Prayers for Mental Health
Prayer in Time of Anxiety
A contemporary prayer for anxious nights, in the tradition of the psalms of lament, which never pretend the distress away but speak it plainly to God before asking for relief.
Lord Jesus, my mind will not be still. Thoughts circle and will not settle, and my body carries a fear I cannot name. You told your friends not to be afraid, and you said it to people whose fear was reasonable. So I bring you mine. Slow my breath. Quiet the voice that says I must solve everything tonight. Let me hold only this hour, and let you hold the rest. Amen.
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Pair it with slow breathing: one line per breath.
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