A Prayer for Hope When I Want to Give Up

Father, I want to quit. I am saying it to You plainly because I cannot say it to anyone else. The effort feels pointless, the same battles keep coming back, and a tired voice in me whispers that it would be easier to just stop.

I confess I am exhausted in a way that has reached my spirit. I have started to believe my showing up does not matter, and that lie has nearly convinced me.

But I am bringing the temptation to You before I act on it, because You promised not to let me be tested beyond what I can bear, and to make a way out where I see none.

Your word says let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the right time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Hold that harvest in front of me when I cannot see past today.

I lay down the urge to walk away. I ask You to carry me through this stretch I cannot carry myself. Give me one more reason to stay.

I do not have to feel like continuing; I only have to take the next breath with You. Keep me here, Lord, and do not let me quit. Amen.