Medication and cognitive therapy are just some of the conventional common treatments for depression and anxiety, however, that doesn't mean the spiritual side has to be ignored.
Giving hope is a powerful way to battle depression. Praying to a Supreme Being of your choice can bolster hope if you are depressed.
While prayer is powerful, prayer shouldn't be the only tool used to deal with depression.
Prayer can ease emotional turmoil but it won't heal the physical problems of depression, should the physical persist to the point of affecting your every day it is highly recommended you seek medical advice as soon as possible.
Prayer for Healing Depression and Anxiety
There's a lot of stress that comes from dealing with depression. This prayer asks for relief from anxiety produced by depression.
Dear Lord,
I am suffering from depression and anxiety disorder. Thank you for helping me get the medical attention I needed. It has helped put my soul back into my skin. Give all of us who suffer from anxiety and depression the courage and strength to trust you and allow the Holy Spirit to guide us. You love us all and through your love all things are possible. In Jesus' name we praise you. Amen.
Prayer for Strength When Battling Depression
Battling depression is an uphill battle. Most of the time you're slipping back down the hill. This prayer asks for strength to battle depression and keep moving forward.
God help me for I am battling the inner demons of depression, loneliness, and hopelessness. Shine Your warm heavenly light down on me. I am in need of strength and courage. Help me to be gentle with myself whenever I regress. Give me courage and strength to move forward in my perfect way. Guide me to find peace, happiness, and contentment in myself and in life. Amen.
St. Francis de Sales' Prayer For Hope
Do not look forward to what may happen tomorrow; the same everlasting Father who cares for you today will take care of you tomorrow and every day. Either He will shield you from suffering, or He will give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace, then. Put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations, and say continually: “The Lord is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him and I am helped. He is not only with me but in me, and I in Him.”
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
Prayer for Inner Peace
Heavenly Father, grant me peace of mind and calm my troubled heart. My soul is like a turbulent sea. I can't seem to find my balance so I stumble and worry constantly. Give me the strength and clarity of mind to find my purpose and walk the path you've laid out for me. I trust your Love God, and know that you will help me out of this darkness. Just as the sun rises each day against the dark of night. Please bring me clarity with the light of God.
In your name I pray. Amen.
A Prayer for Hope
Lord send me hope. There are times when I feel helpless and weak. I want a better future and life but I can't see it. I need love and kindness.
The sky is at its darkest just before the light. I pray that this is true, for all seems dark. I need your light, Lord, in every way.
I pray to be filled with your light from head to toe. To bask in your glory. To know that all is right in the world, as you have planned, and as you want it to be. Amen.
An Evening Prayer for Peace
Oh Lord, sometimes my insides feel like a battle zone, where missiles are falling too close to home. Other times I'm caught in an endless storm, with thoughts flying out of control. Confusion reigns and defeat creeps in to steal my joy. I need your peace—the deep-down-in-your-heart kind that stays with me day and night and speaks confidently into the wind. Calm my anxious spirit, Lord; all the attacking "if-only" and "what-ifs" fill me with needless worry.
I know that trust is a big part of experiencing peace and that fear has no place in my life. Most of the things I worry about or dread don't even happen. So I'm declaring my trust in you. I'm releasing the reins of my life again and asking you to take control. I may need to pray this same prayer daily, but I'm tired of the frenzy of life that leaves my schedule and my thoughts without any margin. I need more of you, Lord, and less of me.
I surrender and admit: I can't control people, plans, or even all my circumstances, but I can yield those things to you, and focus on your goodness. Thank you today for every good gift you've given, every blessing you've sent, all the forgiveness I did not deserve, and, yes, for every trial you've allowed into my life. You bring good out of every circumstance if I'll only let go and believe you. I know that when I pray and give thanks instead of worrying, you have promised that I can experience the kind of peace that passes all understanding. That's your kind of peace, Lord. And it's the kind I crave.
Whenever I’m stressed, anxious, or afraid, help me remember to run to you. You're the only one that can calm my fears and end my fretful behaviour. Whether in trivial or heavy matters, I know you will not only give me peace; Lord, you will be my peace. And when I draw close to you—in prayer, in reading your Word, in helping another, in taking my mind off myself—you will be there, up close and personal.
I can't handle these times alone, Lord. Will you speak peace and calm my storms, or hold my hand while we walk through them together? Will you bring the reassuring wisdom of those who have come through similar times into my life? Thank you, Lord. I'm trusting you.
In the name of the One who makes the wind and the waves stand still, Amen.
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* "Healing as opposed to "curing"
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