Chapter 13
Rethinking Mental Health: A Call to Spiritual Maturity
There is a certain category of "sickness" (for lack of a better term) that many Christians believe the gospel cannot cure. Maybe they believe that God could heal these things — on the sole basis that he is all-powerful — but probably not really that he will do it, nor that he has ordained this type of healing to occur through the power of the gospel alone and not some separate miraculous healing.
I am thinking of things like anxiety, depression, addiction, eating disorders, PTSD, ADHD, Tourette's, OCD, BPD, etc. From my perspective, what all these have in common is that, being psychological in nature, the church has decided they require some form of treatment in addition to or as a replacement for the gospel. They are believed to be outside the scope of what a pastor or a spiritual leader (or perhaps even the Holy Spirit) is equipped to treat unless, in some cases, the minister has been trained in the latest modalities of secular counseling. Even then, we say, none of these are his real profession, so we must ultimately lean on those who are truly equipped in the realms of therapy and medicine.
But here is a simple thought that I beg every Bible-believing Christian to consider. If the fruit of the Spirit is joy, then how can a mature (i.e., fruit-bearing) Christian be ravaged with depression? If the fruit of the Spirit is peace, then how can one who is walking by the Spirit bear the fruit of anxiety (See Galatians 5:22)? If God has given us a Spirit of self-control and/or a sound mind (see 2 Timothy 1:7), then how can one who is consistently manifesting the Spirit of God at the same time be consistently oppressed with something like an addiction or PTSD? Is not joy the exact opposite of depression? Is not peace the absence of anxiety (see Philippians 4:6, for example)? Is not addiction and Tourette's a lack of self-control; PTSD a lack of soundness in the mind? And yet, it never ceases to amaze me when Christians defiantly argue against these self-evident truths.
Can't we acknowledge that each of these disorders is considered a "disorder" for a reason? In other words, they are out of order and, in Christian terms, contrary to the nature of God, who does not experience any of these things. I can hardly imagine Jesus, in his final (most mature) years on earth, being described as any of these things. With this in mind, let us remember that, through faith, we "are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another" (2 Corinthians 3:18). Thus, to grow, to be transformed, to bear fruit, etc., is to become more and more like Christ, who is God, in whom there is only order.
To clarify, while we have "all things that pertain to life and godliness" (2 Peter 1:3), and while we have "become partakers of the divine nature" (2 Peter 1:4), these are only completely true and perfect in the spirit. This is to say that none of our disorders are spiritual, per se, but they exist within the flesh, or the mind of the flesh (i.e., the psyche), or the brain. This doesn't make them separate from the gospel's domain. The promise of the gospel is that what God has put inside of us (life, godliness, his Spirit, his glory, his nature, etc.) will be manifest in our bodies (see Romans 8:11) to a greater and greater degree as we grow. The mind of the flesh will become increasingly subject to the mind of Christ and, therefore, be rewired, retrained, renewed, restored.
Regarding something like anxiety and depression, some will say that God only promises us a type of joy or peace that is very deep down and internal but not one that is felt or experienced on the surface. But please understand, if this is the case, then God does not promise us fruit at all. For fruit, by definition, is the product, or produce, of the life inside you. It is not, itself, the life inside you. As such, the Holy Spirit is the life inside you, but the fruit of the Spirit is the life he manifests in your mortal body such that you feel it and others taste it. When we say that someone is "bearing fruit," we mean that they have grown or matured to such an extent that the life inside them is now being manifest outwardly, so much so that others near them can see it, pick it off, and taste it. That is fruit. That is maturity. That is what God promised to manifest in us in due time if we walk by the Spirit.
So then, isn't this the great offense? For it requires us to regard all our disorder as a lack of maturity.
To this point, I have heard many people make the argument about how some "great spiritual leader" was depressed their whole life, afflicted with melancholy and despair, and yet God still used them powerfully to minister. They explain this about the revered saint, and then they say, "Are you telling me that just because this person was depressed, they were not spiritually mature?" shocked that I could even consider such an offensive possibility. To which I respond, "Yes, that is what I am saying." For only one person should be our image for spiritual maturity, and that person is Christ, who is filled with joy. Even in his life on earth, though he experienced overwhelming grief and sorrow at times, we have no indication that he was anything close to what we would consider "depressed" in today's terms. Though some have suggested he could have been, if you know anything about depression and anything about Christ, you should see that any argument like that would be totally preposterous.
