God's Word on That

Tag: Depression

Promises for depression and feeling unloved or unworthy

  • Prayer When Depressed

    Father, as Your child, I boldly come before Your throne of grace that I may receive mercy and find grace to help in my time of need (Hebrews 4:16).  Father, I know Your ears are open to my prayers (1 John 5:14). I ask that You listen to my prayer now, O God, and hide not Your face from my supplication.  I ask You to attend to me and answer me for I am restless and distraught (Psalm 55:1-2). 

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    I confess the depression I am experiencing to You, O mighty God.  In doing so I also express my desire to forsake it and to put it behind me forever.  Thank You for lifting me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire my mind had put me into, and setting my feet upon the solid rock of confidence Your Word gives (Psalm 40:2).  Please guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are God my Savior, and my hope is in You all day long (Psalm 25:5). With Your Spirit to guide me, I will not give into depression any longer.  Instead, I will wait for the Lord; my soul waits, and in His Word I put my hope (Psalm 130:5).

    I love You, O Lord, my Strength (Psalm 18:1).  There is never a reason for me to mourn or to be depressed.  Instead, I will go to You because You are my exceeding joy (Psalm 43:4).  My hope is in You (Psalm 39:7), for You have been my hope, O Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth (Psalm 71:5).

    I am calling upon You, my Mighty God, to rescue me (Psalm 55:16).  You ransomed me unharmed from the battle of depression waged against me (Psalm 55:18).  I cast my burden on You, O Lord, releasing the weight of it and You sustain me; for You will never allow the consistently righteous to fall (Psalm 55:22).  Hopelessness lies in wait for me to swallow me up or trample me all day long (Psalm 56:2).  When I am afraid, I will trust in You.  In You, O God, whose Word I praise, in You I confidently put my trust.  I will not fear (Psalm 56:3-4).

    You know my every sleepless night, each tear and heartache is answered with Your promise.  I am thanking You with all my heart!  You pulled me from the brink of death, my feet from the cliff of doom.  Now I stroll at leisure with You in the sunlit fields of life (Psalm 56:5, 8, 13 MSG).  What would have become of me, Lord, had I not believed I would see Your goodness in the land of the living?  I will wait for You; I will be brave and of good courage and let my heart be stout and enduring.  Yes, I wait for You! (Psalm 27:13-14)

  • Praying to Overcome Depression

    Father, You are a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble (Psalm 9:9).  I lean on and confidently put my trust in You, for all those who know Your name trust in You, for You, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek You (Psalm 9:10).  Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put all hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God (Psalm 42:11).

    Why so depressed, O my soul? Trust in God, for I will yet praise Him.

    My soul is weary with sorrow; please strengthen me according to Your Word (Psalm 119:28). I was bowed down in distress (Psalm 57:6). Lord, You uphold all those who fall and lift up all who are bowed down (Psalm 145:14).  I will be of good courage because Your eyes range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to You (2 Chronicles 16:9). 

    “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” (Jeremiah 29:11). Father, I know from Your Word that You have thoughts and plans for my welfare and peace. I will say to my fearful heart, “Be strong, do not fear; God will come, with divine retribution He will come to save me” (Isaiah 35:4).  You will keep me in perfect peace, as long as my mind is stayed on You (Isaiah 26:3), then I can stop allowing myself to be agitated and disturbed and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled (John 14:27 Amplified).

    Satan, I resist you and every oppressive spirit in the mighty name of the Lord Jesus. I resist fear, discouragement, self-pity, and depression (James 4:7). I speak the Word of truth, and I give you no place, devil; I give no opportunity to you (Ephesians 4:27). I am delivered from oppression and depression (Luke 4:18). I will overcome by the blood of the Lamb, my Savior, and the word of my own testimony (Revelation 12:11).

    You tell me: “Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand” (Isaiah 41:10). And so, I rejoice! I pray You will strengthen me with power through Your Spirit in my inner being (Ephesians 3:16).

    Father God, I thank You that I have been given a spirit of power and of love and of a calm and well-balanced mind (2 Timothy 1:7). I have a fresh mental and spiritual attitude, for I am being constantly renewed in the spirit of my mind by Your Word, O my God. Because Jesus is in me, I have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16) and I hold the thoughts and purposes of His heart (Philippians 2:5). I arise from the prostration and depression in which circumstances have kept me. I have been raised to new life. Thanks to Jesus, I can shine and be radiant with the glory of the Lord (Isaiah 60:1).

    Thank You, Father, in Jesus’ name, that I am set free from every evil work (Galatians 1:4). I praise You that the joy of the Lord is my strength (Nehemiah 8:10). God, my Father, has given me all things that pertain to life and godliness; and I am a partaker of His divine nature (2 Peter 1:3-4). The peace that surpasses all understanding keeps my heart and mind through Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:6-7). And things which are true, noble, just, pure, lovely, if they be of good report or have good virtue or are praiseworthy, I will think on these things (Philippians 4:8).