A Prayer For Dependance

[burn97]

"Lord, I haven't done anything wrong today. I have not made any mistakes, spoken any wrong words, or thought any bad thoughts. I've done everything right so far. But I'm going to be depending on You now Lord, because I'm about to get out of bed."


I love that prayer, because it's true, and that's the way God wants us to be, totally 100% dependant upon Him. I've been battling depression and anxiety since I was about 15 years old. Two and a half years ago, was the worse time of my life. But God was there. He carried me through the hard times, and I've grown allot spiritually, and love the fact that i'm growing more and more everyday. We have a wonderful Father who Loves us soooo much.

Depression is HARD. Depression is PAINFUL. Depression does NOT mean that we are not GOOD CHRISTIANS. Depression does NOT mean that God has ABANDONED us.

It is hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it is there. Everyday that we walk with the Lord we come allitle closer to the light. For who is the Light, but the Lord Himeslf????

Pray. Read your bibles. Walk with Him. Depend upon the Lord, He will never let you down.

Smile!God Loves You

 

[Judy02]

"Lord, I haven't done anything wrong today. I have not made any mistakes, spoken any wrong words, or thought any bad thoughts. I've done everything right so far. But I'm going to be depending on You now Lord, because I'm about to get out of bed."


I love that prayer, because it's true, and that's the way God wants us to be, totally 100% dependant upon Him. I've been battling depression and anxiety since I was about 15 years old. Two and a half years ago, was the worse time of my life. But God was there. He carried me through the hard times, and I've grown allot spiritually, and love the fact that i'm growing more and more everyday. We have a wonderful Father who Loves us soooo much.

Depression is HARD. Depression is PAINFUL. Depression does NOT mean that we are not GOOD CHRISTIANS. Depression does NOT mean that God has ABANDONED us.

It is hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it is there. Everyday that we walk with the Lord we come allitle closer to the light. For who is the Light, but the Lord Himeslf????

Pray. Read your bibles. Walk with Him. Depend upon the Lord, He will never let you down.

Smile!God Loves You

Nice one hun.

I find CBT helps me. It's written by Christian psychologists. I recognise negative thoughts are usually brought about by my depressed state of mind, and not the truth. I rebuke my depressed thoughts with the truth of God's word!

That, and target planning, and having some goals each day help. Sometimes we don't 'feel' God being there, but don't use that as a reliable measure that he's not. I think God may have been helping me more than I initially realised. It's a battle, that we can win step by step. Rely on God, ask him to show u what u need to help urself, and be open to it. It will get better. And always be honest to God about how we feel. Don't hide anything xxx

 

[Akathist]

I really like the emphasis that depression does not mean we are not good Christians.

At one time I was so isolated because I was really grieving and hurting and just completely heart broken and I would go to my church at the time (which was not Orthodox btw) and everyone would be smiling huge smiles and talking about how great everything is. I tried to "fit in" but couldn't. I had people tell me that I needed to "have more faith" then I would "feel better." It really hurt me. I did have faith. I never doubted my love for Christ. I wanted Christ even more because of my sadness and broken heart.

I don't think someone has to be depressed to be a good Christian. But I sure think that for me, I am a better Christian than I might have been because I became depressed and turned to the Great Physician of my soul! Christ said: "Come to me all who are weary and heaven laden and I will give you rest." He did not say: "Only come to me if you can smile really big and say how great your life is."

 

[Gwen'sMom]

I love that prayer! I am going to write it down and keep it by my bed!