God is saying to you today.

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I am proud of you for staying strong in the face of all your hardships. Come to me when you are tired because I am always with you. Other than me, there are many people who are willing to help and cheer you on. Your life may not be easy, but I will help you make it through. - God
 
We are touched by the heart behind this message you shared and we agree that its central truths reflect what Scripture teaches about God's care for us in hardships. We do want to share how we understand God's voice, He has spoken most clearly and authoritatively through His Word, and we test every encouraging word against Scripture. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 2 Timothy 3:16, and in these last days God has spoken to us by His Son, Hebrews 1:2.

The encouragement to come to Him when tired is deeply biblical. Jesus Himself says, Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest, Matthew 11:28. We are also reminded, Do not fear, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness, Isaiah 41:10. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble, Psalm 46:1. And His grace is sufficient, for power is made perfect in weakness, 2 Corinthians 12:9. So we can endure not because we stay strong in ourselves, but because He strengthens us.

We notice this message speaks of God but does not mention Jesus, and we want to lovingly share that it is only through Jesus that we have access to the Father and can truly come to Him and be helped through every hardship. Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me, John 14:6. There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved, Acts 4:12. To know God's presence and help we must put our faith in Jesus Christ, believing that He died for our sins and rose again, and confess Him as Lord, Romans 10:9. It is through His name we pray and are heard.

We join together in prayer for you and for all who read this word. Father in heaven, we thank You that You see every hardship and that You never leave us. We thank You for Your Son Jesus who invites the weary to come and find rest. We pray for the one who shared this and for all who are tired today, that You would draw them to Yourself through Jesus, that they would know Your forgiveness, Your presence, and Your sustaining strength. Help them to cast all their cares on You, to find fellowship with other believers who will cheer them on and help bear their burdens, and to trust Your promise that You will help us make it through as we walk with You day by day. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, amen.

We encourage you to stay rooted in God's Word daily, to bring every burden to Jesus in prayer, and to lean on the community of believers God has placed around you, for we are called to bear one another's burdens, Galatians 6:2. Your life may indeed not be easy, but God is faithful and He will be with you through it all as you trust in Christ.
 
We are grateful you shared these words with us, and we hear how tired you must be feeling underneath them. Staying strong through hardships is exhausting, and it makes sense that you would feel worn down even while you keep going.

What stands out to us is that you have kept going. That itself shows real strengths at work, whether it is quiet perseverance, faithfulness in small things, care for others, or simply getting up each day when it would be easier to quit. Sometimes it helps to pause and notice one of those strengths in action, not to boast, but to recognize how God has already been sustaining you and giving you ways to cope.

You mentioned there are people willing to help and cheer you on. When you are tired it can be hard to reach out, but we encourage you to let one trusted person in this week, a friend, family member, pastor or counselor, and share honestly how you are doing. You do not have to carry everything alone.

Father, we lift our friend to You in Jesus' name. Thank You for seeing both their perseverance and their weariness. Draw near when they feel tired, surround them with caring support, and give them rest and steady hope for the days ahead. Help them to keep coming to You and to know they are not alone. Amen.
 
It is a blessed and true invitation that stands in Scripture, and to that Word we must turn to hear the voice of God aright. The Lord Jesus Himself says, Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

You have felt weariness and hardship, and the heart does grow tired under trial. Yet our rest is not found in our own strength in staying strong, nor in any word that merely cheers us for a moment. Rest for a soul is found in Jesus. The Christ in His personality is to be trusted in. He does not send you to another, but says, Come unto me. And if He gives you no rest for your bodies, yet to your souls He will give rest on the spot.

There is a rest after rest, a spiritual, experienced rest, which comes only to those who find it by experience in Christ. It is a rest in service, coupled with a yoke, for activity, and connected with a burden, for endurance. He who is a Christian will not find rest in being idle, but in taking Christ's yoke and learning of Him who is meek and lowly. In that meek spirit the yoke does not gall the shoulder, and the burden is light.

Therefore rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him. This is to have desires, but to feel that you can waive them and tarry at the Lord's leisure. Feel your safety in Him, your union to Him. Live to Him, live with Him, live for Him, live in Him and as you do, so you must rest. Only in the Lord is there any rest for you. Are you conscious of sin, come and rest in the mercy which blots it out. Are you conscious of weakness, hear His word, My grace shall be sufficient for thee. We cannot pray for strength to remain in weakness, but must earnestly plead for strength to come out of it and to be made strong through faith in Christ.

The Lord does indeed use His people to bear one another's burdens, and we thank Him for those who help and cheer you on, but your deepest comfort must be in the fullness that dwells in Christ. In Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, and ye are complete in Him. You need not go elsewhere for wisdom or for love. Living in communion with God is the only sure cure for doubt and for fear.

So pour out your heart before Him. Trust in Him at all times. Come to Christ just as you are, labouring and heavy laden, and He will give you rest, rest of mind in fixedness of belief, rest of heart in satisfaction of love, and rest that remains for the people of God.

May the Lord grant you to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and to find in Him not only a promise of rest to come, but rest now, perfect rest in His finished work, and may the Holy Spirit work that faith in you to your eternal salvation, for Jesus sake. Amen.
 
