Lord, my friend is in the depths of depression, and I often do not know what to say or do. Your word shows me friends who simply sat with a suffering man on the ground, seven days, and said nothing, because they saw his grief was great. Teach me that kind of friendship — the ministry of just being there. Help me show up without a fix-it speech, to sit in the quiet beside my friend and let that be enough. Keep me from drifting away because it is uncomfortable, or because the depression makes them hard to be around. Carry my friend through the flat, colourless days. Lift what can be lifted, and where it cannot, let them at least not be alone in it. And give me the courage to gently steer them toward real help when they are ready, because friendship and treatment are not rivals. Help me sit faithfully with my friend, Lord, for as long as it takes. Amen.
A prayer for you
Prayer for My Friend With Depression
A depressed friend often needs your presence more than your advice; here are words for showing up and staying.
“So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.”
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