This Generation Isn't Sick. It's Lost.

Vlad Savchuk www.youtube.com

Brief Summary

Vlad Savchuk discusses the complexities of mental health, emphasizing the distinction between the mind and the brain, and how spiritual factors, particularly sin, play a crucial role in mental health issues. He critiques secular therapy for not addressing spiritual dimensions and argues that many mental health problems derive from a misunderstanding of sin rather than solely physical or emotional factors. Key takeaways from the video include the importance of recognizing mental health struggles as varied in nature—spiritual, physiological, and psychological. Savchuk encourages a holistic approach to mental health that includes faith and spirituality.

  • Mental health problems often stem from sin and spiritual battles rather than just physical or psychological issues.
  • Secular therapies may address symptoms but fail to tackle the core spiritual problems that influence mental health.

Intro

Vlad introduces the topic of mental health, illustrating it with a personal story of a father who experienced severe mental struggles affecting his ability to work. He emphasizes the blend of secular help and spiritual deliverance, arguing against the notion that all mental health issues are due to demonic influences. Savchuk points out the rising trend of antidepressant use in young people, highlighting that while mental health problems are real, they often have deeper spiritual roots.

Labels vs Identity

In this chapter, Savchuk discusses how mental health diagnoses are often based on subjective self-reports rather than objective medical testing. He cautions against "diagnosis shopping," where individuals seek labels for their struggles, possibly leading to misleading treatments. The evolving nature of diagnostic manuals reflects societal changes and cultural shifts, implying that definitions of mental health can alter over time. He also warns that relying solely on these labels can obscure the true nature of spiritual issues individuals might face.

Mind vs Brain

Vlad clarifies the distinction between the mind and the brain, explaining that the brain is a physical organ while the mind encompasses thoughts, reasoning, and emotions. He emphasizes that mental health issues should be understood in the context of both the physical and the immaterial soul. The Bible is cited in support of the need for mental renewal, pinpointing that transformation occurs in the mind rather than the brain, underscoring the importance of spiritual health in understanding and treating mental health.

Sin, Not Sickness

Here, Savchuk stresses that secular therapy often overlooks the root issue of sin that underlies many mental health problems. He argues that framing mental health solely within the context of trauma leads individuals to attribute their struggles to external circumstances and familial relationships rather than a deeper, spiritual condition. This misattribution can result in misguided solutions, including cutting off familial connections in favor of reliance on therapists who may not address the spiritual dimensions of mental health.

Unbelieving Mind

In this chapter, Vlad highlights the importance of acknowledging how a lack of belief can cloud judgment regarding mental health. He notes that many individuals may seek secular solutions while ignoring the spiritual battles at play, which can lead to a cycle of despair. Secular mental health frameworks often fail to recognize how sin can corrupt thoughts and motives, leaving individuals feeling empty despite pursuing therapy and medication. This chapter underscores the need to integrate faith into the understanding of mental health.

Limits of Secular Therapy

Savchuk concludes by addressing the limitations of secular therapy, asserting that it often focuses on symptom relief without addressing the core spiritual issues. He states that while medication may alleviate symptoms, it cannot resolve the fundamental spiritual dilemmas faced by individuals. He emphasizes that real transformation requires a deeper engagement with one’s faith and a relationship with Christ. The chapter culminates in a call to understand mental health holistically, as both spiritual and physical, advocating for a balance between secular and spiritual approaches to treatment.

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0:00 Today I would like to speak about when the mind is under attack. I remember when I heard a testimony of a father that I knew of him from as an acquaintance and he had an attack on his mind where he was not able to perform his normal functions which was driving a vehicle and it was so severe it was so difficult. It was so painful that he wasn't able to perform these duties and he would just stay home and not being able to provide for his family. Eventually, he saw a doctor, a a believer, but who helped him to get on some medication and throw that mental loop off and weaned him off of that medication. And this person functioned perfectly. In the world of deliverance,

0:47 in the world of the world that we are in, spiritual warfare, sometimes there is a label that get put on us is that these people they think everything is a demon. They don't believe in none of the science. They don't believe in none of medication. They don't believe in professional help. They just think everybody should shake, bake, throw up, manifest a demon, and that is it. And I want to tell you something. Hungry Jen believes in casting out demons. But we don't believe that casting out demons solves all other problems in our life. We don't believe that every single mental health issue is a demon. We do believe that there are demons and they do exploit mental health issues but you can have an attack on your brain. There are people who have damage in their brain, missing chemicals in their brain and because of that they have certain issues that need treatment and they need