Usually, the person asking the question or making the argument that I outlined above has been hiding behind the "great spiritual leader's" condition to find comfort or justification in their own condition. It is much like the church has done with Paul's monologue in Romans 7, saying, "If Paul struggled like this, then there's nothing wrong with me for struggling like this." But are we so prideful to admit that we are spiritually immature, that we have not learned the Way? And are we so afraid to believe that the fruit God promised us is exactly what he says it is? Please do not let pride or fear keep you from seeking the truth with sincerity. That is how Satan controls the narrative.
Realizing that we lack maturity should not inspire one ounce of condemnation or shame — only child-like humility. And this step of humility is profoundly important because God opposes the proud and gives grace to the humble.
Moreover, it is no one's fault that they were born into their uniquely corrupt flesh, nor that they have been dealt the unique set of life experiences that have amplified the effects of this corrupt world. God isn't playing the blame-game and saying that it's your fault; he is offering you the solution, regardless of how you got here. Even more, it is not within anyone's power to bear fruit. It is only within our power to abide in Christ at this moment, and we must trust the fruit-growing to him. Please read that again if you need to. I find it to be a very important concept for remaining free from the law and condemnation, which produces death.
To be sure, everything I write in this chapter is meant to restore hope to God's people — that God has done what is necessary and given us what we need to be transformed in this way, if we will only learn the Way. In other words, rather than merely accepting these toxic flesh-labels, waiting on God to work a miracle, waiting for our renewal after death, or relying on some other ineffective worldly treatment, there is actually something spiritual that we can do about it now. We can get excited about directing our efforts toward trusting God, believing the truth, renewing our minds, etc., with a confident hope that it will lead to experiencing the full victory we have in Christ.
I have been told, by the way, that hope is dangerous, for it holds the potential for disappointment. But this I will never submit to, and I don't think you should, either (see Romans 5:3-5).
If Only Paul Knew the Truth
Broadly speaking, today's church has a clear position on these matters — one that I strongly dislike. I feel that I must highlight how egregious and faithless it is, so allow me to put the position into slightly different words, and you can discern for yourself whether or not it is the stance we have taken:
If only Paul was alive today, then certainly he would not have written what he did about the fruit of the Spirit and power of the gospel. Right? Or else, perhaps, he would have included some exceptions, like so:
"The fruit of the Spirit is love… well, except in the case where a person has deep emotional wounds or a history of abuse, which means the Spirit won't be enough, and professional therapy will be needed."
"The fruit of the Spirit is joy… unless, of course, one suffers from clinical depression, and then there's nothing they can really do because it's just their brain chemistry. This depression will likely always plague them, and they should not expect to experience joy consistently no matter how much they grow in the faith."
"The fruit of the Spirit is peace… that is unless your anxiety is severe 'enough' or you have extreme PTSD. In that case, you may need to look into some medication. Also, don't get your hopes up — hope is dangerous, you know — that your symptoms will ever go away. God's peace is probably far less attainable for you than it is for others, unfortunately."
"The fruit of the Spirit is self-control… but obviously, this doesn't apply to people who are addicted to things like drugs, alcohol, or pornography. Those addictions are just too strong for the Spirit to break. Have you tried joining one of those support groups? For the pornography addiction, I've got a few really good books I could recommend if you're interested."
Ultimately, what I guess Paul would have said (if he had real scientific knowledge like we do) is, "The fruit of the Spirit might be all of these things if you're one of the lucky few, but it probably won't be."
And so, believers back then — who didn't have access to modern therapy or medicine — were just totally out of luck. Sure, they had the Holy Spirit. Sure, they had the gospel. And sure, they had apostles and shepherds and teachers, like Paul, but those guys didn't have the training or the knowledge to help them with these types of things like we do today.
Do you see now what we have done? Do you see how this is an affront to the apostolic ministry of the gospel, to the power of God, to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and to the Holy Spirit inside you? This is a crisis of faith that we must begin to address head-on.
