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•A Prayer When You’re Desperate for Help•By Anthony Valente👉 “I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.” (Psalm 121:1-2)Life can seem like one problem after another. Just when you think you have your job figured out, your boss hands you another responsibility. And when your kids finally start sleeping through the night, the time to teach them to drive comes before you know it. If your job doesn’t occasionally make you feel unprepared or unqualified, parenting will.When challenges arise, overwhelm can set in, and we forget we have a Heavenly Helper. It’s mind-boggling to think God takes an interest in helping us, yet Scripture tells us He does. Not only does God look down from heaven to aid His children, He also sent us a Helper, the Holy Spirit, to be with us forever. Our Helper rules over the heavens, and He also lives inside us.Friend, if challenges at work make you feel stressed and inadequate, take heart. The same God who helped people on the pages of your Bible will also come to your aid if you call on Him. When you’re hanging on by a thread at home or feel like the worst parent ever, remember Your Heavenly Father stands ready to strengthen and guide you. When we feel overwhelmed and inadequate, Psalm 121 offers encouragement.Let’s lift our eyes heavenward. Instead of striving to handle everything ourselves, we can call on our Helper. The God of heaven delights in drawing near to aid His children in a time of need.Let’s remember God’s power. Nothing is too hard for the Creator of heaven and earth. He rules and reigns over every circumstance in our lives. No problem is too big for Him to handle.Take a few minutes to read through Psalm 121 today and notice the description of God as our ever-present Creator, Caretaker, and Keeper. When you ask God for help, He will respond. Your faith will grow as you see Him come through for you again and again. Perhaps the challenge before you today is actually an opportunity to see God’s power and experience His love in new ways.Let’s Pray.🙏 Loving Lord, I come to You to ask for help. Forgive me for the many times I rely on my own strength and capacity before I look to You. Thank You for difficult circumstances that go beyond my ability and make me realize my need for You. Help me turn to You today and every day as I navigate the challenges I face. I praise You for Your great power and ability to do far more than I can imagine. Your greatness goes beyond what I can comprehend. Father, show Your power and glory in my life. Strengthen me and give me patience as I learn to wait on You. I lift my eyes to You because I know where my help comes from. Give me the grace to keep my eyes on You alone and to live for You today. I trust You will care for me and work all my circumstances for good. In Jesus’ Name,AMEN 🙏 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.(Isaiah 40:28-29)Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.(Psalm 143:10)But the LORD stands beside me like a great warrior. Before him my persecutors will stumble. They cannot defeat me. They will fail and be thoroughly humiliated. Their dishonor will never be forgotten.(Jeremiah 20:11)Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”(Isaiah 30:21)God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble.(Psalm 46:1)Know also that wisdom is like honey for you: If you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.(Proverbs 24:14)And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.(Hebrews 11:6)But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.(Isaiah 40:31)So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”(Hebrews 13:6)When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.(Proverbs 6:22)For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.(Romans 8:38-39)Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.(Ephesians 3:20)For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.(Jeremiah 29:11)For nothing will be impossible with God.(Luke 1:37)For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.(Ephesians 2:8-9)And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.(Mark 11:22-24)"We're praying this so that you can live lives that are worthy of the Lord and pleasing to him in every way: by producing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God; by being strengthened through his glorious might so that you endure everything and have patience."(Colossians 1:10-11)Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.(Isaiah 41:10)"Let’s not get tired of doing good, because in time we’ll have a harvest if we don’t give up."(Galatians 6:9)And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.(Mark 4:39)And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.(Luke 14:27)“Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”(Luke 19:38)(pic verse)“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.(Matthew 11:28)Artist 👨‍🎨 I Am With You Always - David Delfeld