1. What does the bible have to say about mental ill health?

2. What does the bible have to say…
Jonah 2:5-7
5 The waters closed in over me to take my life;     the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head 6     at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land     whose bars closed upon me forever; yet you brought up my life from the pit,     O Lord my God. 7 When my life was fainting away,     I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came to you,     into your holy temple
…… About mental ill health?
Daniel 4:5
As I lay in bed the fancies and the visions of my head alarmed me

3. What does the bible have to say…
…… To those of us who have mental ill health concerns?
Read, meditate on and confess the word of God
Bring Praise and worship to god
Seek godly counsel and/or specialist ministry
Surround yourself with godly friends
The Collect for the Second Sunday in Advent
BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast, the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

4. What does the bible have to say…
…… to those who seek to support those with mental ill health?
Pray for one another – bring people to Jesus
Understand that this is a spiritual battle
Have a humble and inclusive attitude
John 12:8 (paraphrased)
The vulnerable you will always have with you