Four Christian Practices for Coping With Depression

Exercise for half an hour. Do something that, that cleans or fixes or repairs or builds something that you can see.

Pray for half an hour and go do something meaningful for someone else.

And then I tell them, "Once you've done those four things, then go ahead, go sit on your couch and be as depressed as you wanna be." And they always laugh when I say that because they know. Before even practicing it, they know,

"Well, if I do those four things, I don't think I'm gonna be so depressed."

Exactly. You're not gonna be so depressed.

You're living for Christ, you're living for others, and you're not so in your own head.