Dealing With Depression As A Christian

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Comment by Gail Sims on December 14, 2008 at 7:55am

I am so glad you let me join this group. I have a lot of problems with depression. I have come off all my medication. I am trustiing God as my healer, and I know this group will help me.
Gail

Comment by mrs.Morrow on November 28, 2008 at 7:50am

In Church we learned about the wonderful rules of tithing. I can not even feed my family. After I pay my rent I am left with such a small amount it is either tithe or food for my two children. So I guess its true if you do not tithe God will not bless you, but he will still make sure you have food. I just lost a family member who committed suicide, God gives you no more then you can handle yet we have Christians who beg him to take them home. Due to the fact that they cant take it anymore.

Comment by MandyJ on October 28, 2008 at 11:01pm

Patricia, I will pray for you. I know how tough it can be to feel alone. That is one of the reasons I am so happy to be saved! I was so alone before, doing things I should not have been doing. I can relate to you about having a husband who isn't a Christian. It is extremely hard at times to deal with some of the stuff he says. I can only pray. I don't know what you plan on doing in your marriage, but I pray you find the best solution for you and your family. I am here to talk to if you need a friend. I know how frustrating it can be. I also slip in and out of depression, so I have been there. If you want to talk then let me know. God bless you! Stay strong in Christ. He will never let you down and is always there for you, even when it doesn't seem like He is. It reminds me of the Footprints poem... Jesus says, "When you only saw one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you." Let Him carry you. :-)

Comment by PATRICIA GAMBU on September 4, 2008 at 5:56am

Good day all in the name of Jesus,please my friend pray for me cause i also go through a terrible time,depression ,stresse and all this sort of things.Let me shortly brief you .im currently married and God blessed me with a wonderful son hes 7 years old ,to be ownest i never felt happyness since i have been in this marriege compare when i was sigle ,please my friends tell me if maybe is wrong.I got pregnant before i got married when i was pregnant i asked David to marry me and he did that ,so by that time i was staying with my parents and he also stayed with his aunt and told him we must moved out so that we must stay together hes done that while we were renting ,there was a house in sale ,ive done all the means for us to buy that house but David didnt want to sign the papers i forced him to do that and we went to a new house so we stood there and we doing 2 years staying in that house and when we first stayed there i bought nice things ,fixed the house with my money ,taking loans just to make our home beatiful but my husband he wont ask me were ive taking the money from all he can say is nice.In our marriege we never have communication i was the only one who does that ,and im a christian and baptised in Anglican Church i pray,praise ,love to sing church songs but what worries me was my husband hes not a christian when i call him to join me for prayer hes does not like ,he does not talk he does not go to church ,i feel we not talking the same language so since last year my problem started where i reilized im spiritiully empty ,lonely and frustrated and i got my self into depths which i cant afford to pay anymore ,i got sick but i was crying loud to my God everyday whats happening to my life ,i felt God was far away from me,were i now i ended you know i need my life back .i need to be alone and find my self again cause i think God hes showing me something here that this marrige was not met to be because i was doing things alone ,i was making this relationship to work ,i was leading this relation ship ,i bought my self wedding rings .So now my friends ive just came to an end now cause im selling my house and i want separation.I want to be with my son only and start afresh and be close to my God and praise him and work for him only him .i dont know im feeling that way ,i want to be refreshed againg and ask God for direction cause hes a God who listen ,give and bless everyday.Please my friend pray for me and tell me if thats the right discession im taking but im feeling that way.Love you all in Jesus name .im waing for your opinion.

Comment by Janet on August 31, 2008 at 10:19pm

Hello,

Why do so many Christians deal with depression?

Comment by Phebe on August 19, 2008 at 3:36pm

Please pray for me. We lost our beloved son just about 1 1/2 years ago and tomorrow he would be 43 years old. He left 3 children 12, 10 & 6 years of age. I never understood how deep the pain goes when one loses a child until we lost our beloved son.
I thank God that he had recommitted his life to the Lord three years before he went home, but, the saddness of the loss is overwhelming at times. If it weren't for the fact that it was such a needless loss it maybe wouldn't be so hard to take. He had back surgery and two drs didn't do their job right and so our Tom suffered for two years unimaginable pain. I know that God is with me and will continue to help me through the grief because He is faithful. It's just that sometimes the pain is more than I can bear. Pray for me and I know that in time and with prayer I will make it. Thank you. Maybe it will help being able to talk to you about it. I'm so glad you are here.
Phebe

Comment by Cindy on August 4, 2008 at 9:16pm

Hello. My name is Cindy. I have battled depression for a good portion of my life. At times, I was very frustrated that this happened to me. As time has gone on, God has been teaching me that sometimes it is chemical, sometimes there are issues requiring forgiveness and sometimes I have some bad habits of wrong thinking that need to change. He is such a gracious and loving God. He has been so patient with me and each of his children. I am finding that as I surrender my hurts, habits and hang-ups to Him, he is making me strong and shining through me in my weaknesses. I am grateful to be a part of the Body of Christ.