1:32 medication. With that said, the mental health tsunami that is happening in our culture has gotten very big. For example, the statistic says in University of Michigan said that anti-depressant use from 12 to 24 year olds is 66% since 2016. So since 2016, I've lived in the United States since 1999. Since 2016, the anti-depressant pills have gone up 16 66%. In a spiritually oppressive world, the enemy can exploit this struggle to increase your doubt and steal your hope, using biology and behavior to pull people away from depending on God. Diagnosis shopping is

2:19 when people go looking for a label because it feels like a shortcut to explain the real pain they are experiencing. Many mental health diagnosis, they're actually symptom based. They're heavily shaped by your self-report. How we describe how we feel. There's often no blood work done, no X-ray, no scan that proves the diagnosis in the way that we can prove many physical illnesses. And there is one reason definitions they can shift. Diagnosis can shift as the culture shifts. Today I brought you a mental health Bible. I bought it online. So this is the Bible. The Bible.

3:04 The book. Uh this is the book that is used to diagnose people. It's very big. You probably will never read it. I won't read it. I just can't quickly through it. And this one pretty much describes all the mental health illnesses that mental health professionals would use to give person a diagnosis. Now unlike a broken ankle, a broken tooth, unlike a problem in your stomach with blood, a to or something where the doctor does blood work, where the doctor does a scan, an X-ray, and then they come to conclusions based on, hey, you have this problem, you have this defic deficiency. The way you get a mental illness mostly generally is you describe a problem. So you're the one describing it and then if you fit into the one of the many

3:52 criterias according to this book then you get a label and the secular therapists they're good therapists but there's also secular ones. Secular therapist is really a pastor with a notepad who can give you meds. They give you medication and some kind of a treatment. The challenge with this book though, and this is not me, you know, making fun of the mental health uh Bible, but the challenge with this book though is it does get updated with culture. So, as the culture changes, for example, that homosexuality was called a disorder. In 1952, it was called a disorder. In 1968, it was part of the sexual deviations. In 1980 it was ego dissentric homosexuality.

4:39 1987 weirdly homosexuality is no longer a disorder. Now in 2013 it's not a disorder at all. So this book operates as the culture shifts. So the disorder labeling does as well. Certain things are no longer politically correct. So we remove them. And therefore to stake your whole life based on what this book says. Oh, I must have this or I must have that. You have to be careful that this Bible changes as the culture does. Take another example is transgenderism. At one time it was called a disorder. Then it was changed into gender dysphoria. And now none of that is a

5:24 disorder. Why? Because you're transphobic. you're if you're going to think that that is a disorder, how dare you do that in this culture now that that can get you cancelled. That can get you kicked out of job. But that used to be in this book that that was a disorder. If a pastor gets up and says that that is a disorder, today you will be labeled with all kinds of labels. But that is what this book was saying today. That's not a disorder. today. An anxiety about your gender dysphoria is a disorder. And so I want to show you that it changes with culture and changes with time. The human condition is not getting better. It's getting worse. And the way that we diagnose it and the way that we

6:09 view it according to the culture has been fluctuating. There is also a diagnostic inflation. Definitions broaden so more people can meet the criteria. Even good professionals can be pulled into it as a criteria gets loosened. When financial incentives and pharmaceutical solutions are added, system can drift into unhealthy directions. Diagnosis inflation can turn normal struggles into disorders. People go to bed fine and wake up sick when the categories expand. If we're not careful, diagnostical categories can cause healthy people to see themselves as sick or moral spiritual battles can be treated only as medical ones. Worry

6:56 becomes a disorder. Anxiety becomes a diagnosis. And people can lose their call to renew their mind, guard their heart, pursue spiritual healing because the label becomes the final explanation. When we inflate diagnosis for struggles that aren't truly severe, we don't just confuse people. We also hurt people who have real crushing pain because serious suffering gets minimized. Resources are diluted and mental illness becomes so broad that it loses meaning for the people who genuinely need urgent help. Number two, the confusion that happens with the topic of mental health is this

7:44 where confusion is in many people's mind is that your brain is your mind. Number two, the brain is not the mind. The mind does the thinking and the brain is the instrument that it uses. The brain is the physical organ inside of your skull. You can scan it. You can measure it. You can see the damage. You can see the swelling in your brain. You can have tumors in your brain. You can have chemical effects in your brain. Doctors can examine the brain the way they examine your lungs, your kidneys, and the way they even take tests of your blood. Your mind though is the inner life of you. It's where you think, it's where you reason, it's where you imagine, and where you make choices.

