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Christian Meditation for Depression
This episode offers a gentle Christian meditation for those experiencing depression… (visit YouTube for more)
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Depression is a reality for many Christians, whether we’re going through it ourselves or we’re seeing our loved ones wrestle with this condition. We know that God sees all of His children and gives grace for every trial.
Join me as we meditate on three important relevant scriptures and prayerfully seek inspiration and guidance through the Holy Spirit.
First, let’s just breathe in and out. This breath is given us by God, and this helps us to settle and prepare for meditation. Three times we’ll breathe in deeply for seven seconds and out for seven seconds.
Follow my voice and the progress bar.
Breathe in.
Breathe out.
Again, breathe in.
Breathe out.
Last time, breathe in.
Breathe out.
Before we meditate, please offer a brief prayer in your head or out loud, thanking God for His Word and asking Him to meet with you today. I’ll give you a moment to pray.
We’ll meditate on three passages, starting with Psalm 143:7.
Answer me quickly, O Lord. My spirit fails. Hide not your face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the pit.
Please repeat that after me out loud or in your mind.
Answer me quickly, O Lord.
My spirit fails.
Hide not your face from me,
Lest I be like those who go down to the pit.
As a meditation aid, I’m going to ask two questions. I’ll leave the passage and the questions on screen for you. Do pause the video if you’d like more time on this.
Question one: How does the psalmist deal with his failing spirit?
Question two: In what ways does God show us his face?
Our second meditation passage is Psalm 34:17-18.
When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.
Repeat that after me.
When the righteous cry for help,
the Lord hears
and delivers them out of all their troubles.
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
and saves the crushed in spirit.
Two more questions. Question one, what are some ways that God delivers us?
Question two, what can we tell ourselves and each other when God does not feel close?
Our final scripture comes from John chapter 10 verse 10.
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.”
Please repeat that passage now.
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.
I came that they may have life,
and have it abundantly.”
And two questions. The first is, what has been stolen or destroyed?
And the second question, in what ways can we have abundant life today?
Thank you, God, for your good word, which you have provided to us as a help, a guide, and a revelation of your own holy person. Please continue to do your work in us through your Holy Spirit to transform us evermore into the likeness of Jesus Christ, in whom no evil is found. Amen.
I’ll make some space now for you to offer your own prayer to God, or simply to rest quietly in His presence as you reflect on this time of meditation.
Please come back to this meditation as often as it helps you. God is infinite, and he can show us so many different things in just one verse. With the Holy Spirit’s guidance, each time we meditate can be fresh and full of his life.
Can I pray a blessing over you?
Father, you see our feeble frame. You know us well. Jesus bore in his mortal body the marks of life on this earth. As my friend reflects on the subject of depression, whether personally or seen in another, I ask that you bring your peace, your comfort, and a sense of the companionship of the Holy Spirit.
May you walk with us through the valley of the shadow. Amen.