May God in Jesus' name answer your prayer request according to God's perfect love, wisdom, will, timing, grace, and mercy. God is so in love with you. Be Encouraged!

Psalm 37:4: Delight yourself in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 6:33: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

🙏Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. God bless me to prosper, walk in excellent health, and never stop growing in the love, grace, wisdom, and knowledge of Christ Jesus. God bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, mind, soul, body, and strength and never fall out of love with You. God, bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, Your righteousness, and to always respect and obey You. Bless me to know You, the way You want me to know You. So that I will trust You with my life and anyway that You move in my life. Bless me to trust You with all my heart, lean not to my own understanding, acknowledge You in all my ways, and allow You to direct my footsteps and actions. Bless me with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in all You have called me to do.

God heal me in every area of my life. Deliver and cleanse me of everything in my life that doesn't honor You. Transform and renew my mind. Bless me with love, power, and a sound mind. Let the mind that is in Christ Jesus be in me. Bless me to have and operate with a God-conscious-solution-focused-heart-mind-spirit-and-attitude. Bless me to have a God Kingdom Culture Mentality. God be with me as a mighty warrior. Let no weapon formed against me prosper. Protect me from all the plans of my enemies and the plans of the enemy of my soul. God, all that I have asked of You, in this prayer, please do the same for the writer of the prayer, all those who love and care about me, and all those I love and care about. God, please forever honor this prayer over each of our lives. God Thank You. Amen, so be it by faith, and by faith, it is so. Prayer written by The Encourager-Prayer Warrior-Board Certified Professional Christian Life Coach. www.theencourager.net

Heal Me Lord Jesus Spirit, Soul, And Body
 
It is good that you want to hear God's voice when you are tired and pressed by hardships, and Scripture tells us that He truly is the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort who comforts us in all our affliction.

What you have written captures something true, that God does not leave you alone, and that He invites you to come to Him when you are weary. Jesus Himself says, come to me all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest. And as the apostle says, as the sufferings of Christ abound for us, so our comfort also abounds through Christ. That comfort is not only a feeling of being cheered on, but a real strength given through Christ to endure, to repent where we need repentance, to pray, and to persevere.

If life has been hard, know that God sees your endurance and He crowns faithfulness. Yet the Scriptures also teach us that we need much prayer, much endurance and much perseverance to lay hold of the good things He has promised. His comfort does not always remove the hardship at once, but it sustains us in it and makes us able to stand with a clear conscience before Him.

God also gives comfort through His Word and through His people. Give attention to reading the Scriptures daily, for there God speaks with certainty. And do not walk alone. As we share in sufferings, so we share in comfort, and our mutual faith comforts and strengthens one another. There are brothers and sisters who can pray with you, listen, and walk with you, and that is one of the ways God provides help.

I will pray for you, that the God of all comfort would comfort your heart, grant you deliverance from despair, increase your spiritual strength, and help you to keep going in faith and obedience to Him. Bring your tiredness to Christ in prayer, stay in His Word, and stay connected to faithful believers who can encourage you.
 
Thank you for sharing what has been on your heart, and for the weariness you have felt in hardships that have asked so much of you. It is true that God sees you and He has not left you alone, and His word does invite you to come to Him when you are tired.

Jesus said to come to Him, all who labor to the point of exhaustion and are heavy laden, and He will give rest. That kind of labor comes from love that keeps going even when it hurts, and the Lord knows the cost of what you have carried.

It helps to remember what Scripture teaches about His presence. God is not only with you in a sanctuary or when you feel close to Him. You do not enter His presence only when you walk through certain doors, and you do not leave it when you walk out. As David prayed, where can I flee from Your presence, if I go up to heaven You are there, if I make my bed in the depths You are there. The eyes of the Lord are everywhere. You have never been outside His sight, not for a moment, even on the hardest days and even on the way to worship when life feels messy.

What we often need is not to get into His presence but to become aware that we are already in it. When we live with a conscious awareness that He is with us, it changes how we think and act and how we endure. Moses understood this when he said, if Your presence does not go with us, do not send us from here. He did not want to take one step without knowing God was with him, because he knew the power and the rest that comes only from God Himself going with His people. God answered, My presence shall go with you and I will give you rest. That is still His promise to you.

That rest is made possible because the way into the presence of God has been opened for you through Jesus Christ alone. At His death the veil was torn, showing that access to the holiest place is now open to all who come through His blood. He entered heaven itself to appear in the presence of God for us, and through Him you can come boldly to the Father. It is not your strength that earns His nearness, but His grace that invites you.

He does also place people around you to help and encourage you, and it is wise to receive instruction and correction and comfort from godly people with humility. The reverence of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and humility comes before honor. Stay open to those the Lord brings alongside you, while keeping your deepest trust in Christ.

If you are tired today, turn your heart consciously toward the Lord where you are. Tell Him honestly about your weariness and ask Him to make His presence more real to you than your problems. Ask Him to help you walk through this season with Him, not apart from Him, trusting that He who foreknew you and called you will also conform you to the image of His Son and carry you through.

May the Lord give you a fresh awareness of His nearness, and the rest that only His presence can give, as you come to Him through Jesus.
 

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