Prayer When Feeling Weak

Father, thank You for showing me that without Christ Jesus I can do nothing (John 15:5), yet through Christ Jesus I can do all things because He strengthens me (Philippians 4:13).  Because of Him, I will watch and pray so that I will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak (Mark 14:38).

Kindly Lord, continue to gird me with strength when I am weak, and make my way perfect (Psalm 18:32).  Thank You for enabling me to stand on higher and higher grounds (Psalm 18:33).  Father, You are my stronghold – my place to hide and fight from (Psalm 43:2).  You are my refuge and my strength, and You are a very present help to me in times of trouble (Psalm 46:1).  Please, loving Lord, do not forsake me when I feel like my strength is gone (Psalm 71:9).  Your joy, kind Father, is the source of my strength (Nehemiah 8:10).  You are my refuge in the storm and my shadow from the heat (Isaiah 25:4). 

When I feel weak, I will say that I am strong because I know You are with me (Joel 3:10). I wait upon You, O Father, and I will be of good courage because all my hope is in You (Psalm 31:24).  Thank You for strengthening me according to the promise of Your Word (Psalm 119:28).  Your Word tells me: Do not fear for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand (Isaiah 41:10).  I love you, O Lord, my strength (Psalm 18:1).

Blessed is the one who has regard for others that are weak, for You, O Lord, will deliver him in times of trouble (Psalm 41:1). You will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help. You will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death (Psalm 72:12-13). You promised to search for the lost and bring back the strays, to bind up the injured and strengthen the weak (Ezekiel 34:16). You, O gracious Father, give strength to the weary and You increase the power of the weak (Isaiah 40:29).

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are – yet was without sin (Hebrews 4:15). Christ Jesus was crucified in weakness, yet He lives by Your power. Likewise, we are weak in Him, yet by Your power we will live with Him to serve (2 Corinthians 13:3-4). The body that was sown in weakness is raised in power (1 Corinthians 15:43).

What the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, You corrected by sending Your own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering and so condemned sin (Romans 8:3). In the same way, Your Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express (Romans 8:26).

Therefore, if I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness (2 Corinthians 11:30). God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong (1 Corinthians 1:27), for the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength (1 Corinthians 1:25).

That is why for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong (2 Corinthians 12:10). As I wait upon You, O Lord, my strength is being renewed and I am mounting up with wings like an eagle. I will run and not grow weary; I will walk and not be faint (Isaiah 40:31). Therefore I can count it all joy, all strength, when I encounter tests and trials of any sort (James 1:2) because I am strong in You, Lord, in Your might power (Ephesians 6:10).