A Prayer for Encouragement When You’re Barely Hanging On
By Keri Eichberger
“Due to this fact encourage each other and construct one another up, simply as actually you’re doing.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:11
I prefaced my textual content with “Prayer request and lengthy textual content alert,” listed a laundry listing of my present struggles, after which completed with the next phrases to my bible examine ladies:
“All that drama to say… In mild of this ebook we’re finding out, as an alternative of stuffing my feelings with ‘I’m positive. I’ll be positive. God’s bought this,’ I’m resistantly reaching out asking for prayer. As a result of I’m really breaking inside. (That was laborious to confess). And it’s leaking out like loopy round me. (Extra paranoia and stress.) I’m digging into scripture and prayer this morning extra intently as the children are lastly out of the home. However since I can’t be current for our subsequent assembly, I’m sharing my emotions with my folks. Sorry for the dump. And sure, I obsessed and prayed over if I ought to even ship this. I’m a large number. And weak, clearly.”
Wow. That was scary. I trembled as successful ship and waited for somebody to say one thing, something, in hopes of shortly quieting the voices inside saying What’s the purpose, What’s going to it assist, and Who even cares? Lies the enemy needed me to ponder as I sunk farther into what felt just like the tip of melancholy. Life had began to really feel heavier than regular a few month prior, to the purpose the place I felt I couldn’t take rather more. However rather more got here. To say I used to be discouraged and defeated felt like an understatement. I did what I knew finest to do. I begged God for assist, aid, and luxury. And although he actually heard my cries and soothed a few of my deep aches, I nonetheless remained unhappy and disheartened, greater than not.
How about you? Are you able to recall a time that handed you rather more than you could possibly deal with or lasted for much longer than you thought you could possibly endure? After which extra got here, or the battle saved on, leaving you barely hanging on and on the point of breaking? No matter that appears like. Oh my goodness, I get it. I used to be simply there. And perhaps within the midst of the valley, you actually prayed too, however for some cause, you largely saved it at that. Between you and God. And hardly anybody else. I try this. Quite a bit. And pay attention, working to the Lord is strictly what we should always do.
Go straight to God with what’s inflicting concern, desperation, and grief. As a result of he has the ability and like to carry us up and fill us in methods no factor and no one can. However there’s one thing else I need to remind us each of right this moment (as a result of I hold forgetting, apparently). God needs to attach us with others, too. He created us for group. He completely makes use of his folks to bless his folks. And there may be completely energy in prayer. I’ve seen it. I simply skilled it. And it wasn’t the primary time, nor will or not it’s the final.
I wanted a stage of encouragement that I used to be struggling to search out. It’s as if God knew I not solely wanted to be comforted by him, however I additionally wanted to discover a reference to others. And I’ll want it later time and again. Additionally true, they might want me. Identical for you. Hey, in case you don’t assume you’ve gotten somebody to ask to wish for you, to share what’s weighing down on you, it might bless me to wish for you. However, I imagine your reaching out to somebody in your life would bless that somebody again.
Good friend, hold leaning on the Lord. He’s there, providing consolation and, in time, lifting you up. However if you find yourself barely hanging on and wish bolstered assist, God will even encourage you thru your sharing and connecting together with your folks—his those who he shines in and thru only for you, his beloved.
Let’s pray:
Loving Lord, I really feel like I’m barely hanging on typically. And proper now, I feel I’m there. I want you. Your consolation and power. Your peace and pleasure. I do know your Phrase says you provide all my wants, and I thanks for all the time being shut and holding me up. I do know you’ll not let me fall. And I come to you asking to be uplifted. Asking for the braveness to take the step to additionally request prayer from others. Lord, You employ your folks to bless, carry up, and encourage your folks. To encourage me. However I do know I have to converse up. Assist me draw your power from the prayers of others, in addition to in my intimate, intentional moments with you. Grant me confidence that you’ll by no means depart me, that you’ll all the time assist and maintain me. Thanks a lot to your lavish love and your want to be ever so near me. You’re the anchor of my soul.
In your sturdy title, Jesus, I pray, amen.
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