Who Are You? Really.
The real you includes thoughts, feelings, and emotions that no one else sees, feels or understands.
This is the Unseen Me.
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul
and with all your mind and with all your strength.
– Jesus
(Mark 12:30)
The Counselors Conversation
We’re not professional counselors, so we had a conversation with some who are. Here’s what they had to say.
Watch the 4 messages in this series.
Messages
Download the Study Guide as a companion piece to the series.
Study Guide
RESOURCES: MOUNTAINTOP CONTACTS
MENTAL & EMOTIONAL HEALTH
Linda Crump, Women’s Groups Pastor
Email Linda
Linda will connect you with a pastor or professional counselor, based on your need.
MARRIAGE MENTORS
Linda Crump, Women’s Groups Pastor
Email Linda
Mentoring in the following areas is available: premarital, marriage, post marriage, crisis, and blended marriage.
AWAKEN MINISTRIES
Greg Oliver
awakenrecovery.com
Email Greg
A Mountaintop Ministry Partner that helps find solutions for those who deal with unwanted sexual behaviors, like sex and porn addiction.
RESOURCES: WEBSITES
EMOTIONAL HEALTH
anthology.study video
Watch the Video
If your house has ever had a busted pipe, you know what a hassle that is. Whether it’s faulty plumbing or just wear and tear, it doesn’t really matter in the end. What matters is the water that was supposed to be inside the pipe is now on the outside. Our emotions work the same way. When they’re maintained the right way, everything runs pretty smoothly. But when we let emotions get outside where they’re supposed to be, we can cause damage with our words and our actions.
SOUL CARE
anthology.study video
Watch the Video
Are you overwhelmed by the noise, busyness, and pace of your life? Join Jason Perkins for this six-part series on Soul Care and learn to tend to the garden of your inner life. Discover what it means to apprentice under the Master, Jesus — not just by believing His teachings, but by living the way He lived. As you adopt His rhythms of rest and relationship and practice His habits of silence, solitude, Sabbath, and simplicity, your soul will begin to thrive and bear fruit.
CALM
Calm.com
Try Calm
Our mission is to make the world happier and healthier. We’re the #1 app for Sleep, Meditation and Relaxation, with over 100 million downloads and over 1.5M+ 5-star reviews. We’re honored to be an Apple BEST OF 2018 award winner, Apple’s App of the Year 2017, Google Play Editor’s Choice 2018, and to be named by the Center for Humane Technology as “the world’s happiest app”.
988 SUICIDE & CRISIS LIFELINE
988lifeline.org
Go to Lifeline
We can all help prevent suicide. The 988 Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals in the United States.
Learn about risk factors & warning signs here.
Read stories of hope & recovery here.
THE HOPE LINE
Go to HopeLine
You deserve to be heard and understood. We help students and young adults in crisis by offering sound advice and a safe place to connect.
THE UNSEEN ME PLAYLIST
Go to Playlist
Our Associate Worship Pastor, Tori Woodward, curated a playlist just for this series. Our hope is you’ll listen to this when you need to quiet all the other voices, so you can be reminded of who you are and who He is.
RESOURCES: BOOKS
WINNING THE WAR IN YOUR MIND
Craig Groeschel
Book Info
Are your thoughts out of control – just like your life? Do you long to break free from the spiral of destructive thinking? Let God’s truth become your battle plan to win the war in your mind!
SOUNDTRACKS
Jon Acuff
Book Info
When we don’t control our thoughts, our thoughts control us. If our days are full of broken soundtracks, thoughts are our worst enemy, holding us back from the things we really want. But the solution to overthinking isn’t to stop thinking. The solution is running our brains with better soundtracks.
EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY SPIRITUALITY
Peter Scazzero
Book Info
Peter Scazzero learned the hard way: you can’t be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature. Even though he was the pastor of a growing church, he did what most people do–avoid conflict in the name of Christianity; ignore his anger, sadness, and fear; use God to run from God; and live without boundaries.
LIVE NO LIES
John Mark Comer
Book Info
The problem isn’t so much that we tell lies but that we live them. We let them into our bodies, and they sabotage our peace. All around us in the culture and deep within our own body memories are lies: deceptive ideas that wreak havoc on our emotional health and spiritual well-being, and deceptive ideas about who God is, who we are, and what the good life truly is.
A QUIET MIND TO SUFFER WITH
John Andrew Bryant
Book Info
Suffering has been made holy by Christ’s proximity to it. This is the story of Christ’s nearness to my own suffering―my mental breakdown, my journey to the psych ward, my long, slow, painful recovery―and how Christ will use even our agony and despair to turn us into servants and guests of the mercy offered in his gospel.
GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD
Jennie Allen
Book Info
Our enemy is determined to get in our heads to make us feel helpless, overwhelmed, and incapable of making a difference for the kingdom of God. But when we submit our minds to Christ, the promises and goodness of God flood our lives in remarkable ways.
THE ANXIETY, WORRY & DEPRESSION WORKBOOK
Jennifer L. Abel, PhD
Book Info
It’s hard to fight back against anxiety, worry and depression and it’s even harder to face and overcome those fears by yourself. This interactive workbook will help you tame anxiety, worry and depression.