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God, Help Me Keep Going | A Prayer for Strength & Hope · The Power of Prayer

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  Heavenly Father, I am here, but I am tired. There
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  are responsibilities I have continued to carry,
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  even when my strength felt small. There are disappointments
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  I have tried to hide, because I did not want
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  to explain them again. Today, I do not want to
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  pretend with you. You know how much effort some
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  ordinary days require. You know the things I
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  finished, and the things I could barely begin.
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  You know the moment when I smiled at someone
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  while quietly wondering. how I would get through
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  the rest of the day. Meet me here, Lord. Help
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  me receive this moment of prayer without turning
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  it into another task. I must perform well. Let
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  me speak honestly. Let me become still. Father,
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  when I look at everything that needs to change,
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  I can feel defeated before I take a single step.
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  Help me bring my attention back to what I can
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  do today. Perhaps I can finish one necessary
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  task. Perhaps I can ask a question. Make an appointment
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  or tell someone that I need help. Show me a step
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  that is small enough to take, meaningful enough
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  to matter. Give me courage to begin there. I
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  bring you the disappointment that it has made
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  it difficult to try again. I hope for an answer.
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  An opportunity or a change did not come. Help
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  me acknowledge that loss without deciding. That
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  every future effort will the same way. Give me
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  wisdom to understand what I can learn. and what
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  may need a different approach. Lead me towards
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  someone trustworthy when I need practice. Help
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  me remain willing to learn when a direction is
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  no longer wise. Give me the humility to reconsider
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  it. Teach me perseverance that listens and grows.
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  Jesus, help me recognize when I need rest. Sometimes
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  I keep pushing because I am afraid that stopping
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  will make me fall behind. Give me wisdom about
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  my limits. Help me care for my body, make room
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  for sleep, and receive nourishment without rushing
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  to it. Where my responsibilities have become,
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  then I can manage. Help me seek practical support.
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  Give me clear words to explain what had happened.
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  Let me accept care with the same openness. Help
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  others will have. Father, I pray for the people
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  who depend on me. I love them, and I want to
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  be present for them. Yet sometimes, my exhaustion
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  becomes impatience. Forgive me for the moments.
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  when I have spoken harshly or withdrawn without
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  explanation. Help me repair what I can. Teach
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  us to share of responsibilities fairly and speak
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  about our needs before resentment grows. Make
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  our home a place where honesty and kindness can
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  exist together. Lord, when comparison makes my
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  progress seem insignificant, help me remember
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  the circumstances I'm actually facing. Someone
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  else may be moving quickly in an area where I
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  am still learning. Give me the freedom to appreciate
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  their progress. without using to condemn my own.
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  Help me notice the effort I have made, the skill
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  I am developing, and the good I have already
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  contributed. Keep me willing to celebrate small
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  signs of growth. Father, I also bring you the
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  worries that drain my attention, that are practical
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  needs, uncertain plans, and conversations. Keep
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  postponing. Help me face them thoughtfully. Give
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  me patience to gather information and courage,
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  to ask for assistance, when a problem cannot
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  be solved today. Help me decide when I'm returned.
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  Let me place it down long enough to tend to the
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  life around. There's still someone to love. There's
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  still something worth notices. Help me remain
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  present for both. I pray for the person listening,
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  who has quietly reached the end of their energy.
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  Bring them companionship and a safe place to
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  speak honestly. Help them find support that is
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  patient on them attentive hearts, willingness
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  to follow through. Make us the kind of people
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  who respond with care. Someone finally says they
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  are a struggle. Thank you for the help I have
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  received before. Bring to mind a person I can
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  contact. A lesson that may guide me, or a resource
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  I forgot. Help me use what is available. Instead
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  of believing, I must find my way along. For the
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  moments of relief that have entered into difficult
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  days.