Prayer for Help

Deflated

Deflated I am broken-hearted.My spirit is crushed.My energy depleted.I want to feel whole againto feel hope, not hurt.With Your grace and goodnesschange is near.

Also labeled: Simple Prayer, Prayer for Loss, Prayer, Prayer for Depression, Prayer for Divorce, Stress, Various Author, Bad News, Loneliness, Suicide

Rescue Mission

Rescue Mission This morning I awakewith a mountain of debton my shoulders;I feel my feet slipas an avalanche of billssends me sliding out of control. Please rescue mefrom this frightening place;Please send reservesof time and patience,and financial resourcesto lift me from the path of...

Also labeled: Prayers for Miracles, Prayer for Prosperity, Prayer, Money, Purpose Driven Life, Various Author, Prosperity Prayer, Help

Motivation

Motivation from Miley The last place I expected to receive spiritual inspiration is in the songs of Miley Cyrus. Love her? Hate her? She's a pop princess, a product of Disney, and ready to make her own mark. At 18, she's already achieved massive fame and her dose of scandal. Whether you deem her as a role model or parenting nightmare, set aside what you know of Miley Cyrus.

Also labeled: Praying, Secular Sanctity, Miley Cyrus, Sarah Rainey

Concrete Walls

Concrete Walls Her letters arrive filled with anguish,apologies, and tear-stained pages.She speaks of isolation, little sleep,cold floors, cold showers, guards that hate.She begs forgiveness for what she's done;she asks for...

Also labeled: Spirituality Prayer, Prayer for Spirituality, Prayer, Prayer for Children, Overwhelmed, Jail, Heidi Haller, Incarceration , Prayer for the Faithful

Showing Up for Life

Showing Up for Life All I want to do today is eat and drinkand lie numb on the sofa.I do not want to think about my obstacles. Today it feels easier and safer to give in to my addiction.Please provide me with the courage to fight my disease.Give me the strength to show up for my life. I have faith in Your presence and knowin...

Also labeled: Prayer for Depression, Spirituality Prayer, Prayer for Spirituality, Prayer, Overwhelmed, Various Author, Loneliness

Fear

Fear I believe love conquers all,but today I am full of fear and anxiety.I feel like the most overlookedwoman in the world.Help me to know Your courageous love.Remove this fear from me,so that I may accomplish Your will.Live in me, speak to me, rescue me.Today, won't you deliver me with love?

Also labeled: Request Prayer, Prayer Request, Prayer, Brenda Scott, Overcoming Fear

Unending Love

Unending Love Her hands can't thread a needle,reading now, a past pleasure.Walking has become a challenge,forgetting what she had to say.Failing eyesight, hands that tremble,limbs that won't cooperate,memories playing hide and seek.Will You prepare me,this child who has now

Also labeled: Serenity Prayer, Prayer for Serenity, Prayer, Prayer for Helping Others, Prayer for Parents, Prayer for Aging, Prayer for Caretaker, Alzheimer's, Heidi Haller, Prayer for Pain

Plea for Hope

Plea for Hope He stares unseeing into the distance.He is so young; his life full of possibilities— but he can’t feel it. I fear I will say the wrong thing and push himbeyond all hope, beyond all help.Please help me rea...

Also labeled: Prayer for Children, Sue Bradford Edwards, God Help Me, Prayer for Child, Prayer, Request Prayer

Give Me Shelter

Give Me Shelter My house still shelters us, but not for long.Soon my family and I will be swept awayin the brutal tsunami that is foreclosure.My house is no longer my house.How do I get through this?I need You to remind me, my house is merely walls and nails.My family's love always has a solid...

Also labeled: Karen Laven, Prosperity Prayer, Prayer, Prayer for Prosperity, Prayer for Shelter, Prayer for the Home

M-Word

M-Word I have been afraid of money . . .afraid that understanding finances would make me cold,that preferring security makes me faithless,that wishing for prosperity makes me greedy.Please clear my heart of fear,so that You can finally provide for meby teaching me to provide for myself. Grant me the courage to put a price on my...

