"How Can I Have Better Mental Health? Helmet of Salvation" // Monty Plummer

How can we improve our mental health? The Helmet of Salvation protects our thoughts and guards our hearts! When we declare Jesus as Lord, we begin to experience His transformative power!

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How Can I Have Better Mental Health?

Helmet of Salvation

(Ephesians 6:10-11, 17a NLT) 

A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. (11) Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. 

…(17) Put on salvation as your helmet.

(Romans 10:9-10 NLT) 

If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (10) For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.

(Proverbs 4:23 NIV) 

Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

(Proverbs 4:23 NLT) 

Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.

(Proverbs 4:23 ERV) 

Above all, be careful what you think because your thoughts control your life.

(Luke 8:35-36 NIV) 

And the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. (36) Those who had seen it told the people how the demon-possessed man had been cured. 

We Need to Get PROACTIVE with Our Thoughts! 

(Mark 7:20 NLT 1996) 

And then he added, “It is the thought-life that defiles you.”

(Colossians 2:8-9 NLT) 

Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ. (9) For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body.

(2 Corinthians 10:3-5 NLT) 

We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do. (4) We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. (5) We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ.

Think Like God Wants Us To 

(Colossians 3:1-2 NLT) 

Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. (2) Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. 

(Philippians 4:8-9 NLT) 

And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. (9) Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.

Change Your Thinking in a Moment!

(Romans 12:2 NLT) 

Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

(Colossians 3:10 NLT) 

Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.

(Colossians 3:14-15 NLT) 

Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony. (15) And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful.

CONNECT GROUP QUESTIONS:

• How do we put salvation as our helmet? (Ephesians 6:17a, Romans 10:9-10 NLT / 10:9-10 JCB) 
• Why is it important to guard our thoughts? (Proverbs 4:23 NLT, Mark 7:20 NLT, Colossians 2:8-9 NLT, 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 NLT, Colossians 3:1-2 NLT)
• How can we think like God thinks and change our thinking in a moment? (Colossians 2:8-9 NLT, Philipians 4:8-9 NLT, Romans 12:2 NLT, Colossians 3:10 NLT, Colossians 3:14-15 NLT)
• Can any of these scriptures help you personally fight thoughts or lies from the enemy? 

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