“Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith… After you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.”
1 Peter 5:7-10 NLT
Life can feel like a relentless battle, can’t it? The weight of worry, the whisper of lies, the exhaustion of trying to hold it all together. And just when you think you’re steady, another wave crashes in.
But hear this, friend: You are not alone in the struggle. You are not defenseless against the enemy’s attacks. You are not forgotten in your suffering.
God sees you. He cares for you. And He has given you the power to stand firm. The enemy wants you isolated in your fear, but God calls you anchored in faith. The devil wants to devour your hope, but Jesus promises to restore, support, and strengthen you.
You don’t have to be strong enough — because He is. You don’t have to have it all figured out — because He does. Your suffering won’t last forever, but His love and faithfulness will.
So today, let’s practice letting go. Hand over every worry, every weight, every wound to the One who holds you. And let’s lift each other up in prayer.
Drop a prayer request in the comments, then take a moment to pray for the person before you.
God is moving. You are seen. And we are standing firm together.
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Please pray for a decision my husband and I need to make. Whether or not he would be the new worship leader at a very small church of 10-20 people. We love our current medium size church. I am in an awesome women’s Bible study and we are in a Lifegroup and on the greeting team. The tiny church does a lot with evangelism and outreach to the needy and homeless. My husband and I also do homeless ministry so we have that connection with the small church. It is a very difficult decision. We are asking our closest friends to pray for God’s guidance in this. Please pray that the Lord will lead us and guide us in what we decide. Thanks so much.
Amber,
Father God give Amber & her husband a discerning heart & mind to know your will. Guide their steps on this journey. Make it clear if you want them to change churches or not. It can be such a hard choice. You alone have the answers. Give them peace & patience as they await your answers!
Blessings
Beth, thanks so much for your prayers. I can struggle with patience at times, so I’m grateful you also prayed for patience and peace in the process. May the Lord bless you!
Amber
Please pray for my sister, Joanie. She has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Lift her up to the Lord.
I am praying for you dear Jill. Nothing is impossible for God! May the Lord God Rapha, your healer! May He encourage your heart and be the Lifter of your head!
Please pray for me and my family that we become stronger in the Lord and do His will. That our family is restored and healed emotionally, physically, and spiritually. In Jesus’ name
Please pray I can find strength to go on after losing my husband to a tragic death .
Oh dear Margie, our Lord is the Prince of Peace. May He comfort you and give you peace now and every day ahead!
Please pray for God to remove relationships that are causing me to sin. I would like to remain in fellowship with our Lord Jesus and abide in Him but I am being distracted by things that are not from God. Also for me to stand firm in my faith and to get back to the place where I honor and please God with all my heart, soul, mind and strength, to live in obedience to Him, living in holiness and righteousness.
Recognizing the need to remove those relationships is huge! Praying the LORD will bring new people into your life that will share the love and support that you need. You are never alone on this journey. Praying you will find firm ground to stand on, to be still and know that He is with you! Stay strong sweet sister in Christ! You are loved and prayed for.
I read or listen to incourage daily. I am recovering from illness suffering dizziness and drowsiness. Have had a week of med adjustment and felt very good yesterday but was up and down very frequently to the bathroom last night. I needed this devotional today. Please pray for me.
My prayer request is for my dire financial crisis. I am in need of God’s mercy and miracles.
Dear Robyn, may our Lord Jehovah Jireh supply your every need. He is our God of mercy and miracles! I am praying for you!
Dear Lord, we come to you this morning on behalf of these prayer requests. Lord, please heal, strengthen and restore— bodies and relationships with others and most importantly with You. Give wisdom and guidance and help us all to keep our eyes on You and trust in You.
Pray for me for healing from IBS. It’s been bothering me alot lately .
Linda, praying the Lord brings healing to your IBS, and draws you close to His heart as He brings comfort, healing, and relief. You are dearly loved by your Heavenly Father.
Please pray for my older sister, a highly skilled retired nurse, who was just hospitalized and is being treated now for a mental illness. God answered our prayers for her to agree to take meds.May He also answer our prayers that she be able to return to living independently, since she chose to move out West away from East Coast.
Father God please give Kathleen’s sister peace and protection. Let her sister feel You walking with her, holding her with Your mighty righteous right hand. And let her continue to choose life and health knowing that You are there to give her strength and be her forever guide. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Thank you for your faithfulness and prayers!
Thank you Jesus for all the encouraging stories in the Bible that have so encouraged us. As real as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be. We are eternally grateful.
I would like to pray for dear hearts, Mia and Jillian.
For dear hearts, Elska, Brendan and Brenna.
For Jesus full healing and restoration of every cell in their bodies, in mind, heart and their spirits. Amen
Please pray for my daughter and son-in-law as they try to conceive. This is a hard journey for them and for those of us who are supporting them. Ask God to open the path He wants for them and to give them peace. Wherever they with leads them. Amen.
Please pray for my daughter Lauren, and her issues with depression, anxiety and PTSD.
