I have suffered for many years with depression. Hopelessness, emptiness and worthlessness… Almost always returning yearly during the dark days of Fall and Winter. But this year they started early, in the Spring. Meds I used for years helped a bit, but now are totally inneffictive. My many prayers have not driven out this mental scourge on my life. I need to be healed of this scourge.
Is there a specific prayer to counter depression?
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Hi Tim,
Unfortunately the Christian life is not free of this periods of depression and deep sadness that most of human beings encounter in their lives fomr time to time. I had a very intense depression last year because of my financial situation, and God gave me strength to overcome it, and after a year of struggling, survived through His help, I’ve come out of it. A particular verse, Peter 5:7, helped me: “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”
It’s not a prayer, but I kept repeating it to myself during the day.
Also, a fantastic little book kept me going, and still does, every day: “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young. It’s meant to be read a page every day, it’s Jesus speaking to His followers with words of encouragement about HIs presence, with associated scripture’s verses. It brings me courage and joy every day.
I hope this helps, Tim.
In Christ,
Diego
Dear Lord, Father Almighty. Our Savior, our Redeemer. You make all things new. We lift Your name above it all for You are the king of kings You are the alpha and the Omega the beginning and the end. You are a healer Lord. Today we lift up our friend Tim in prayer. There is nothing You can’t do. Today we humbly ask that You speak to Tim in thoughts, dreams, and visions. We know You are right there with him through every moment of his life. We speak Jesus over every negative thought that enters his mind. That each thought is countered by Your love, Your mercy, and Your grace. We stand firm in Your word which is true that no weapon formed against our friend will prosper. Lord we pray that You use every attack of the enemy meant to destroy that you turn it for good. That Tim can stand in victory as the follower of Christ. That the enemy has no authority in his life. Lord we ask that You speak life into our friend. You know every thought in his mind, every hair on his head, every fiber of his being. I pray that you lift him up and fill his mind of thoughts that is good, pure, and just. That You are the ultimate overcomer Lord. That Tim will use this testimony to glorify Your holy name. You are worthy of all of our praises until the end of time. We are forever in gratitude for what You did on the cross on Calvary for the forgiveness of our sins. Thank you for all of the love that You have for Your children. We ask all of this in the mighty name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth we pray. Amen!!!
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Thank you very much for your reply. My battle with severe depression reoccurs every four to five years, over the last 30 years of my life.
This is a guess. Based on my little understanding of things. If you have self worth issues, that may be a part of the problem. If you are doing negative self talk or hold negative personal beliefs you could be limiting your personal power. Negative thought patterns limit you.
What we hold in our minds and hearts can juice us up or short circuit us.
Try it?
Practice saying I am loved a hundred times, and then say I am unloved a hundred times. Pay attention to what changes. That is the part you control by what you focus on.
Say both another 100 times, and then go have a conversation with someone. What happened?
We wire our minds by what we dig into. The more we think on a thought or practice a way of thinking, the more natural it becones to lean into it.
If I go through life percieving only the bad instead of both the good and the bad, in other words actual reality…it alters how I meet the world.
I see myself as a victim in a world that is constantly out to get me. My neighbors just want to steal from me. God is just an angry kid with a magnifying glass looking for people to smite. There is nothing I can do to help myself… Who do I become if I think this way? How do I engage the world? Form loving relationships?
You can manually rewire your brain where the mental portion is concerned. The biological portion is another matter.
Do you have ADHD? Could your depression be related to Dopamine in the brain? Have you been hit in the head? There is a correlation between being hit amd Dopamine issues.
This would cause a lack of ability to focus on something, to get up and innitiate it.
But I don’t know much of anything.