Also labeled: Prosperity Prayer, Prayer for Prosperity, Prayer, Money, Abigail Wurdeman

Paid in Full

Paid in Full As the door to each sourceof financial credit slowlycloses with a sickening click,I pray You will help meunclench the familiargrip of fear invadingthe pit of my stomach. Help me remember to breathe.Let me lift my eyes from thepile of papers that have casttheir numerical reckoningupon my weary spirit.  

Also labeled: Request Prayer, Prayer, Promotion, Money, Various Author

Moving Mountains

Moving Mountains You see what I am up against.My head is bloodied from banging it againstthe wall of corruption and denial.Save me.I am shadow boxing, trying to make a change,yet all I strike is empty air.Give me strength to keep fighting.Let the justice of my...

Also labeled: Prayer for Guidance, Lori Strawn, Request Prayer, Prayer, Self-Growth, Prayer for Patience

Fired

Fired I hand in my card pass and locker key.I pack my personal possessions in a box.I mumble my good-byes.I rub away my tears and pretend to smile.I need to pray but the words won't come. Ex-colleagues avoid looking me in the eyeAs they shake my hand.Is my redundancy catching?From buddy to stranger, just like that.I...

Also labeled: Request Prayer, Career, Tanja Cilia

Giving Up the Smokes

Giving Up the Smokes Today I did not dothat thing I should not do:That thing I've allowedto define me,for far too long.I tell myself stories about it."It keeps me thin.""I can't resist it."Today I realizedthose stories are lies,and I didn't listen.

Also labeled: Request Prayer, Prayer, Smoking, Lori Strawn

Truly Giving

Truly Giving Sometimes,I don't want to hearwhat is being saidso clearly to me. The solutionI've already devisedtakes less timeand isn't as much trouble. Help me to see,that to give,as You would have me give,means dipping intowhat I'd rather keep.

Also labeled: Request Prayer, Prayer, Sue Bradford Edwards, Help, Inner Peace, God Help Me

Digging Out

Digging Out Dishes clutter the counters and sink.Laundry mounds up beside the washer.Junk mail, shoes, and morecover every flat surface.I can't get out from under it all.I need family and friends around me,but I'm ashamed of how I live.Lend me the vision I needto see one small taskI accomplish each day.Help me understand that thingsdid not...

Also labeled: Request Prayer, Prayer, Sue Bradford Edwards, Overwhelmed, Prayer for the Home

For All the Single Ladies

For All the Single Ladies I grew up believing thatevery princess finds her prince.It's inevitable.My kingdom, on the other hand,is full of frogs.No matter how often I kiss them,they remain stubbornly amphibious. Where is the prince You made for...

Also labeled: Lori Strawn, Request Prayer, Prayer, Prayer for Love

Clearer Vision

Clearer Vision Looking at the world the way it seems to beis such an exhausting endeavor.It takes a lot of energy to process the bad news,to deal with the crotchety co-workers,and to budget my time and talents.Re-train my mind so that I see what might be, first.Be with me as I look at what is and sift through itto find that kernel of...

Also labeled: Ruth Williams, Discouraged, Prayer Online, What to do with My Life, Request Prayer, Prayer for Hope, Prayer Request, Bad Day, Prayer for Work, Prayer

Priorities

Priorities I can do it all I’ve told myself; I’ve got lists. Yet, why do I sometimes forget to talk to You? Were You not on my list? Help me to keep You at the top...

Also labeled: Motivation, Inspirational Prayer, Prayer, Prayer for Inspiration, Karen Laven

Faulty Connection

Faulty Connection Hello?Are You there?I could really use an answer;a sign of some sort.I beg of you — speak loudly.Drop the sky on my head...whatever it takes.You know I value Your judgmentabove all others.Let me know Your will.I long to do it,with a free and loving heart.I'm listening.I will always listen for...

Also labeled: Motivation, Prayer for Guidance, Request Prayer, Lori Strawn, Prayer Request, God Help Me, Prayer

It's Never Too Late

It's Never Too Late I come to You nowwith a heavy heart.Please forgive mefor not coming to You sooner. I have always prided myselfon being independent.I "knew" I could do everything myself...but I can't.It bothers me to admit that I need help...but I do.I can't manage by myself anymore...I need...

Also labeled: Prayer for Guidance, Request Prayer, Prayer, Spiritual Connection, Various Author