If now you are still offended, do you not see yet that you are offended by the scriptures, not me? I did not write the scriptures; I am only reminding you of them and challenging you to actually believe them. Paul wrote what he did with no exceptions because, in his mind, there were none. Each of us must decide for ourselves, then, whether or not he was a messenger from God, whether or not his words are authoritative, and whether or not he had more real-life, practical wisdom than someone in 2025 with a PhD.
With all that being said, please understand, in both my own life and in my ministry to others, there is much more nuance to my understanding and my application of these truths than what I have presented here, and more than most people realize. I wholeheartedly appreciate how complex and sensitive these issues can be, and I do not take that lightly. I also do not deny that God can use anything he desires — including therapy, medicine, support groups, and so on — to help a person heal and grow and that he certainly has. But please also understand that explaining the ins and outs of walking by faith through such an unlimited variety of situations is not something I feel that I have time to do here and is only possible to teach well through life-on-life discipleship and reliance on the Holy Spirit. Although, I will provide a simple example on depression in the next section.
As such, please don't hear what I'm not saying; hear what I am saying. Here is my thesis that I ask you to weigh carefully: Christians should place their faith in God to heal their minds of every disorder, understanding that this transformation is a promised fruit of abiding in Christ, putting on Christ, walking by the Spirit, etc. It is the inevitable result of leaning on God to help you discover what is already inside of you and then walking in it by faith, regardless of what you're experiencing in the flesh. That is something I believe every Christian should be able to agree with if they believe the scriptures.
And even if we don't see all the transformation we desire in this life — for we will only be perfected when Christ returns and we receive our new bodies — it is still worth reaching for. Personally, I am quite certain that there are all sorts of things I will die believing for, which I will not get to see in this life. But at least I will die believing, alongside the cloud of faithful witnesses who went before me (See Hebrews 11:1-12:2), and God will be honored. "[W]hen the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth" (Luke 18:8)?
Lastly, above all things, and through every difficulty, I implore everyone to trust in God, not methods. Clothe yourself in Christ, talk to your Father, ask for wisdom, believe he gives it, and he will lead you. As long as you're trusting in God, there is freedom.
"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope" (Romans 15:13).
Overcoming Depression
Let's now consider how the gospel might apply to something like depression.
Perhaps your psychiatrist has determined that you have a chemical imbalance in the brain. Or perhaps there are circumstantial reasons that you attribute to your condition. Whatever the reason, it is imperative you realize — if you are a believer — that the depression is not in your heart/spirit but in your body of flesh. In other words, you must make the distinction that it is not in you but in your body. How can you be so sure? Because the fruit of the Spirit is joy, and you are one with him! Can the Spirit of God be depressed (or anxious, unfocused, addicted, restless, traumatized, etc.)? Most certainly not! So, as a matter of fact, neither are you (in spirit). Remember, Christ is your new life and identity. Therefore, you cannot at the same time identify with depression while also identifying with Christ, in whom there is no depression. To do so is deception, or double-mindedness.
Does this mean I have to act like I'm not experiencing depression when I really am?
No. It is merely to locate and observe the source of your depression (i.e., the flesh) so that you may be empowered to disown it and discover the true you, filled with Christ, beneath the surface. You may feel it, sure, but you must not identify with it as if it is a product or part of you. For it is a lie.
When feeling depressed, it is most natural to think to yourself, “I am depressed.” But this is the lie that Satan loves for you to believe. The truth is that your flesh is producing the depression, and it is waging war against your spirit. You do not need more joy and contentment. You already have it by the Spirit of God within you. Now, by faith, you must lean on him to discover what is inside of you. If the fruit of the Spirit is joy, then think of yourself as a "joy tree," destined to bear that fruit if you grow. Joy is in your nature; it is the new you, along with all the other fruits of the Spirit.
This is very different than trying to make yourself feel joyful or pretending that you are. Faith is not striving to become something you are not. It is striving to believe that you already are what God says you are in spirit. Moreover, faith is not pretending or mere positive thinking; it is a conviction of truth you cannot see (see Hebrews 11:1).
Additionally, remember that faith in God entails talking with God, not just trying to believe things yourself. Ask God to help you identify whatever lies are afflicting you. Share how you're feeling with him. Wrestle with him until you get some clarity. Believing truth doesn't negate our need to process things with the Lord.
