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 When you have depression, you are NOT dying inside. You are wrapped up in little knots inside, but you are not dying, Satan just wants you to think you are and he also wants you to wish that you would.....die, that is.  Keep telling yourself NOT to think about it.  Keep doing the list, ask everyone you know to pray for you.  There is definite strength in numbers and strength and power in prayer.

1.  Get up at the same time every morning, before everyone else.(Or whenever is best for you.)

2.  Read in the Bible from a SCHEDULE....if you don't have one, get one from somewhere, ANYWHERE. I’m sure any Christian bookstore would have them, or you could probably locate one online. Danette adds: "There is an URL for reading the Bible through in a year.  http://bible.crosswalk.com/BibleInAYear/  People can choose to read online or just follow the schedule".

3.  After that regular reading every morning, read 5 chapters of Psalms. This was a new angle I added to my life just last year, and I can’t tell you what a blessing it has been.  Basically, you read in Psalms for love and sweetness, Proverbs for wisdom and Acts for knowledge.

4.  Then read one chapter in Proverbs, by the date, if it is the 7^th, read chapter 7.

5.  I was taught then to read a chapter in Acts (by the date)........but it just didn't make sense to me when I started this plan....I suggest one chapter a day in Matthew, to keep the life of Jesus in front of you on a daily basis.

Ok, that's God talking to you. I feel that's important, let the Master of the Universe have the first say, make sense???

6.  Now it is your turn to talk to God.  Just talk to him.. Yes we call it prayer, but I talk to my friends, and God should be my best friend.  Tell him your worries, tell him what you need, tell him back what He promised in His Word......He will, after a while (a LONG while in my case) start whispering "this is what this means"....or ....."look at this passage like this"....or....."did you ever see this like this?".......not audibly, but in your heart and in your mind and in your soul.  Listen for that "still, small voice".

7.  NOW write down your prayer requests.  BUT for every ONE request you have for yourself, you MUST make FIVE requests for someone else. THAT was a humbling experience on my part and VERY hard to do..........for awhile.  

8.  Next, I LOVE this part.  After even ONE day, review your prayer list and write PRAISE next to or over each answered prayer.  You found those mittens, your child passed that test, you went 2 whole hours without thinking about YOUR problems, the car started, you didn’t  get that cold going around the church. It is the most amazing thing to look at my prayer journal from 3 or 4 years ago.  Oh, there are still unanswered prayers, heartaches and mistakes on that list, but the secret is in seeing the answers.

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