True healing only happens in God’s timing, with God’s help, and through God’s spirit.

Psychological trauma refers to a person’s experience of emotional distress resulting from an event that overwhelms the capacity to emotionally digest it.

Trauma has stolen your identity.
John 10:10

Jesus wants to restore the identity you were meant to carry.
John 10:10

Healing is a process…. and it’s hard.
2 Corinthians 5:17

Jesus knew trauma, too. He can relate.
Psalm 22:1-2

God offers you comfort to cling to.
James 5:13
Psalm 147:3
Psalm 34:18
2 Corinthians 1:3–4

God is with you and He cares deeply.
Psalm 56:8 NLT

Depression is described as a lasting sense of sadness, emptiness, or lack of interest in things that used to bring joy which affects our mood, energy, and daily functioning.

1 Kings 16:33
1 Kings 19:1-5
John Ortberg Quote
1 Kings 19:6-7

Depression can affect your sleep, your appetite, and your ability to think clearly.

1 kings 19:8-9
1 Kings 19:9-10
We need to be sure we aren’t self-sabotaging our mental health.
1 Kings 19:11-14

Elijah couldn’t see a future ahead of him, but God did.

You are not alone.
You are not alone because God is with you.
Matthew 11:28-30
You are not alone because many are like you.
Galatians 6:2
You are not alone because we are with you.
Colossians 3:12-13 NIV
Jesus and Our Depression

Philippians 3:13-14 But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

John Delony – Own your past change your future.

Own Your Stories

Acknowledge Reality
Psalm 23:4

Get Connected
Ecclesiastes 4:7-8a
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Change Your Thoughts
Romans 2:12 NIV
Philippians 4:8

Change your Actions
Proverbs 18:24

Jesus will be with us in our journey
2 Chronicles 15:7

STAGE 1: DENIAL
Psalm 34:18 NLT
STAGE 2: ANGER
Psalm 13:1-2 NLT
STAGE 3: BARGAINING
Isaiah 55:8-9 NLT
STAGE 4: DEPRESSION
Psalm 23:4 ESV ESV ESV
STAGE 5: ACCEPTANCE
Revelation 21:4 NLT

Sorrow serves a purpose: it shows us our need for God.

Psalm 23
Psalm 23:4 ESV repeat

The valley reveals aspects of God that the mountain could never show you.

We can let sorrow lead us to the Savior who can heal us,
or we can choose to grieve in unbelief without hope.

Jesus cares deeply about your mental health because He cares deeply about you!
1 Peter 5:7 NIV
merimna (MEH-reem-nah) means solicitude. It’s translated as care, anxiety, concern, worry.
1 Peter 5:7 NLT
meló (meh-lo) means care, concern or worry for someone or something. It’s taking an interest in, caring for, and paying special attention to them.

1 Peter 5:7 AMPLIFIED BIBLE “casting all your cares [all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares about you [with deepest affection, and watches over you very carefully].”

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God HEALS us.
God HELPS us.
God brings us HOPE.

Jesus cares deeply about your mental health because He cares deeply about you! (repeat)

Question: What burdens are you trying to shoulder alone that Jesus wants to carry for you?