How to pray when you’re tired
Yet those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become Weary. —Isaiah 40:31
Dear Friend, if you tire as you continue crying out to the Lord, here are a few suggestions that will help you to continue to expect your miracle even when all God seems to be saying is “wait.”
1. Take time to remember how much God loves you and those you are praying for.
In Matthew 7:9-11, we read that God wants to give us good things. So, we can be confident when we pray that God hears us and wants good things for us, those we love, and for all his creation.
2. Remember all the ways God has been faithful in the past.
If we take time to remember all the miraculous ways he has answered our prayers in the past, we will find new courage and hope for the future and our faith will grow.
3. Pray the Word.
Scripture gives us the authority to claim our miracle whether it is physical healing, reconciliation with a friend or loved one, financial provision, wisdom at work, or even something as seemingly impossible as world peace. Every situation imaginable has an applicable promise in the Bible. Hebrews 4:12 tells us that the Word of God is alive and active, so let God’s own words be your argument before his Throne of Grace.
4. Be comfortable not knowing what to pray.
When uncertain how to pray, claim Romans 8:26 which says, “In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans”.
5. Invite others to pray with you.
We all have times when we are just too tired or discouraged to keep praying, and we need others to come alongside to support us. Even Moses who led the Israelites out of Egypt needed a little help from his friends. Exodus 17 tells us about a time when the Israelites were in a great battle. As long as Moses held up his hands, they won. But when he let them down, they began to lose. Verse 12 tells us how when Moses’ arms grew tired, Aaron and Hur brought a stone for him to sit on, and they stood beside him and each held up an arm. We all need Aarons and Hurs in our lives.
6. Find peace in surrendering to God’s will.
Sometimes we are so determined to win the battle we’re facing that we forget to ask God if we are praying in his will. Paul gives us a great example of this kind of spiritual surrender to God’s plan in 2 Corinthians 12:6-8. Three times he prayed about a “thorn in the flesh” that bothered him. God eventually answered, saying that his grace “is sufficient,” and this weakness stayed with the apostle. It brought him to a point of recognizing that God’s power works through our weaknesses. While you are waiting for God to answer your prayers, he is waiting for you to “give in” to his will.
7. Worship God.
Here is the best medicine to combat intercession fatigue: Rejoice in the Lord, always. I will say it again: Rejoice! (Philippians 4:4). The journey is just as important as what we’re praying for, so while we wait, we should praise God for who he is and and all the good things he has, is, and will do.
🛐𝙋𝙍𝘼𝙔𝙀𝙍 𝙊𝙁 𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙋𝙇𝙀𝙏𝙀 𝙎𝙐𝙍𝙍𝙀𝙉𝘿𝙀𝙍 𝙏𝙊 𝙂𝙊𝘿
How I thank You that You searched me out, lifted me up out of the miry clay and set my feet upon the rock of my salvation. To You be all glory forever and ever.
Lord, I know that my love for You is not as strong as I would like it to be, but it is my deep desire to present my spirit, soul and body to be a holy and acceptable sacrifice to You, a living sacrifice, so that in every area of my life I may do only those things that are pleasing to You.
Help me to keep my old self-life in the place of death. May I grow in grace and mature in the faith and draw ever closer to You with every passing day. And as I rest in You, I pray that day by day I may be increasingly conformed into the likeness of Your Son, my Saviour, Jesus Christ, in Whose name I pray, Amen.
HAVE A GRACIOUS DAY
GOD BLESS YOU
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