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Naomi@ First, that God does care for those mentally ill can be seen by the provisions he has made. First, he lays the obligation to care for them upon their closest family members. At 1 Timothy 5:8 we read: “Certainly if anyone does not provide for those who are his own, and especially for those who are members of his household, he has disowned the faith and is worse than a person without faith.” No exception is made for members of the household who are sick.
Second,God has a provision that can be used when caring for mentally disturbed people is helping them to take in knowledge from the Bible. Examples show that mentally disturbed persons have been relieved of much tension and anguish, and at times have even been cured, by having their thinking adjusted through knowledge from God’s Word.
Why so, Primarily because the Bible is a book that provides spiritual guidance and infuses hope in people. (Romans 15:4, 13) Hope is especially vital for depressed persons or spiritual sick . And God’s spirit, along with a strong hope, can help a confused person to adjust his thoughts and resume wholesome ways of life.
Third, The fact is, your way of life can be pleasing to only one of two masters. Either you are serving Jehovah God or Satan the Devil. A principle found in the Bible helps us to appreciate this. It says: Do you not know that if you keep presenting yourselves to anyone as slaves to obey him, you are slaves of him because you obey him (Romans 6:16)
Whom do you obey? Whose will do you do? Regardless of your answer, if you follow the unrighteous ways of the world you cannot be serving the true God, Because, the whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one.” (1 John 5:19)
One can go on and on but to no avail for some.