MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH 1.Our journey of though as a person thinks on the inside, this is who they will become on the outside. Our character becomes the complete sum of all of our thoughts. A thought is a seed; this seed grows not only into an action but also into an emotion The thoughts of our lives become the habitual patterns of our lives. Philippians 4:8 8 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Tips Reading Bible and meditating on them ( Devotion Journal) Making a mental checklist of God attributes. ( who is God) Review your daily Devotion. Decide today to live free from negative and harmful thoughts and to replace them with God thoughts. 2. Our Thought Life All seeds of thought produce a tree of a result. I am Manufacturing my own depression, sadness, loneliness , etc. You cannot choose your circumstances, but you can choose your thoughts. What are we coloring our life with? color your life with the rainbow: joy, health, excitement, enthusiasm, optimism, goodwill? It’s up to you 3. Freedom From Poisonous Thoughts Johns Hopkins Medical School has found that 70% of disease is psychosomatic. What does that mean? The word psyche means “the mind,” and soma is “the body.” This is not to say that 70% of diseases are not real, but rather that the origin of these diseases is not found in a physical cause. The origin, in nature, first occurred in the mind Thoughts have the ability to make us well or to poison the body Negative thoughts weaken the immune system and poison the bloodstream tips Ask God who is in control, not the people or circumstances . Trust God, the God of peace Philippians 4:4-7 4 Magkalipay kamo permi sa Ginoo. Kag ginasulit ko, magkalipay kamo! 5 Ipakita ninyo ang inyo kalulo sa tanan nga tawo. Malapit na ang pag-abot sang Ginoo. 6 Indi kamo magpalibog sa bisan ano, kundi pangayua sa Dios ang inyo mga kinahanglan paagi sa pangamuyo nga may pagpasalamat. 7 Kag kon himuon ninyo ini, magahatag ang Dios sing kalinong sa inyo tagipusuon kag hunahuna tungod nga kamo ara kay Cristo Jesus, kag ang kalinong nga halin sa iya indi gid matungkad sang aton pag-intiendi. 8 Luwas sina, mga utod, hunahunaa ninyo permi ang mga butang nga maayo kag dalayawon: ang mga butang nga husto, talahuron, matarong, putli, matahom, kag halangdon. 9 Sunda ninyo ang tanan nga butang nga inyo natun-an sa akon mga pagpanudlo kag mga hinimuan. Kag ubayan gid kamo sang Dios nga nagahatag sang kalinong. Isaiah 26:3 “Hatagan mo, GINOO, sang kompleto nga kalinong ang tawo nga ang iya hunahuna nasintro sa imo, kay nagasalig siya sa imo.