The lives of David, Job, Jeremiah, Elijah, Hannah, Jonah, Paul, and Jesus show us that emotional suffering is neither new nor shameful. God met each of them in their anguish…and through their stories, we learn how to care for others when they are suffering emotional and spiritual distress.
Helpful practices for overcoming mental health stigma and misconceptions in the church include education and awareness, open dialogue, using respectful language, challenging discrimination and many more.
In both church and community, mental health is often seen as a spiritual failure, a personal weakness, or something shameful and dangerous, rather than as a real health issue that can affect anyone and often needs both spiritual and professional care.
The Westminster standards teach that after death, believers’ souls go immediately to be with Christ in the highest heavens, where they are made perfect in holiness, while their bodies rest in the grave until the resurrection. For the wicked, the standards teach that their souls are cast into hell at death, while their bodies remain in the grave until the final judgment.
Beth Sonnenberg recently taught a Timothy Two Project International workshop for a group of twenty Children’s Ministry Leaders from fourteen local local churches in Fortaleza, Brazil located in the northeastern coastal State of Ceará.
Beth Sonnenberg recently taught a Timothy Two Project International workshop for a group of 20 Children’s Ministry Leaders from 18 local churches in Verde Rico, Mexico located in a mountainous region of the southwestern State of Guerrero.
As Christians, we have received a measure of God’s blessing in our deliverance from sin and death by Christ on the cross. For some Christians, that is as far as they want to go. However, that is not God’s will for our lives. 2 Chronicles 15.1-19 urges us to continue to press forward in a life of obedience.
We Are His Workmanship 