How To Care For Someone Who's Depressed | Scotty Gibbons - Audio

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Galatians 6:2 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. (NIV)
C.A.R.E
1. Commit to pray for them.
James 5:16 - Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. (ESV)
2. Acknowledge their pain.
Romans 12:15 - Be happy with those who are happy, and weep with those who weep.
3. Remember your role.
A. Listen
James 1:19 - My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. (NIV)
B. Assure them of hope.
Isaiah 40:31 - but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. (NIV)
C. Stay connected
Ecclesiastes 4:12 - A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken. (NLT)
D. Don’t give up
4. Erase the stigma.