Gift of God Devotional

Scripture, testimony, and encouragement for mental health.

John Mencer is just one man among many who struggle to walk through a fallen world. Though he is far from perfect and tends to focus on those imperfections, he hopes to bring you with him along this journey to healing and love in Jesus!


Whether you are in a season of joy or a season of depression, a season of accomplishment or a season of failure, you can be renewed through the love of Jesus.

“You [God] must do this. I can’t.” CS Lewis

Amos 1

Let’s read Amos 1. Do you have things that you will not tolerate from people? For me, I have two specific things I can’t stand: lying and entitlement. Those are grounds for someone to be completely removed from my life, or close to it. God set ground rules long before the days of Amos, and…

Joel 3

Read Joel 3. 16”But the LORD will be a refuge for His people.” We are bound to face trials, hardships, and difficulties in this world. The whole world is going to want to silence us, separate us, and destroy the very thing we bring with us – that is, Jesus. We will suffer. . .…

Joel 2

Read Joel 2. 12”Even now’, declares the Lord, ‘return to Me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.’” 18”Then the Lord was jealous for His land and took pity on His people.” I believe that this is the story of the Bible and of salvation. There is no other God, and He…


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