8:32 Your mind is different. It cannot be put under microscope. You cannot x-ray somebody's thoughts. You cannot weigh somebody's imagination. You cannot measure somebody's wisdom. You cannot take a blood test for somebody's decision makingaking faculty. That's why because mine is immaterial. It belongs to the inner dimension of who you are. Romans chapter 12 verse two it says the following. and do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove that which is good and acceptable and perfect will of God. The Bible doesn't command your brain to be renewed. The Bible commands

9:18 your mind to be renewed. The Bible doesn't say, "And we have the brain of Christ." The scripture says, "We have the mind of Christ." So the Bible separates. See, the Greek and the Roman world separated the world into two parts. There's a physical part and then there's the immaterial part. The Hebrew world view always viewed you as one whole being that has dimensions that overlap. There is the physical body that God deeply cares for which is composed of your brain, all of the systems and structures. And then there is the immaterial dimension of you that overlaps and lives in the material parts of you. God wants to renew the immaterial part of you. He wants to change it. He wants to make it new. And

10:04 then God wants to heal the physical part and one day he will raise it back from the dead. So this part is not evil. Though the Greek thought thought that human body is evil, you want to get out of it so that you can have a really fulfilled life and really be deeply connected to the spirit mind of yourself. God teaches us that our body is his creation and one day he will make it new. But God's target right now through his kingdom is the mind of the person, the heart of the person, the immaterial part of the person. with that you when you go into a doctor for example when I need to get my teeth done and I have a cavity the dentist that works on my teeth I honestly don't care

10:50 if he's a Jehovah's Witness Mormon a Buddhist an atheist agnostic or honestly if he's a witch doctor as long as he doesn't drill any witch sorcery stuff into my teeth I don't ask for his theological preference why he is working on the physical part of me that can be scanned that could be x-rayed and that could blood work could be done up. He went to school for that and he's an expert in that. It's a physical tangible part of me. But when I have a problem with anxiety, when I have a problem with depression, when I have a problem, my mind cannot turn off and I have a problem with sleeping, I am no longer working with the physical scannable blood work can be done dimension of me. And now when I go for example to a therapist, I am concerned about the

11:37 therapist's framework of thinking. Why? He's not touching my tooth. He's touching a spiritual part that an X-ray cannot see. He is touching invisible part a blood work cannot measure. He is a pastor dealing with the supernatural reality of me. Now a good therapist will do blood work, will do a scan to eliminate all other physical problems that I have and then work with me to help me to get better in my mind. The problem I have though and a p as a pastor is this. When a Christian who believes in God, believes in this Bible goes to somebody

12:24 who is secular therapist for example and they do not understand that a psychotherapy or the mental health treatment today. They're not working just with your brain. They are working with the immaterial spiritual invisible part of you. a part that cannot be seen under microscope, a part that cannot be scanned. Now, the best way to describe the mind and the brain in my mind, and this probably is not the best uh according to the professionals, but I'm not a professional. I'm a simple guy, and this is how it makes sense for me. Dan hi.

13:10 Piano hi. Dan is the mind. Piano is the brain. So the relationship between your mind and your brain is similar. It's just generalized. Okay? So this is not a perfect illustration, but it will get the point across. Your mind is what does the thinking, but your mind thinks with your brain or through your brain. Who does the playing piano? Dan. But Dan plays the piano through the piano. Now Dan, if you can stop playing piano, disconnect your fingers from the keys, you'll no longer hear the music. When your mind is disconnected from your

13:57 brain, that's what happens when you die. No more music. When you are alive, the way God created it is that your mind thinks through your brain. But please make a distinction. Dan is not the piano and the piano is not Dan. Your brain is a physical organ. Doctors can examine. Doctors can treat. Tumors can develop. This piano can have broken keys. This piano can have issues. This piano cannot play music on its own. Somebody needs to work this piano. Now I can get behind these keys. And well I will right now and I can tell you that