Do you feel as if your life, or certain aspects of it, are meaningless? Is there too much weight and responsibility on your shoulders to handle? Are there people you have not forgiven, hurts that have not healed, dreams you have failed to attain, regrets you have been unable to let go of? Whatever it is, diligently seek what God says about it, and then prayerfully exercise your faith in his word by giving thanks. Do this with each and every lie that comes to the surface, and do it until it is gone. As you grow stronger in faith, living increasingly according to the Spirit, your joy will come from heaven, and nothing will be able to take it from you. And to whatever extent you have not experienced it yet, that is okay. Do not grow weary. Do not feel condemned. Continue trusting in the Lord and enjoying him.
Are you suggesting that I should be able to get over it quite easily?
I would never suggest that. There is no promise that your spiritual growth will come easily, without trial and suffering. And how quickly you "get over" it does not change the truth one bit about who you are or how you are called to renew your mind at this moment. Part of what it means to "live not according to the flesh" is that we stop letting what we see and experience in the flesh influence what we believe is true. We are invited to think on a new plane, where the spiritual/unseen reality trumps the earthly/seen reality. Start doing this, and just trust God with the result, however long it takes. But also, be very cautious not to buy into the lie that it probably will take a long time. God did not teach you that.
There is one thing that defines you now — Christ in you. Relentlessly thank God that he has delivered you from relying on your flesh and your feelings for happiness. You are learning to experience joy through him. Rejoice that he has given you joy inexpressible (see 1 Peter 1:9), and renounce every lie that says otherwise. You can even rejoice as you suffer through this because it gives you the opportunity to grow stronger (see Romans 5:3-5). Then, have great hope in the fact that as you become more grounded in the truth, the Spirit within you will begin to give life to your mortal flesh, putting to death the depression within the body so that it no longer is able to wage war against you at all (see Romans 8:10-13). There is no corruption in the Vine; therefore, corruption will not remain in its abiding branches.
Can't I just pray that God would remove my depression from my body/brain?
Yes. And perhaps he would; perhaps he would not. Either way, this leaves you waiting and powerless until God decides to work a miracle. More seriously, it leaves you relying on the flesh to overcome depression instead of relying on the Spirit to overcome the flesh. So the better option, I believe, is to take hold of the grace you have been given, striving to access the unseen reality in which the Bible says you live, where there is not even such a thing as depression.
As I write this chapter, I have a friend named Matt, who sprained his ankle very badly. The night that it happened last week, he came to my house, and we laid our hands on him to pray for miraculous healing. When he came over again last night, he was not yet healed, and his leg was in a boot that the doctor gave him. Another brother walked in and, upon seeing his injury for the first time, immediately prayed for him to be healed, just like we did the week before. So, you see, regarding bodily injuries or ailments (which we could simply regard as something else that is out of God's order), we regularly pray and trust in God for miraculous healing. But at the same time, we recognize that if it does not happen, God has still ordained a natural process of healing, which we understand quite well. Matt simply needs to take care not to injure his ankle further. It helps if he sleeps and eats well. And then, at some point, he will need to begin using his ankle again to regain its strength and mobility. If he does these things, we have great confidence that his ankle will return to its fully functional state. This kind of healing is something that we generally believe God has ordained in the order of his creation.
Now, let us view the brain in the same way — as an appendage to the body that may be healed miraculously by God's choosing but is certain to be healed naturally by God's ordained process. We do not hesitate to pray for the miracle, for the instantaneous change. But in the case that we do not receive it, we must readily embrace the ordained natural process of learning to submit our thoughts to God, letting him dictate the way we think. As we do so, the brain changes. New neural pathways are formed, and they are formed in the order that God intended them to be, the result of which is radical healing/transformation — a new kind of human, manifesting the glory of God through a body that is submitted to the Spirit.
He is our Counselor (see Isaiah 9:6). He is our Physician (see Luke 4:23 and Mark 2:17). And if we let him treat us, he will heal us — not always by merely removing the depression and leaving us just as immature and vulnerable as before, but by maturing us out of our depression and making us impervious to the same kind of deception.
We might also think of it like a small child who is thrown into the sea. The child does not know how to swim, so she always drowns in the water. There are two solutions here for the child. The first is to snatch her out of the water and never let her return. The second is to teach her to swim, and swim strong, so that the water has no effect on her, no matter how hard the sea is raging. I ask you, which solution is ideal? The first is easier, but the second is profoundly better.
