welcome and thanks for meditating with abide for more guided Christian meditations download the
abide app in the iTunes or Google Play Store I'm so glad you're joining me in this guide to praying
for mental health whatever kinds of mental health challenges you or someone close to you face mental
illness can be very real and very disruptive often resulting in us feeling unable to cope with even
most ordinary demands and routines you and I face every day well Jesus is a great healer of diseases
and healed many people like this in Scripture as I start I also want you to recognize and affirm
that medical professionals are a gift from God if you are using any medical or professional
treatment for your mental health I encourage you to use this guide to support that treatment with
the power of scriptural prayer if you're not you may discover through prayer that you want to seek
professional support if so that's wonderful but in this first step we want to offer scriptural
prayer for those struggling with depression and those closest to them you or someone close
to you may feel sadness or unhappiness or have changes in appetite or weight slow thinking or
speech loss of interest in activities or social gatherings fatigue loss and energy or maybe even
sleeplessness if you're struggling with clinical depression will you join me in a prayer from st.
Ignatius Oh Christ Jesus when all is darkness and we feel our weakness and helplessness give
us the sense of your presence your love and your strength help us to have perfect trust in your
protecting love and strengthening power so that nothing may frighten or worry us for living close
to you we shall see your hand your purpose and your will through all things Lord God we are in
awe of your creation the heavens the sky the earth vegetation oceans animals all of humanity and our
minds our brains the complexity of our minds Lord God my mind is burdened I feel sad unhappy slow
fatigued tired I pray for the courage to seek help help from you from your word your presence
your spirit help - from someone trained who can guide me through the complexities of healing my
depression I know that you promised me that when the righteous cry for help you hear and deliver
us out of all of our troubles you are near to the brokenhearted and you save the crushed in
spirit or God I am brokenhearted today my spirit feels crushed or God guide me and
healing and Jesus name I pray amen this may not be you but if someone close to you is struggling
with clinical depression will you join me in this prayer oh Christ Jesus my friend feels dark they
feel weak they feel helpless please Lord God give them real and present sense of your love and your
strength today in this very moment let them have perfect trust in your protecting strengthening
and healing power so that nothing frightens or worries them nothing makes them anxious Lord
give me the courage to approach my friend for I care about them help me understand their pain
so that I will know how to help them give me your words your care your compassion for them help me
see them as you see them as your loving children that you care for deeply a love without judgment
or condemnation or God I cast my worry and anxiety for my friend upon you because you care for them
even more than I do I come to you now to with my labor and a heavy heart for my friend I ask you
for rest and peace for both of us help my friend and I fear not during this time of healing help
us to remember that you are who you say you are for us not to be dismayed because you are our God
it is in Jesus name I pray amen thank you and I hope you will join me for our next step as we pray
through anxiety disorders we hope this meditation for mental health encouraged you to listen to
the rest of this five-part guide download the abide app in the iTunes or Google Play Store