14:43 that's about all that my so the problem isn't the piano the problem is Vlad now I can take this piano to the shop and say no I am not playing good piano because this piano is hindering well the the person can examine the piano says no nothing is wrong with the piano the problem is with you. So the challenge has happened is this is that we have went to the piano shop when reality it's the pianist that needs a teacher that needs to be trained. Many people what they have done is they have went and they said well I want you to treat this so that I could fix that. Put me on meds in here. See medication

15:28 cannot help this guy. Medication helps the piano. Medication is the different plugins. It can help the brain. But the problem is that the brain is not responsible for the mind. It can influence the mind. If this is not good, then cannot play really well. But you can have a great piano. If you have a bad piano player, piano is not the problem. The culture puts a lot of emphasis on how much the piano is the secret of great music, which is true. The Bible puts a lot of emphasis on how much the pianist plays the great music through a great piano. Meaning as your mind is, so is your life. May you prosper in your soul so that your life will prosper. Paul tells

16:14 us that renew your mind and therefore you will be transformed. So the Bible wants you to take care of your brain. Eat the broccoli, get some sleep, get 20 thou or 10,000 steps in, you know, eat healthy, do all of this stuff. Take care of your brain. When your brain is in trouble, go to the doctor who can treat it. But please understand, the reason why bad music is in your life is not just because you have a bad piano. It's because you are bad at playing it. That's what the Bible tells us. The mind is the problem. And who treats the mind? The mind is spiritual. The mind is immaterial. The mind is the part of you that will never die. The brain will die when you die. It will turn into ashes until God will resurrect it. But your mind will live forever. And that is a spiritual part, an invisible part, a

17:00 material part of you. So when you and I have a problem with the piano player, how many of you know it will be foolish for me to take Dan to a piano shop that fixes pianos and they said, "Hey, can you fix Dan?" Why? He's not playing piano. I want him to play piano. They said, "Well, we fix pianos. If we don't fix piano players and also it it will not be wise for me to take a piano that's missing few keys to a piano teacher and say piano teacher would you fix the keys and they will say no I train piano players I don't fix the keys do you see the difference between a piano and a piano player do you see the difference between your brain which can

17:46 have damage which can have issues that could affect your mind that could affect your abilities there are children that are born with the chromosome sons that are missing. And you see sometimes they're autistic or have some some very heavy learning disabilities because of the damage that was done when they were born to their brain and it affects their ability to function on this earth and their mind is limited or restricted or influenced by that infirmity. But generally speaking, the Bible puts all the emphasis and the weight for us as human beings on our mind as a decision making for our life, not on our brain. Are you with me? The brain is like piano. The mind is like the pianist. A broken piano can affect the

18:32 sound. If the keys are stuck, you won't play smoothly. In the same way, the brain health can influence your mood, focus, and emotions. Sleep, exercise, good food can help the instrument to function better. But piano does not choose the song. The pianist does. The brain can influence your mind, but it should not be described as the brain controlling the mind. Scripture keeps responsibility on the inner immaterial person. Guard your heart for out of it spring the issues of life. The Bible doesn't teach guard your brain for out of it spring all the issues of life. Meaning the pianist plays through the piano. The mind works through the brain. And it tells us we can take authority

19:17 over our thoughts, bringing every thought into captivity for the obedience of Christ. Take care of your brain, but don't shift the weight of your decisions onto your biology. God calls you to renew your mind. Guard your heart. Align your thoughts with Christ. The Bible doesn't always use one single word like modern psychology for our mind. It uses a family of words that describe the inner person. The mind, the heart, the soul, the spirit, the conscious, and the thoughts. All of that speak about that immaterial part of you that is real that cannot be seen by any machine on this earth that cannot technically be medicated through any medication. All that medication does, all that treatment does is it affects

20:03 the physical. And if the physical is the problem, then the immaterial can function better. If the physical isn't the problem, it does not necessarily fix the spiritual. It could limit the symptoms. It could numb the symptoms, but it doesn't cure the real issue. And as I wrap up this, the last thing that I want to share today, which is the two main aspects of mental health and I last year I took a uh a deeper dive because I've noticed that our generation is is anxious. It's like it's like crazy. And so read different books by by therapists both Christian and not Christian theologians and not theologians. people who have studied our

20:48 generation, people who have done a deep research into why are we so anxious, why are we so depressed and and what I found out through all of that is a big first of all is how people are trying to treat the spiritual part of us by only treating the physical. But sometimes they're missing that we the real us is the mind. It's not the brain. The brain will die. You will continue to live. The second part that I've seen and that is this what I'm going to address on today is that secular therapy and all of its emphasis on mental health, mental health awareness days and all of that which has its place where it's limited is that it does not include the framework that the deepest problem humanity has is sin.