In this analogy, the child is you, and the sea is the world, your flesh, your depression, etc. You did not choose to be in this situation; you were just thrown into it. It is not your fault. But it is within your God-given ability, by your new spiritual nature, to become strong enough to overcome these waters and to swim with relative ease, if you will only let Christ teach you. Could God pluck you out of the water? Of course, he could. But then you would lose this opportunity to grow up into Christ further.
Let's be clear. God can do whatever he wants. Sometimes, he just calms the storm or plucks us right out of the water, and that's his prerogative to do so. But far more often, I find that he intends to use my present weakness in the flesh to teach me to find strength in the Spirit. And my prayers for another way are met with his answer that there is no other way. As God told Paul, who begged him to remove the thorn from his flesh, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness" (2 Corinthians 12:9). Therefore, Paul concluded, "when I am weak [in the flesh], then I am strong [in the Spirit]" (2 Corinthians 12:10).
But I feel like there's something else wrong with me, something I'm ashamed to admit. There is a dark side of me that doesn't even want to be full of joy, some sick and twisted reason that I actually prefer depression and fear freedom.
Notice how this is self-degrading as you label yourself dark, sick, and twisted. For this reason, you must know that it is a lie. No matter how strongly you feel a given desire is your own, if it is opposed to the desires of the Spirit (i.e., the will of God), then it is from your flesh, not from you. Do not be deceived. Stop identifying with it. Look to the Lord and discover his desires within you.
Is it wrong to seek any other sort of intervention for this, like therapy or medicine?
I cannot say that it is wrong, nor that it is right, for this will vary based on the person, the situation, the season, etc. As I said before, trust in God, not methods. The moment we begin setting general rules and principles to live by is the moment we cease to rely on God. It is also the moment that our ministry becomes something other than the ministry of Christ and the gospel. We start depending on seminars and courses and university degrees to learn the methods, and then we never grow up in the Spirit, who would make us far more equipped. We say things like, "This method helped me; you should try it," instead of, "I leaned on God, and he led me to try this thing…" The former leads someone to the method; the latter leads someone to God, who alone can lead them where they need to go. What type of friend, minister, brother, sister, or shepherd are you going to be?
Whatever you do, then, do it in faith, open to learning, trusting that God desires you to be well by relying on him each step of the way. And whatever thing he uses to help you, never forget that it was God who did it, so that your testimony will inspire others to trust in God the same.
Now, if you understand what I have said about depression, then it shouldn't be too difficult to see how it applies to other things, as well — emotional trauma, addiction, ADHD, anxiety, sleeplessness, etc. If it does not describe Jesus, then it no longer describes you. To identify with the corruption of the flesh, as if it defines who you are, is to undermine the power of the Cross and the Resurrection by which you have been united with Christ. You have put off the flesh and been born again to new life (see Colossians 2:11-12) with God’s character and incorruptible nature. This life may be hidden (see Colossians 3:3), but it is nonetheless real. Take hold of it by faith, and never look back.
Once an Addict, Always an Addict?
Many recovery programs for addicts embrace the motto of “once an addict, always an addict.” They worry that if a person believes he is no longer an addict, then he will be more liable to getting caught off guard when temptations arise and, therefore, more vulnerable to relapse. Ultimately, this means they believe it is dangerous to place your identity in Christ. And if someone like me asserts that the gospel of grace is the key to true freedom, they are met with lines like, "Be careful," "Don't be naive," and "We're always going to struggle."
Let it be known that the gospel leaves no room whatsoever for this insidious mindset. “[I]f anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come” (2 Corinthians 5:17).
Now, to clarify, their concerns are totally applicable to an unbeliever who is not one with Christ. An unbeliever trying to believe they are free from addiction (in the way I speak of it) is a bit like a caterpillar who believes it can fly. It is absolutely dangerous to act upon that belief. But in this analogy, believers are butterflies, and they can fly as long as they are relying on the power of God inside them and not their own strength. But they never will fly if they are always told that they are still just caterpillars and they need to rely on caterpillar-type methods. They never will begin flapping their wings and learning the way that Christians must learn to mature and bear the fruit of God.
