A close-up of two of Shamar Elkins’s children shows a baby with a pink bow resting in the arms of an older child just out of frame. | Source: Facebook/Shaneiqua Elkins
Days later, on April 9, 2026, he shared a prayer asking for strength against anxiety, anger, and depression. Part of the prayer reads, “Dear God. Today, I ask You to help me guard my mind and my emotions […] Help me to remember that there is power in Your name and that every force not from You must flee.”
A candid moment of Shamar Elkins’s children shows them lined up along a window ledge, their silhouettes softened by bright daylight streaming in behind them. | Source: Facebook/Shaneiqua Elkins
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“When depression tries to settle in, when anger rises, when anxiety or panic comes, give me the awareness to recognize what is not from You and the strength to reject it immediately in the name of JESUS,” his prayer added.
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