Physical And Mental Health (Luke 6:17-19)
Gary McManus, 02/07/2016Part of the Jesus Came to Restore series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
February 7, 2016
Luke 6:17-19 (p.1020 / p.1033)
Mental health/physical health?
http://www.marketwatch.com/
story/10-most-miserable-cities-in-america-2014-05-07
In America’s most miserable cities, residents were
less likely to be in good physical health and
far more likely to report unhealthy behaviors.
No. 5 Most Miserable Cities:
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
--Indiana ranks 41st healthiest state in 2014
(No. 1 would be the healthiest.)
--Indiana ranks as the SEVENTH most obese state.
--Delaware and Madison County rank
84 and 79 of 92 counties in health.
http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/
sites/default/files/state/downloads/CHR2015_IN_0.pdf
Sense of Well-Being
2015 (this is what people themselves report
about their own sense of well-being)
Indiana is 45th – bottom FIVE
http://www.gallup.com/poll/181547/alaska-leads-states-first-time.aspx
Abraham Lincoln is supposed to have said:
“Most people are about as happy as they
decide to be." He was partially right.
Weeks ago: Mark 5:1-20, demon possessed man
“New life” that is promised is not “settling.”
See John 10:10
Your faith is a key component of
mental health.
The promises of Jesus quoted in Isaiah 61.
Notice details in Luke 6:17-19.
[Luke does make a distinction between
unclean spirits and evil spirits. Pastor is
not sure what it means yet, but working on it.]
Mark’s Gospel book tells us about or mentions
Jesus healing those who were possessed NINE times.
The healing in Mark 5 tells us that the man’s
AFFLICTION has a MENTAL and EMOTIONAL
component to it. The man was mentally ill.
Jesus healed this man.
Hear the testimony of others. . .
“. . .not until I started PRAYING did my
internal life begin to shift.”
See Matthew 11:28: “. . .come to me all. . .”
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