21:38 When a therapist who is trained professionally, who can write prescriptions, does not believe that your deepest problem is sin, and you go in there to get treatment for your mental health, not for your brain, your mental health, and they think your problem is not what the Bible says your problem is. You can get misdiagnosed spiritually. You're treating a spiritual part of you. You're not just treating the brain. You're not treating the blood. You're not treating your skin. You're not treating your uh vascular system. You're not treating your heart and your lungs. You're treating a part a therapist cannot see. A counselor cannot see. I cannot see. You cannot see. But you and I know that it's real. And when they walk into that part of your life which is invisible and their framework

22:25 is that part of your life, the core problem is not sin. Then it gets shifted to something else. And nowadays of course it's shifted to trauma which is true. Many of us are traumatized. Many of us have had traumas. But many of us did not have trauma. We just had good parenting. Yeah. If I would go and tell my therapist the fact that my dad spanked me because I cussed out my cow when I was milking it. Long story. Won't go into it because I'll lose you. Yeah. One of my jobs before this job that I didn't get paid for was milking a cow. And I picked up a habit of cursing.

23:10 And I cussed like a sailor for seven days. Why seven days? Because on the seventh day, a cow tilt the bucket of milk and I gave that cow every word that a Russian vocabulary did not have. And my dad was walking by and he caught that. how he thought that there was a principality from heaven that fell that was sitting in that barn. He would have never imagined it was his precious, beautiful, handsome, spiritual son because he didn't teach me those words. So my dad did, you know, what they taught him to do from the Bible, spare not the rod, you know that part. And he um spanked me. I'm going to tell you one thing. I never cussed again. Now I tell you that story today. Okay,

23:57 you can say, "Well, Vlad, today you have trauma in your life." Why? Because your dad spanked you. Maybe perhaps. Or I'm a born sinner who cost a lot and my dad helped to deliver me through the belt. Now, we're not bringing deliverance through the belt to the United States. I don't want to go to jail for that. But I do believe some families probably would have benefited from that deliverance anyway. So today the main problem that a secular therapy will present is that if you have some kind of a mental health problem it is most likely due to some sort of problem that you've experienced trauma and there are people who experience serious trauma and there are people who simply grew up in a broken world all there is we grew up like this all the

24:43 time and the moment you begin to see that a trauma is the main problem that you have guess who's responsible for your problem your parents. So guess now what the solution is. Cut off your toxic family, which is a new trend. Cut off your mom and dad. Look what they did. And some parents were very toxic, 100%. There are stories that some parents did to their kids. It is terrible. Maybe a healthy boundary will be good. But when you begin to cut off your family, guess what you're doing? You're saying my mom and dad whom God called to raise me. They are the problem of all. They are the cause of all my problems. And sometimes they were no 100%. Maybe they've done something that

25:28 were not that was not right. That needs to be dealt with. We need to forgive and etc. But this thing where you cut off your family. Guess who can you go to now? You can't go to your family. You go to a person who is paid by insurance to take care of you. They don't care for you. I know they say they do, and I'm pretty sure they do. Wait until your insurance stops paying. Sorry, I can't see you. Why? You can't call me at 2:00 IN THE MORNING. WHY? I'M NOT YOUR PARENT. SO, the source, God doesn't say, "Teachers, therapists, Sunday school teachers, youth pastors, raise your children." He says, "Parents, raise your children." But parents are stupid. BUT PARENTS DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. PARENTS ARE NOT PROFESSIONAL. THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO

