A young man struggles in his mind. Having suffered horrific sexual abuse at the hands of his father, he developed mental illness.
He turned to drugs to soothe the pain. Then he turned to crime to support the drug
habit.
He spent time in prison.
In the midst of that darkness, Jesus reached out to him.
And he got saved.
He has remained clean from illegal drugs. He is on medication to stabilize the mental illness. He is working to rebuild his life.
Even though he is a new creation Spiritually in Christ, his mind still needs healing.
The same pattern of thinking the enemy kept him in
bondage to in the past threatens to enslave his future.
Many of us have developed specific ways of thinking to handle pain, fear, and stress.
Our brains learn the pattern so well that whenever we face painful, fearful, or stressful situations, those same patterns of thought run automatically along
the old track.
The more the track is used, the wider and deeper it gets.
But there is hope to get free from that.