isaiah 46:4
Proverbs 3: 5-7
Lamentations 3:55
A Simple Plan to RISE above our struggle:
R: (reduce)_________________________________________________
I : (increase)________________________________________________
S: (substitute)______________________________________________
E: (eliminate)_______________________________________________
and help each other get through it too.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Ephesians 4:2
Romans 5:9-12
God wants to help us get over whatever we need to get over.
Ephesians 4:31
James 5: 16
John 16: 20
God wants to help us get beyond whatever we need to get beyond so he can bring good things out of what was meant for evil.
II Corinthians 1:4
Jerimiah 29:11
1 Peter 4:10
Hebrews 10:24
Luke 9:23
God wants our struggles to refine us, not define us;
empower us, not devour us.
Only you will decide how your story is going to end.
James 1:22
II Corinthians 4:17,18
God wants us to stop waiting for God to do, what God is wanting us to do.
II Corinthians 6:2 For God says, “At just the right time, I heard you. On the day of salvation, I helped you.” Indeed, the “right time” is now. Today is the day of salvation.
Questions for Reflection:
What does it mean to be a mentally healthy believer? How do you become that?
God wants us to get through, over, and beyond the trials in our life, what is the difference between getting through vs. getting over vs. getting beyond?
When looking at the RISE plan to get above our struggles, what is it you need to reduce? Increase? Substitute? Or Eliminate?
How do you allow your struggles to refine you rather than define you? How do you not become crippled by the difficult situations in your life?
Why is it so easy to wait for God to do something rather than stepping up? Where do you need to do what you have been waiting for God to do?
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