Comment by MandyJ on August 1, 2008 at 2:45pm

bettyr5, Hello and how have you been? I pray you are well and still going stong. I know how it feels to live with depression. I have had it off and on for years now. It's like an emotional rollercoaster. I finally got tired of asking God to take it away. Instead I asked Him to use my weakness in my depressive states to help others. It has made a difference. I figure, "Yeah, I have an unbalance of hormones in my brain, but that doesn't have to stop me from praying and pushing through anyway. God uses us in our weakest times and shows us just how strong He is, so I figure I'll be alright if I remember that. I pray you are blessed in every area of your life. If you want to chat, then I am here for you too. Take good care of yourself.

I got this off a card...
Think of everyday, every challenge, every triumph, and indeed...every defeat as feathers on your wings. Then, one day, the sum of all your wisdom will let you fly...Where only eagles dare!

You will fly higher than you can imagine with the Lord. I know you will, and so will all of us when we look to Him. :-) God bless.

Comment by bettyr5 on July 21, 2008 at 7:27pm

Hello everyone. I am fairly new to this website, and have just accepted Jesus as my Savior in the past 5 years. I was Baptised as a child, but it was because my parents wanted me to do that. Not because I really believed in what I was doing. I would like to telll all of you a little about what I have been through.

I am probably the "queen" of depression. I have suffered all of my life with uncontrollable anxiety and serious bouts of depression. I have been to the point where I did nothing but sleep at every chance I could. I felt as if life was worthless and had no meaning at all. I even took an overdose and tried to take my life. When I recovered from the overdose, I hit my knees and begged God for his mercy. I begged Him to forgive me for all of my sins and wrongdoings and anything I have done that was unpleasing to Him. I felt a sense of peace and joy and sudden calmness immediately. A great weight had been lifted. But, since I was new at this, I was not as devout as I should have been in my Prayer or my praises of God. I never picked up His Word. I should have sought a Church home and surrounded myself with other Christians. But, I did not. I still carried my selfishness deep inside thinking I could do it all on my own.

I lost my mother a few years ago to Multiple Sclerosis, and still missed her terribly at that time. My husband and I had been having a terrible argument mostly because of my anxiety and depression, and I finally sat crying on the back steps uncontrollably. In other words, I started the fight for no reason. I was asking out loud to myself while crying, "Mom, where are you. You would know just what to do. I need you." At that moment, it came to me that it wasn't my mother that I needed and wanted so deperately. It was God and Jesus. It was like a soft voice answered me and told me exactly what it was that I needed. And I did - I NEEDED and WANTED that in my life, and at that moment, I realized it with all my heart for the very first time. I cannot tell you what a feeling it was for me. Pure joy in realizing that God did love me and he was there for me.

A few days later, I was having a particularly bad day at work and was myself having a terrible attitude to my co-workers, my boss, and everyone around me. When I got into my car to go to lunch, I followed the traffic like normal. I had to stop at a particularly long light and was playing with my radio and asking myself, "what's the use..." When I looked up at the stop light to see if it had turned to green, I looked down at the back of the car in front of me. Lo and behold, it was a bumper sticker that had only two words on it... "Jesus saves".

I knew at that moment the Lord was communicating with me and telling me to turn it all over to him. He was telling me that He was present in my life and that all I had to do was turn it all over to Him and to live my life for Him. I knew if I did, he would take away all of the pressure and stress that I felt.

I am trying to do just exactly that. Like I said, I am still fairly new in my Christian life, and I stumble every now and again, but I feel my best when I turn it over to God and I know God is there with me.

I did finally have to go to the doctor because of my anxiety and was placed on medication for it. I feel much better since I started taking the medication. The condition I have, as I undertand it, is a brain defect. My brain does not communicate with my emotions properly. It is necessary for me to have the medication because without it, I can go "from 0-60" as my husband puts it, in a matter of seconds. I can go from smiling to screaming, from laughing to crying, from happy to angry, from solemn to hysterical very quickly without notice. It makes it very hard sometimes on the people around me. I have found that the only way to control this is to take my medication and to Pray. And, if I do slip up and have a weak moment, I apologize to the person I "went off on" as soon as possible, and then I turn to God for forgiveness and guidance and strength to control myself, and I Pray and Pray.

It has been a very long road for me to get where I am today, and I have only been taking the medication for a relatively short time. It was hard for me to realize at first what kind of person I had been. When I did realize it, it was painful for me because I realized I had hurt some of the ones that I loved so much.

I believe that my condition is comparable to having a handicap that you are born with. I am not perfect (and I have had to realize that I cannot live with that type of attitude). I am not perfect because I am human. Humans are not perfect.

Now, I get up every day and try to do better than I did the day before and turn it all over to God. That seems to be the best remedy that I have found. God. He is almighty, and I praise Him in all His glory.

I am willing to talk to anyone who needs to talk. I have been through a lot in my life with my anxiety and depression, and I also lived with an abusive spouse (physical, verbal, and neglect) for 16 years. I made it through everything only with God's help and love. God bless each of you.

Comment by Brenda Charles on July 21, 2008 at 6:48pm

Thank you, my niece is going rough times with depression ,right now in her life ,she was in hospital ,came out and is still the same can you prayer for her . blessed every one . hear from you soon.

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