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It took a serious bout with depression<\/a> to teach me one indispensable prayer secret: the skill of \u201cpraying <\/span>until<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Nearly 10 years ago, I was a pastor in a thriving church. I had a wonderful wife and kids and grandkids. I had every apparent reason to be grateful and happy. But I frequently felt as if I were under attack. Besieged. Opposed and oppressed.<\/p>\n

There were many reasons for those feelings, but they\u2019re not important now. What is important, however, is what I learned about prayer in the process.<\/p>\n

At times I felt so down that I found it difficult to pray. I would keep my prayer appointment and go through the motions, but I found it difficult to tamp down the panic and despair enough to focus my thoughts. One evening in particular, I remember lying face down on the floor in front of my prayer chair<\/a>, repeating over and over:<\/p>\n

Our help is in the name of the Lord,<\/em>
\nthe Maker of heaven and earth<\/em> (Psalm 124:8, NIV)<\/span><\/p>\n

Eventually, the prayer morphed into a slightly different\u2014more personal\u2014affirmation:<\/p>\n

My help comes from the Lord,<\/span><\/em>
\nthe Maker of heaven and earth<\/em><\/a> (Psalm 121:2, NIV)<\/span><\/p>\n

I prayed those words, affirming that truth, for a half hour or more. And that\u2019s when something happened.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

By the time I rose from my prone position, I believed the words I\u2019d been praying. At some point\u2014I couldn\u2019t have pinpointed just when\u2014my spirit began to agree with God\u2019s Spirit.<\/p>\n

Not a thing had changed (as far as I knew) in my external circumstances; I was still me, my problems unresolved, things looked as bad as they had before. But those words, that truth, had sunk in to a deeper level in me.<\/p>\n

I prayed, and then I believed. I prayed, until I believed. I prayed, until I experienced something like the flip side of Romans 8:16 (The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit.<\/em> NASB)\u2014my spirit agreed with the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: HOW PRAYER HELPED HER OVERCOME DEPRESSION<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve repeated that experience many times since then, praying \u201cuntil.\u201d I recommend it. I think it is a way of aligning my conscious and subconscious thoughts and feelings with the \u201cmind of Christ\u201d that lives in me (1 Corinthians 2:16).<\/p>\n

I think it signals to my emotions that they are not in charge and wrestles them into submission not only to my mind and spirit<\/a> but also to the Lord who lives in me.<\/p>\n

It is a way of participating in the answer to another frequent prayer of mine: \u201cI believe, help my unbelief\u201d (Mark 9:24).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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