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The Word of God says we can have mental health if we follow the principles that the Lord gave for our well-being. We must heed the words of Christ:

*  "If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men" (Romans 12:18).

*  "Be not overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good" (Romans 12:21).

*  "Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath" (Ephesians 4:26).

*  "Neither give place to the devil" (Ephesians 4:27).

*  "Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers" (Ephesians 4:29).

*  "Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice" (Ephesians 4:31).

*  "And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you" (Ephesians 4:32).

On Mother's Day, May 8th, 2005, my mother, Sue Campbell, went to be with the Lord. She was 89 years of age and had enjoyed a happy and fruitful life. Many have said, "I am so sorry that she had to die on Mother's Day." My granddaugher, who was only ten years old at the time said, "It's alright because she was the grandest mother of all!"

Mother graduated from college when she had four children. She served as a pastor's wife for 50 years and helped countless couples and women to find a strong faith in the Lord. People were drawn to her by her magnetic smile and the joy of the Lord that filled her life.

When Mother was eleven years of age, Jesus appeared to her in a vision as she made a public declaration to receive the Lord into her heart. This life changing experience happened to Mother in her little country church. From that moment on, she never turned away from the One who gave her new life!


The Word of God shows that we can have spiritual and mental wholeness. Mark 5:15 gives the end results of the Lord's ministry to the Gadarene demoniac. "And they came to Jesus and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind..."


Luke 5:11-32 also shows a man who was oppressed by the devil and yet would not be considered as a "mental case" by today's standard. Yet he was oppressed and tempted by spirits of lust, greed, and rebellion.


Verse 17, 18 states, "And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,..."


The Word of God says that we can have mental health if we follow the principles that the Lord gave for our well-being.  We must heed the words of Christ:


1.  "Don't worry, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be known unto God..." (Philippians 4:6).


2. "That ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service" (Romans 12:1).


3.  "And be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and accectable, and perfect will of God" (Romans 12:2).


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