26:14 RAISE THEIR CHILDREN. YOU THINK God did not know that. Parents are not perfect, but they gave you birth. They brought you into this world. And they some parents say they can take you out of this world and they've done it and they shouldn't do that. But the reality is is that what I've seen and I've seen these people who go through sometimes getting this treatment and they come back, cut this person off, cut this person off, cut this person off. and they're walking in this bubble and the only person they talk to is only mental health professional WHOM MAY I REMIND YOU IS ON THE clock and they remove community completely, walk away from the church, quit this job. But what they do fail to understand sometimes is that it's not only the trauma that is caused by your environment. It is the fact that also

27:00 you have the Bible says a selfish nature. You're the center of your own universe that causes some of these things that need to be dealt with as well. If you want to have a good mental health, you must understand you are not a brain. You have a mind and your mind does the thinking. And the Bible teaches us that while the brain problems are real, you need to take care of the brain. And the mel mental health professionals are very important people, there is place and purposeful medication and all of that. At the end of the day, you as a human being, you are broken. And the Bible has something to say about your mind. The modern treatment often manages symptoms, but the gospel changes the core being. Medication can tune up the

27:46 piano, but only Jesus can change the pianist. The brain can be treated, but the mind must be transformed. What our culture calls disease, the Bible calls disobedience. Our culture has replaced repentance with treatment. The biblical diagnosis is deeper than our modern models labels. The Bible doesn't say the mind is just unhealthy. The Bible says the mind is darkened. Now I want you to see what the Bible describes the mind before Christ. Blind 2 Corinthians 4:4 corrupted. 2 Timothy 3:8. Darkened. Ephesians 4:18. Deceitful. Jeremiah 17:9. Depraved. Romans chapter 1 28 1 Timothy 6:5. defiled. Titus chapter 1

28:32 verse1 15 futile Ephesians chapter 4:1 17 hardened Exodus 7:14 and sick Jeremiah 17:9 that that's worse than not healthy that is the state of mind of every human being who is not connected to God now imagine treating that with medication the core issue that you and I have is sin. And that's what the Bible says. Jesus did not come just to make you little bit happier. Jesus came to make you new. And what happens in our modern tsunami of mental health is this is it ignores a biblical precedent for which

29:18 the root issue is sin. And because the root issue of sin, God sends his son Jesus Christ to take the inner immaterial part of you that is sick, defiled, darkened, and bound. And God gives you a new heart. God gives you a new mind. And then he gives us a word. He gives us a church. He gives us a godly family so that our mind can be renewed. In other words, so that Dan who is made new. Dan who is made new. Now, let's take Dan to school to teach him how to play these keys. God gives us his word. God gives us the church. God gives us godly parents and godly mentors. So that not only he gives us a new mind. God gives us also a training for our mind. Your mind needs to be trained. Your mind needs to be renewed.

30:03 Your mind needs to be a place where you win spiritual battles. My friend, your mind is a lot more spiritual than medical. Your mind is a lot more moral than medical. And don't fall into this trap where somehow mental health is only the issue of the secular culture can treat. But God I mean what does God know about mental health in 2026? Please understand God created the world that your mind operates in he knows a lot more about it. Imagine somebody so I have a YouTube channel five of them. I know a thing about YouTube. Let's say somebody comes to me who has never done YouTube and says something about YouTube and says, "No, Vlad doesn't know anything about it." Not to brag, I have

30:49 over two million subscribers just on one channel. I know a thing or two about YouTube. Okay? I'm not an expert though. The people who made YouTube that my channel is operating on know everything about YouTube because they made it. My channel operates on the platform they created. So you have to understand this is that the platform on which your mind is operating is called a spiritual world. Guess who made that world? Not a doctor, not a therapist, not a pastor, not a mental health professional. The creator of heaven was visible and invisible. Created the platform where your mind is operating at right now. He has gave us some insight and he is telling US THIS IS HOW you can operate with your mind on this world.