The plain matter of fact is that if a Christian believed the truth and never stopped believing it, then it would be impossible to sin, let alone relapse. At the same time, we should not be foolish and think that we are beyond temptation. We should not be the least bit surprised when temptations come, but we are instead to "gird up the loins of our mind" (1 Peter 1:13) and prepare for battle.
Accountability and support groups can be helpful, but only to the extent that they help to establish you more deeply in the Truth. If they serve as a reminder of your sins, if they continually place a false identity onto you, requiring you to regard yourself according to the flesh, then they are directly opposed to God's redeeming work in your life. As a minister of the gospel, I must call it like it is and continually assert that God's grace is an entirely sufficient — yes, the only sufficient — means to manifest the glory of God in our lives, and it far supersedes the wisdom and ways of man.
The Ongoing Fight of Faith
If you have not yet discovered this for yourself, we might as well acknowledge it here. Walking by faith is not always a walk in the park. It is truly the “narrow gate” that few will find (see Matthew 7:13-14). As you begin to exercise your faith, you may notice how quickly you are confronted or even assaulted with conflicting thoughts, feelings, and trials of various kinds. You will begin to see how all of life is a spiritual war zone and how every waking moment is an opportunity to become stronger and prevail. This may sound burdensome at first, but actually, faith is the only thing that brings us into genuine rest from our works (see Matthew 11:28-30). As we grow in faith, living more through Christ, we become much less like battle-weary soldiers hanging onto life by a thread and more like battle-hungry, blood-bathed conquerors charging forward in the strength of the LORD. The armor may initially seem like an awkward fit, but soon you will become very comfortable in it (see Ephesians 6:10-18).
As you transform your way of thinking and praying, believing in things you can't see, you may notice a feeling of dishonesty. It may feel a bit disingenuous to tell God “thank you” for something you do not yet see or feel. This is actually not a bad thing. The feelings of dishonesty just mean that you are finally confronting your unbelief head-on. It is far worse to go your whole life thinking that your faith is strong and genuine, only to remain in spiritual infancy for the length of your days. Just remember, when your doubts and fears are exposed, they are only being exposed for the first time to you. God knew they were there all along. Now, the false pretense is removed, you and God are on the same page, and you can begin working on things together.
The next thing that you might notice is that you do not see an immediate transformation. Do not let this discourage you or lead you astray from the truth. The passions and mindsets of the flesh are like a stray cat. Having habitually fed them your whole life, you should not be surprised when they do not leave you immediately. It is likely that they will keep returning for a while to see if there's still a chance to be fed before they finally realize that it is pointless, and they will leave you for good. Either way, you must never wait for the fruit in order to determine what is true. Regardless of what is occurring in your flesh, relentlessly abide in the truth of Christ and his finished work, and the fruit will inevitably emerge.
If you are ever struggling to overcome a particular area of your life, the answer is the same as any other time — believe. This is your repentance, for you cannot truly believe and continue in sin and corruption. The extent to which you are still overcome by it is the extent to which you have not yet fully renewed your mind. There is no reason to be ashamed of this. Just recognize that your faith is not yet perfect. And thankfully, Jesus is the perfecter of it, not you (see Hebrews 12:2). Keep your eyes on him.
It is worth noting that while you may agree with something intellectually, this does not necessarily mean that you believe it in your heart. The former has very little power compared to the latter. I know intellectually that I am dead to sin, but it is very clear at times that I do not fully believe it or even fully understand it. So, I continue to ask God for a deeper revelation of the truth that I already accept, and he is always faithful to provide when we seek him. Remember, knowledge becomes revelation through prayer.
The flesh may land some punches, but take heart that the war has already been won. It makes no difference whether you have been caught up in the flesh for a few hours or a few months. The truth of who you are in Christ has not changed, nor will it ever. The grace of God compels you to leave the past behind and move forward in truth (see Philippians 3:13). The moments of repentance and clarity that follow periods of darkness are actually some of the most opportune times to renew your mind. You may experience sincere, godly grief, but do not waste these moments of clarity by being weighed down with guilt and condemnation or beating yourself up for not having enough faith. Instead of focusing on all the time that you spent being deceived, take advantage of every moment that you have your wits about you, despite how infrequently they seem to come at first. Soon, you will find your mind being renewed and your life being transformed. “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind…” (Romans 12:2).
This is powerful and challenging for every believer. Thanks for stepping into this space!