*This post is  for those who suf­fer from MILD depres­sion. If you suf­fer from more seri­ous symp­toms, please seek PROFESSIONAL help.
It may not feel like it right now, but I’m here to remind you that Chris­t­ian believ­ers are blood-bought win­ners and more than con­querors!
Jesus came so that we can have life and have it more abun­dantly. He came so that we can have joy, hope, and peace every­day.  This is our spir­i­tual birth right!
On the other hand, we know we are fleshy beings as well, liv­ing on this earth of cor­rup­tion, sin, and temp­ta­tion.
Where the enemy — the devil — has deep roots, and strong­hold power.
He is in high spir­i­tual places devis­ing wicked­ness, defeat, and death. He is a liar and a thief and he does not like you. Or me.
One thing he aims to steal is our joy. With­out any joy, we live mean­ing­less and pur­pose­less lives. We live in a state of depres­sion. It is a hal­low exis­tence. Every­thing seems hope­less, life is not worth liv­ing, and we have no peace.
If you are a Chris­t­ian believer, and are liv­ing in a state of depres­sion, here are 3 bible verses to med­i­tate on to over­come the depres­sion abyss:

1 — Nehemiah 8:10 — Do not sor­row, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
It’s impor­tant to under­stand that depres­sion is a weapon of the enemy to attack those who do not live with Jesus as LORD over their lives.
If we are liv­ing out­side the will of God, and pur­su­ing our own will, we are tar­gets for depres­sion because we are choos­ing to live and oper­ate accord­ing to the world’s rules — not God’s.
So first and fore­most, it’s impor­tant to eval­u­ate, or reeval­u­ate our­selves and make sure we are depend­ing on the Lord for every­thing and not our­selves or any­body else.
We must make sure we are lean­ing on him, and him alone (not him and astrol­ogy).  This is where we are empow­ered to live our lives daily. This is where we dis­cover our divine des­tiny.  His grace is suf­fi­cient for us, his strength is made per­fect in our weak­ness (2 Cor. 12:9).

2 — Matthew 10:39 – He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.
In this scrip­ture Jesus makes it clear that if we try to pur­sue our own will and direc­tion for our lives, it will fall through our fin­gers!  But if we sac­ri­fice our wills for his, we find true riches of abun­dant life.
Most of us live a ME exis­tence. That’s our nature. It’s all about our­selves, and the peo­ple we care about — for­get every­one else. This is exactly where we spi­ral into depres­sion because it’s not about us — it’s about Jesus!
If we focus on the Lord and spread­ing the GOOD NEWS of his exis­tence and sal­va­tion, we will find joy in the lit­tle things and in every­day because our GREAT King lives inside of us.

3 — Matthew 6:33 — Seek the King­dom of God above all else, and live right­eously, and he will give you every­thing you need.
We have all at one point — maybe even now — been stressed out by life’s demands i.e. bills, expenses, debt, lack of resources etc…
Some fall into a depres­sion, even live the rest of their lives with a chip on their shoul­der with God.
Sit­u­a­tions and cir­cum­stances seem hope­less. It’s hard to sleep through the night.  We walk more and more by sight than by faith. We pay more atten­tion to our feel­ings and emo­tions than how God can carve a way out for us.
And just like we are over­come by our prob­lems, we are over­come by depres­sion.
How­ever, Matt 6:33 makes it clear for those who are depressed from life demands: Focus on God, his King­dom, and right­eous­ness FIRST, and we will be pro­vided for — our needs and demands will be taken care of.
When our focus and drive in life is Jesus, when we live and breathe for him, it’s impos­si­ble for depres­sion to take root in our bod­ies — the Tem­ple of the Holy Spirit.
We can walk in stern faith, joy, hope, and love, spread­ing God’s Word to the nations with a smile on our face.

Other posts in the Min­istry:
5 Godly Ways to Over­come the Bondage of Insom­nia
6 Pieces of Heav­enly Armor For Spir­i­tual War­fare Against the Devil
7 Steps a Chris­t­ian can Take to Dis­cover Their Divine Des­tiny