Dear Lord,
You are all I need. You give me grace because Your power works best in weak people—like me.
I am a weakling compared to You. But in this I take great delight because the strength of Christ’s power is explosive and infuses me so that I can conquer every difficulty.
When I am in You, being weak is a blessing. Even troubles are a blessing because to win my battles, all I have to do is entrust my troubles to You.
Your Holy Spirit also helps me with my weakness. It doesn’t matter that I’m not smart enough to know exactly what to pray because the Holy Spirit is praying for me in groans too deep for words.
The thing I must watch for in my weakness is temptation. The spirit in me is willing to ignore temptation, but my weak flesh would allow me to cave in. So, Lord, I call on You to give me strength in my flesh to overcome temptation. Please give me victory so that my life pleases You.
Lord, You are the one who gives me strength. You make my way perfect. You make my feet like those of a deer so that I can leap onto craggy rocks with sure footing.
Lord, You train my hands so that I can shoot arrows in battle. In You I will win every battle, for You are my strength. You are my victory.
In the name of Jesus, amen.
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV
I find that the strength of Christ’s explosive power infuses me to conquer every difficulty.
Philippians 4:13 TPT
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
Romans 8:26 ESV
Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Matthew 26:41 ESV
God arms me with strength
and makes my way perfect.
He makes my feet like those of a deer
and gives me sure footing on high places.
He trains my hands for battle
so that my arms can bend an archer’s bow of bronze.
Psalm 18:32–34 GW