The Power of God can Heal your Mind.

I’ll share how I know.

It was a few years ago, during one of the lowest points of my life that I "accidentally" discovered that the power of God could heal depression and suicidal ideation. I didn’t come to this realization at a conference, a church service, or a prayer meeting. I was at the top of a building, right in the heart of the Greater Houston area, facing what I had planned to be the last moments of my life.

I had attempted to end my life before, but this time felt very different. I was calm about the decision. I was actually settled, chillingly assured. Prior to this moment I would go into this decision with so many factors weighing on me: “what about this/what about that?”. This time I didn’t experience any conflicting, worries or doubts. After years of cycles of depression, trauma replaying in my mind, and desperately wanting relief from the pain I carried, I had come to a conclusion:

This was the only way out.

And, here’s how I got there: The hardest thing to admit is when there is a depth of disbelief masked in religiosity. Doing all the right things, saying the deepest prayers, teaching and preaching, but deep down buried beneath the surface is the truth: I believed the word and love of God was effective, just not for someone like me.

For me it was “I do believe He makes a way out of no way.. Just not for me. I do believe he draws near to the broken hearted..for everyone else” That is why I know firsthand what can happen when the mind becomes convinced of something contrary to what God has spoken.

At the top of a building, I thought I had reached the end of my story. God knew I was standing at the beginning of another chapter.

Everything I share through this ministry comes from that conviction: Your mind matters to God. He cares about your well-being. He can heal. He can deliver. And there is no place in your mind that is beyond His reach.

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Biblical Origin of LTMBIY

Philippians 2:5 says:

“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.”

Philippians 2:5, KJV

This is the heartbeat behind Let This Mind Be In You.

Here's the reality: Discipleship does not stop where pain begins. And neither does the reach of God. The Apostle Paul gives us a powerful picture of what it means to belong completely to Christ, not only with our actions, but with our hearts and our minds.

Paul knew suffering.

He knew imprisonment. He understood opposition. He knew what it meant to have much, and he knew what it meant to have little. Yet he writes:

“I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound... I can do all things through him who strengthens me.”

Philippians 4:12–13, ESV

Paul wasn’t offering believers some passive, “Everything is going to be okay.” He was describing a confidence that says, Even in this, Christ strengthens me. This confidence wasn’t activated simply because Paul said the words. He could say them because this truth had already taken root within him.

Imprisoned, but God is still good. Broken, but God is still good. Grieving, but God is still good. Anxious, but God is still good. Confused, but God is still good.

Whatever your situation is, but God is still good.

Not because the pain itself is good, but because pain does not have the authority to change the character of God. We can trust Him when everything around us suggests that we shouldn’t. We can remain with Him when our emotions are begging us to run. We can believe His Word when our minds are presenting conclusions that contradict what He has spoken.

But if we can be honest, this isn’t always our posture and understanding. This isn’t always our initial response when hardship keeps presenting itself. Sometimes we get tired. Sometimes our thoughts become louder than truth. Sometimes disappointment lasts longer than we expected, and somewhere between what God said and what we are experiencing, our minds begin to wander.

And I believe there is a costly misunderstanding circulating within the Body of Christ: the idea that when life becomes difficult, we can temporarily “lay off” righteousness until we get ourselves together. That discipleship can be placed on pause while we heal. That because we’re hurting, what happens in our minds doesn’t matter as much.

But what if our minds are actually one of the places where discipleship matters most?

I don’t believe God is intimidated by the hurting mind. I don’t believe He turns away from the depressed mind, the anxious mind, the traumatized mind, the grieving mind, or the mind desperately trying to make sense of what life means.

I believe He wants access to it.

So that even in the places of our minds that hurt, Christ can be Lord there too.