Mental Health for Men with Kenny Luck-CMAW047

What You'll Hear:   What the Bible calls our inner being is the matrix of what makes up how we think, our character, our affections, we live out of our heart That inner being has a view of self, God, and others and sometimes has wounds The relative health of what's on your inside will get projected to your life, relationships and profession To the degree pyschology is a truth process, it's good and helpful. The truest thing about us is what God says is true about us We're created by God, we're created for God, and we're going to God The mental health of the average U.S. Christian man is not so good There's been a disintegration of family and family connection and fragmentation We have 25 yr old 12 year olds, who have used their influence and power to hurt women and children We need more Dads in the home to provide more love and boundaries for their kids The solution is right in front of us, the courage to acknowledge it is just not there The world wants an outside in approach (gun control, education, drug use), the Bible has an inside out approach: an encounter with a living God Men are the failed brand in our culture and depression is a huge issue Our culture is down on men and up on women Men retreat into fantasy and porn and gaming because they feel sad The majority of people committing suicide are men, not women, that is the devil's endgame-death To the degree that medication helps a person engage in reality, God, and function it's a good thing A medicated person still has a character and still needs to make a choice You need Christ in your life to mentor you into spiritual and pyschological health The expectation in the West is life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and we believe the fantasy narrative about how life is supposed to be and our expectations are idealized Jesus said that in this world you're going to have trouble Most people in the West try to build their lives to escape trouble If Jesus is an accessory to my life, that's not the Christian life Suicide is a huge problem and is demonic, it's rooted in believing a lie 22 service men and women every day are taking their own lives Suicide has accelerated recently partly because of the fragmentation created by social media We have to let God answer the big question of life of who we are We're created by God, we're created for God, and we're going to God God says, in-between now and then, get to know Me, and let Me show you how to live Go to www.EveryManMinistries.com, on Twitter kenny_luck