The Bible does not specifically refer to the topic of mental health, however, it does speak a lot about a person’s emotions, their mind, their soul, and their heart. Mental health is an extremely important topic that all people need to be familiar with today.
This study revealed that roughly 8 million deaths each year are linked to mental health conditions. What does the Bible say about mental health? How should we treat Christians struggling with mental health disorders? My goal is to assist those who are battling these issues by proposing helpful, biblical, and practical solutions.
What Can I Do
If you are struggling with mental illness, there are several things you can do. As stated previously, it is important to seek help from doctors, counselors, and therapists. Each of these people will be able to get you the best care you need in order to feel better and be more productive for the Lord.
The Bible tells us we should fill our minds with good things. The Apostle Paul urges us to think on the positive rather than the negative.
The Bible offers a lot of help for Christians struggling with depression and mental health issues
(Romans 8:15 )
“For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
(Romans 8:19 )
“The creation waits in eager expectation for the revelation of the sons of God.”
(1 Corinthians 15:55-57 )
“O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” 56 For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power. 57 But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
( Romans 5:12 )
“Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned.”
(Romans 8:22 )
“We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.”
(Ecclesiastes 9:3 )
“This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: that one thing happens to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.”
Scripture help and hope in Christ for people struggling with mental illness
(Philippians 3:21 )
“Who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.”
(2 Corinthians 4:16 )
“Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.”
(2 Corinthians 4:17-18 )
“For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”
(Romans 8:18 )
“I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.”
