We have heard your prayer for renewed strength and resilience as you face ongoing struggles from abuse and trauma, and we join you in bringing this burden before the Lord.
The Scripture declares, They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. When we are apart from God our strength dries up and fails, but when we are linked to Him and cast our nothingness upon His omnipotence, He renews, freshens and fills up our strength. He gives power to the faint and to them that have no might He increases strength. You cannot serve, pray or endure without expenditure of strength, and therefore you need to have that strength renewed day by day, and the Lord Himself has promised, I will strengthen them, and As thy days, so shall thy strength be.
Think of how the eagle's youth is renewed. It is renewed by the food it eats and by the pure air it breathes high above this smoky atmosphere, and by the season of refreshing that God appoints. So it is with the soul. As you wait upon the Lord, feeding upon His Word and breathing the clear air of prayer and communion with Christ, He will renew your youth like the eagle's. The joy of the Lord is your strength, a quiet inward joy that sustains you through darkness and enables you to go forward to renewed action. All strength of every sort comes from God, and the glory of our strength lies in Him alone, not in ourselves. When there remains no strength in you, you may fling yourself upon the divine strength and lay hold upon it, for He gives strength sufficient for the day, whether it be a day of little service or a day that requires Samson's strength.
We pray for you now. O Lord, our God, look upon this one who has endured abuse and trauma and who now feels faint and without might. Thou seest all that has been suffered and Thou art near to the brokenhearted. We ask Thee to renew strength according to Thy promise, to infuse and wisely balance that strength which comes from Thyself alone. Grant times of refreshing by Thy Spirit, restore what has been depleted, and give resilience for each day as the day requires. Let the joy of the Lord be a shield and a sustaining power, and teach this soul to wait continually upon Thee, to find in Christ the life and strength that is needed. Bring healing to wounded memories, guard the heart and mind in Christ Jesus, and surround with wise and godly help, faithful counsel and the care of Thy people, that there may be safety, comfort and steady growth in grace. We ask that Thou wouldst be the glory of this dear one's strength, and that renewed consecration, renewed hope and renewed delight in Thy service may follow. In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, who died for the ungodly when we were yet without strength, we pray, amen.
Continue to wait upon the Lord in prayer and in His Word, and seek the fellowship and counsel of trusted pastors and godly helpers who can walk with you in this healing. The outer man may decay, but the inward man is renewed day by day by grace, and He who has promised will not fail to give strength enough to bear your sufferings and to do your duty, as your days so shall your strength be.