31:35 A label can describe a symptom but the scripture exposes the condition. Today's focus is on therapy which aims to relieve the symptoms for this life and which is good but scripture says many of our root problems are spiritual not psychological. Our biggest problem is not what therapy can solve. Our biggest problem is sin. Many Christians turn to secular therapists who deny the spiritual dimension of human problem yet expect to find wholeness in that system. Secular therapy cannot see how profoundly sin affects us. It corrupts our motives. It fuels relational conflict. It clouds our thoughts. It binds us to spiritual reality. Therapy can ease these symptoms, but it cannot cure your sin. The most common psych

32:20 psychotropic drugs are anti-depressants, mood stabilizers, anti-anxieties, antiscychotics, and stimulants. They work on your brain. But see, the mind is the problem. If someone has dark thoughts about death, they're not just having chemical malfunction, but it's a spiritual crisis. Medication can duel the pain, but it cannot bring light to a darkened mind. Depression is often a symptom, but the darkened thought life is the true cause. Anxiety is more moral than medical, and the scripture gives us remedy for it. Can therapy or medication help? Of course, for symptom relief, but not for your root issue. Taking anti-depressants for spiritual despair is like taking Tylenol for your tooth

33:07 infection. It will mask your pain, but it doesn't heal your tooth. Relief without repentance, without salvation, is simply numbing for a season. Salvation is not just coming to the front and praying a prayer and raising your hand and shedding few tears and putting your name on a guest card. Salvation is not just God taking a pretty good mine and improving it. He takes He takes the wreck mine, flat tires and all engine does not run. Transmission doesn't run and make it brand new. The gospel tells us that Jesus doesn't upgrade our sick, depraved, blind, deceived, selfish mind. Jesus transforms it. Salvation brings a

33:53 new heart, meaning a new you, new creation identity. The mind starts renewing. You have a new illumination, a new light that comes on. God shines the light into the heart to give knowledge of Christ. And then not only that, God gives you new power called the Holy Spirit to fight the spiritual battles that now come in your mind. Salvation doesn't just calm you down. It wakes you up to a real battle where the limit is in the secular therapy in dealing with mental health crisis and that is they ignore how profoundly sin affects our inner self.

34:38 They ignore that. And secondly, and that is what I'm going to deal with next week, is they ignore that there are invisible enemies that no raider can detect, but they are real. They're called persons without bodies. They're called demons who somehow someway made your mind the target of their fight. So imagine walking in into a room and only thinking, I just have depressing thoughts. I just have anxious thoughts. Oh, it's just the pressure. It's just my parents. It's just my trauma. 100%. All of these things could be the symptoms of the root issue. The Bible, the word of God, God who created your whole being, your body, soul, and spirit. God who

35:24 created the part of you that nobody else can see, no scan can see, and that no blood work can detect. God who created that he's saying in the root of this, there is a root nobody else can see. That is growing all the fruits. And this root is called your fallen nature, your sin. And I have sent my son Jesus Christ to deal with that root. God is not saying the symptoms are not real. God is not saying that the pain you're experiencing is not important. It is important. But God goes deeper into it. He doesn't want to mow the lawn. He wants to uproot the grass. He doesn't just want to clear the spiderwe. He wants to squash the spider. And the moment you get a new nature, the moment you get a new mind, the moment you get a new identity, God says, "Whoa, whoa, whoa. That's not over." Why?

36:11 Because now you just stepped in the line of fire. Now there are forces you cannot see. YOU KNOW THEY'RE REAL. YOU FEEL THEIR PRESENCE AT NIGHT. YOU FEEL THEIR PRESENCE IN YOUR MIND. SOMETHING FOREIGN IS ATTACKING my mind. And God pulls the curtain and says, "And now you're the target. BUT BECAUSE YOU'RE THE TARGET, I'LL GIVE YOU THE GREATEST POWER THE UNIVERSE has ever seen. My Holy Spirit to WALK WITH YOU AND FIGHT WITH you and to win with you. Mental health is real, but the mind is more spiritual than you think. The mind is not the brain. The mind thinks through the brain. The root issue of the mental health tsunami according to the scripture is more spiritual than we give

36:57 credit to. And the solution is a lot more spiritual than we imagine. The mind is affected by sin more than you realize. And when you get a new mind through Christ, you become the target. Revival is not just a feeling, it's an action. Through our ministry, revival looks like this. Over 280 million views has been reached through our three YouTube channels and over 2 million Bible reading plans have been completed. Missionaries empowered to bring the gospel to the darkest corners of the world. Revival looks like building safe homes in the Amazon, feeding the hungry in Mayar, discipling students worldwide for free. If God is stirring your heart, I want to invite you to partner with us.

37:44 Let's see souls saved, churches awakened, and nations transformed together. Click on the link below and join the revival movement today by becoming a partner with this ministry.

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