Mental and emotional pain are warnings that your thinking and behavior are self-damaging and need to be adjusted. To have the mind of Christ we must let God’s Spirit direct our mental traffic.

Invite the living Jesus into the home of your heart and ask Him to heal all that’s not right in there. Then open wide the door of your heart to everyone you know so that Christ in you can show Himself strong on their behalf and set them free from their demons. (See Luke 4:38-41.) If it wasn’t for demons and their inner accusations, temptations, and torment, maintaining mental health wouldn’t be so difficult.

If God can speak to your preacher God can speak directly to you! Listen to Him! Jesus said, “Learn from Me.” It’s not enough to just learn from a preacher or a book. It may be easier to trust a religious professional to hear Jesus for you, but it’s much more powerful to hear Jesus for yourself. If we believe that a religious professional needs to control a church service, then we don’t trust the Holy Spirit to directly lead it.

Everyday read the Bible with an open heart–every day, every single day–at least 5 minutes. Listen to Jesus as you read.

Let your heart
And your head
Be ever lead
By Christ in you.