I struggled a lot with my mental health these past couple of years. I finally gave up trying to breathe and journal through it and went for therapy. I did one session and I completely fell apart. In that one session, it felt like the therapist knew exactly where the pain was and which buttons to push to retrieve files in my mind that I had stashed away for years. I was so broken by that session that I decided I wouldn’t be going back. Quick disclaimer, this is a personal experience and by no means a medical diagnosis. I’m not a medical professional. Sometimes God will save your life and you’ll ruin it by revisiting old wounds. Genesis 19:17 As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, “Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!” 26 But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. You need to forget the former things. Isaiah 43:18-19 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. Holy Spirit is our counsellor John 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper (Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor—Counselor, Strengthener, Standby), to be with you forever— Am I saying getting therapy is wrong? By no means. But trying to heal in your own strength is futile. Who in the Bible had counselling? Many people needed it, definitely but what was their secret to overcoming? They had the Holy Spirit. God is specialises in the new, he is obsessed with the new Isaiah 43:19 “Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” Let’s talk old wine skins Mark 2:22 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.” - The issues you are facing you shall see them no more Exodus 14:13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. Put down the pride and admit that you can’t handle it by yourself in your own strength. He will absolutely heal you. 2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. What are some of the old things that you need to surrender to God today? Thank you Father God for our helper who is the Holy Spirit. Thank you that he knows what we ought to pray for even when we don’t. Thank you that you are the God that heals us. We could never do it by our own strength Lord. Father, please search deep within our hearts and reveal issues that we need to address and hidden hurts we need to heal from. Curse the tree of bitterness at the root Lord and sprout a new thing in our lives. PRODUCER: ⁠Simukai Whande⁠ Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): ⁠https://uppbeat.io/t/braden-deal/straight-chillin⁠ License code: O0KUKBCAJCFKVAQO