I don’t think there is any arguing that Jesus was the healthiest individual who ever walked planet Earth. Some may want to push back with, “Of course He was because He didn’t have any problems to deal with!”
But the writer of Hebrews tells us that Jesus experienced everything you and I will ever experience (Hebrews 2:17), so His deity didn’t exclude Him from the stressors that His humanity would have to face. And yet, He handled all of these things successfully.
Luke the physician observed the growth of Jesus and tells us that it all began with Jesus having a robust mental health. From that foundation, everything else—physical, spiritual, relational—all could develop properly. We must learn from this example and pay careful attention to our own mental health.
This Sunday we will begin a series that we will be returning to once each month throughout this whole year called A Christian’s Mental Health. I would love to have you join us in person, but if you are unable to do that, we will make all of the messages available on Facebook and YouTube. If you’ve missed any of the messages, or simply want to review what we’ve already learned, you can find them all here:
Craig T. Owens 
February 4, 2023 at 6:07 am
[…] Sunday. This will be a once-per-month series for the remainder of the year and it’s simply called A Christian’s Mental Health. If you don’t have a home church in the west Michigan area, I would love for you to join me in […]
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February 6, 2023 at 6:01 am
[…] If you would like to download the graphic of this prayer for your phone, simply leave me a comment with the model of the phone, and I’ll get the right-sized graphic right out to you. And you can also follow along with all of the messages in this series by clicking here. […]
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March 6, 2023 at 6:01 am
[…] If you would like to download the graphic of this reminder for your phone, simply leave me a comment with the model of the phone, and I’ll get the right-sized graphic right out to you. And if you missed the first message in this series, you can review that lesson by clicking here. […]
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April 3, 2023 at 6:01 am
[…] When Luke says first that “Jesus grew in wisdom” before he mentions any of the other ways Jesus grew, that is our indication that a healthy mind is at the foundation for every other aspect of health (Luke 2:52). If you’ve missed the mental health keys we’ve already learned, you can review them by clicking here. […]
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May 8, 2023 at 6:02 am
[…] This is part 4 in our series on a Christian’s mental health. If you’ve missed any of the other messages I’ve shared, you can find them all by clicking here. […]
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June 5, 2023 at 6:01 am
[…] This is part 5 in our series on a Christian’s mental health. If you’ve missed any of the other messages I’ve shared, you can find them all by clicking here. […]
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August 7, 2023 at 6:01 am
[…] I’ve already shared five strategies that Christians can employ to enhance their mental health, and I encourage you to check them out here. […]
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September 4, 2023 at 9:05 am
[…] If you’ve missed any of the other mental health strategies we’ve already covered in this series, you can find the full list by clicking here. […]
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October 2, 2023 at 6:01 am
[…] If you’ve missed any of the messages in this series on mental health, you can find all of them by clicking here. […]
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November 6, 2023 at 6:01 am
[…] If you’ve missed any of the previous eight mental health strategies that I have shared in this series, you can find them all by clicking here. […]
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January 1, 2024 at 6:02 am
[…] A Christian’s Mental Health—I don’t think there is any arguing that Jesus was the healthiest individual who ever walked planet Earth. Some may want to push back with, “Of course He was because He didn’t have any problems to deal with!” But the writer of Hebrews tells us that Jesus experienced everything you and I will ever experience (Hebrews 2:17), so His deity didn’t exclude Him from the stressors that His humanity would have to face. And yet, He handled all of these things successfully. Luke the physician observed the growth of Jesus and tells us that it all began with Jesus having a robust mental health. From that foundation, everything else—physical, spiritual, relational—all could develop properly. We must learn from this example and pay careful attention to our own mental health. […]
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January 6, 2024 at 6:06 am
[…] Trying to fix yesterday or worrying about tomorrow robs you of the peace God wants you to have. Check out the full series of mental health strategies I shared here. I have lots of new content every week, which you can check out on my YouTube […]
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January 20, 2024 at 6:06 am
[…] in the past. Learn from it and keep moving forward. Check out a whole series of posts and videos on a Christian’s mental health. I have lots of new content every week, which you can check out on my YouTube […]
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January 20, 2024 at 6:06 am
[…] in the past. Learn from it and keep moving forward. Check out a whole series of posts and videos on a Christian’s mental health. I have lots of new content every week, which you can check out on my YouTube […]
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June 8, 2024 at 6:06 am
[…] Michael R. Emlet writes, “There are no easy answers here. In thinking about the juxtaposition of mental-health issues and church discipline, we want to be wary of two extremes. First, we don’t want to avoid corrective pastoral care out of fear that we will ‘add insult to injury’ for those struggling with mental affliction. Second, we don’t want to care for someone with mental illness exactly as we would care for someone without such a struggle. We want biblical truth and love to guide us.” This is a thoughtful post about how pastors should think about mental illness in church disciple. I shared a year-long series of messages on a Christian’s mental health, which you can find here. […]
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May 3, 2025 at 6:06 am
[…] presented a whole series of posts and videos on a Christian’s mental health. Please check it out here. You can replace your anxious thoughts with comforting and delightful […]
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