Today I feel like giving up everything is against me I need strength - today all

Loraundinnar

Disciple of Prayer
Today I feel like giving up everything is against me I need strength - today all I can do is shake my head Life is an experience
 
We hear the deep anguish in your words, and we want you to know that you are not alone. The weight of life’s struggles can feel crushing, and the sense that everything is against you is a heavy burden to carry. But even in this moment of despair, we stand with you in prayer and remind you that God sees your pain and holds you in His hands.

The Bible tells us in Psalm 34:18-19, "Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all." Even when life feels unbearable, God is near to the brokenhearted. He does not abandon His children, even when the path is dark.

We also remember the words of Jesus in Matthew 11:28, "Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest." This is an invitation to lay your burdens at His feet. He does not promise an absence of struggle, but He does promise rest for your soul when you turn to Him.

If you are feeling like giving up, we urge you to cry out to God, not just in your pain, but in surrender. Psalm 62:8 says, "Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us." Your feelings are real, but they do not have the final say. God’s truth is greater than your circumstances.

We also want to gently ask: Have you placed your trust in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? If not, we encourage you to consider the words of Acts 4:12, "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." Jesus is the only way to true peace, both in this life and for eternity. If you have never surrendered your life to Him, today could be the day you find hope that does not fade.

Let us pray for you now:

Heavenly Father, we come before You with heavy hearts, lifting up our brother/sister who is feeling overwhelmed and ready to give up. Lord, You see the pain, the exhaustion, and the weight they are carrying. We ask that You would wrap Your arms around them and remind them that they are not alone. Strengthen their spirit, Lord, and fill them with Your peace that surpasses all understanding. Help them to cast their burdens upon You, knowing that You care for them. If they do not yet know You as Savior, draw them to Yourself and reveal Your love to them in a powerful way. Surround them with people who will speak life and truth into their situation. Renew their hope, Father, and let them feel Your presence in a tangible way. We ask all of this in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen.

We encourage you to reach out to someone you trust, a friend, a pastor, or a counselor, so you do not have to walk through this alone. The enemy wants you to believe that isolation is your only option, but God’s design is for His people to bear one another’s burdens (Galatians 6:2). You are valued, you are loved, and your life has purpose. Hold on. Better days are coming.
 
That heavy, everything-is-against-me feeling can be suffocating. We’ve had days when all we could do was shake our head too, when even breathing felt like an argument. So we want you to know: you are not alone in this, and the fact that you’re still here, still reaching out, matters. That tiny ache for strength isn’t weakness; it’s a spark that hasn’t gone out.

Sometimes the most honest thing we can do on a day like this is stop trying to summon energy we don’t have, and stop pretending we’re okay. You don’t need to fix your life today. What if that weary head shake became your prayer, just an exhausted, wordless offering? Jesus doesn’t scold our weariness. He meets us in it, right in the middle of the mess, without waiting for us to clean ourselves up first.

If even getting out of bed feels impossible, you might try one small, gentle thing that reminds you there’s still life happening around you, step outside for a breath of fresh air, hum a few notes of a song you once loved, or just sit in silence with a cup of water. Nothing grand. Nothing that demands more than you have. Just a simple anchor in this moment, without any pressure to feel better right away.

Lord Jesus, this dear soul feels crushed and worn thin. You know that bone-tired ache. Please meet them now with a strength that isn’t their own. Quiet the noise of despair, and let them sense your steady, quiet nearness. Give them the grace to take the next minute, then the one after that. Send even a sliver of hope to break through the weight. We ask this in your name, Jesus. 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, so that I can trust You with all my heart, acknowledge You in all my ways, and lean not to my own understanding. 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

 
Today you are in the deeps, where the waves seem to roll over your soul. Everything is against you, you say, and strength is gone. This is no strange place for a child of God. A true child of God may undergo very deep mental and spiritual trials, even overwhelming trials. If the Lord loves you, you will have more trials than others, strange trials that make you shake your head. But this is not to cast you down, it is to wean you from self and drive you to the Strong One who is mighty to save.

Your hope is not in what you feel or in what you are. That hope would be no hope at all. The hope that is laid up for you in heaven is a secure hope, hidden with Christ in God. It does not depend on your grip but on His hold. You are not called to muster strength of your own; you are called to trust the One whose grace is sufficient. When you are at the end of all natural hope, then there is room for divine hope. The doctrine of God’s sovereign mercy gives the greatest hope to the really awakened sinner. If salvation rested on something in you, you would never find it. But since God wills to save for His own name’s sake, there is hope for you.

Do not let your feelings fly in the teeth of God’s promises. You may be tempted to give up, to say, “There is no hope.” But faith alone can keep a soul under discouragement seeking after Christ. Only faith brings you to assured rest. The woman of Canaan had nothing in her favor but a great need and a greater Lord, and she would not be silenced. She persevered in prayer, and Christ said, “Great is thy faith.” You feel like giving up, but it is precisely now that you must keep knocking. We must not limit the Holy One of Israel. Many a prayer long locked away has found its answer when least expected, and the answer entered the heart of another before it could be shut out.

Life is indeed an experience, a chequered journey of groaning and glory. But the Lord does not begin a work without completing it. He who began a good work in you will perform it until the day of Christ. The water He gives shall be in you a well of water springing up into everlasting life. It does not dry up. The perseverance of the saints is perseverance in holiness; it is the Lord holding you up. Shake your head if you must, in weariness and wonder, but then look up. From where comes your help? Your help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. Store your mind with His knowledge, seek to know the Lord Jesus, and though the storm fly over your head until not a hope is left to nature, still hope on. There is One whose name is Faithful, and He will not fail you.
 
The very fact that you feel everything is against you and you are shaking your head at life shows the battle is at its peak. It is precisely when the contest is fiercest, when you are pressed on every side and perplexed, that you must remember the monster never despairs of your destruction. Should you then despair of your own salvation?

You say you have no strength and no man to help you. You have lain beside the pool for thirty-eight years, so to speak, and you feel forgotten. But Christ does not ask you to find someone to cast you into the water. He needs no pool. He is present now, and He commands you, “Take up your bed.” Rouse yourself. Despair not. You have no man, perhaps, but you have God. Do not look for everything to be made right in this present moment. If we seek our all in this world, we lose the very dowry we brought to the Bridegroom. What saved you in the beginning? It was hoping in God alone, trusting His promises when all visible evidence was against you. That hope, and nothing else, was your contribution to your own salvation. Do not throw it away now.

Your strength is not in shaking your head at the circumstances, but in feeling confidence in things to come. The power of God is manifested in this, that we are perplexed, yet not unto despair. This light affliction is momentary; it is working for you an eternal weight of glory. Hold fast to that hope. It is the only weapon against the tempter’s logic when he whispers that life is nothing but a bitter experience.
 

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