Dear Debbie…….I will certainly pray for your daughter with her depression, anxiety and PTSD. I know what Lauren is going through as I had the same thing for many years of my life. It started when I was 3 years old and back in those days, nobody cared or even thought about this horrible feeling. I also suffered from panic attacks that were really bad. I lost so much weight as I could not eat and I just didn’t know what to do. This continued for many years even after I was married. I found it hard to even go to work as I had to hide these things. I will pray every day for Lauren and hope that she will find someone to help her. I feel her pain and of course your’s too, Debbie as you are her mother. I know how difficult to go on and I still suffer with depression and anxiety due to my problems. I do take some medication, but it often does not work. I am there for you and Lauren. I promise. Betsy Basile
Dear Debbie, I also have suffered seasons of depression and anxiety, but the Lord has always brought me through. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Hold onto Him as He holds onto you!
To the (incourage) community who provides us with so many wonderful devotions every day and they all help me to even though it has been a long wait, you give me HOPE that at some time He will find a way to reconnect me with my son who disowned me due to saying that I was a liar about his father’s dementia and he also said that he and his wife would never allow me to see or talk to at that time my 1 grandchild, a boy who at that time was 11 years old and now in a couple of months he will be 15. I don’t even know what he looks like. This has been into my 4th year of heartbreak as my grandson is the love of my life. My son did find out his father had the violent type of dementia, when he tried to kill me and I was told I had to get him out of our house of 40 years for my own safety. My husband would not follow his doctor’s orders and the first thing they told him, was that he had to eliminate all alcohol. Instead of doing this, he increased what he was drinking and he went to drinking more and he abused me for 3+ years as I stayed with him to try and get him to believe that he was sick. There are so many other things that go along with this part of the story, but suffice it to say, There has been no communication with any of the 3 of them and all of the rest of my family and relatives have passed on, I know that the Lord is with me and my Holy Spirit is always by my side, but I am 77 years old and still I feel such loneliness that at times I feel like giving up, but my faith tells me not to. Thank you for your words today and I am getting ready to go to church so I will just continue to pray and ask for HOPE and LOVE and PRAYERS to help me put one foot in front of the other……………………………..Betsy Basile
Prayers that we connect more, talk as listen to one another. Especially, older we get as women, we need others it helps us live longer and healthier!!! PLEASE be kind to one another and hopefully, we’ll make closer friends, especially, us that have no family!
Linda, may the Holy Spirit bring a new friend into your life. I pray right now a person is coming to mind that you might connect with and a friendship would blossom and grow. Much love, Rebecca
We need prayer for healing and financial provision. This year has been our hardest year yet. It’s only early April and I’ve survived a life threatening illness, had 2 surgeries and been on crazy high steroids, and missed 2 months of work. Lord willing, I’m going to try to return on a very part time basis tomorrow. Treatments still continue. Thousands have already been put on a credit card, but thousands more to spend. And my husband now needs his own surgery, he’s struggling too. The way seems scary and impossible but we know the impossible is possible for God. Thank you for praying!
I am praying for you! God is faithful!
Robert3rd needs a breakthrough from the spiritual warfare he is experiencing. Please lift him up to the Lord . May God pull him up out of the miry clay and set his feet on solid ground. Have mercy upon his life oh Lord !
Robert needs freedom from demonic influence.
May God give him a breakthrough from the evil people provoking him . Father God please work a miracle in his life I ask in the precious name of Jesus.
So many things to pray for in our country and world! Peace and unity for sure.
More personally, I ask prayers for my mom and sarah and paul as a deal with pain and health issues.
Our little family of 3 has been in crisis for decades. Our adult son, 43 a believer, graduate from college has been homeless and living in his car for over 10 years. We’re retired, 70+ and living on a fixed income. We’re constantly giving him money and used vehicles. He suffers from anxiety and depression terribly.
Thank you for your prayers. We’ve been in Christian counseling for many years with no real solutions. He lives in New England very far from us in the south. We need some Holy Spirit revelation!
I am praying for you dear. I also have suffered seasons of depression and anxiety but the Lord is faithful to always bring me thru to better days!
Dear Lord, be with robert and bring him peace and the ability to feel your love surrounding him and protecting him from the evils surrounding him. Bring him your blessings.
So many things to pray for in our country and world! Peace and unity for sure.
More personally, I ask prayers for my mom and sarah and paul as a deal with pain and health issues.
Husband laid off from a well-paying job. Praying for provision and a new job.
Grace and strength for today and the days ahead. Holy confidence and courage. Clarity. His peace and protection over me and my family.
Hi I’m requesting a prayer, I’ve been called to write an assessment test for work on the 4 of March, everything went well i passed by even now haven’t received a call back to come and work,I’m struggling my hopes were very high I was looking forward to working for my family, please pray that they call me life is very hard
In Courage,
Father God there are many prayer requests here. You alone know all the requests. Send your healing touch to those who need it. Guide doctors to help heal everyone. Provide finances for those in need. Restore loved ones to you. Thank you for hearing our prayers & for taking our sins upon yourself on the cross. AMEN
Praying for a baby boy- God knows my heart. Thank you Lord for hearing my prayers and for communities such as this one who can pray for one another.
First off I pray for all the comments posted before and after my comment. I pray that God is with you and all your needs. I pray that you feel His loving and secure arms around throughout all that you’re facing.
Also, I want to pray for my grandma who has been battling pneumonia. I ask for continued healing for her.
Also, I want to pray for my mom who has been battling some severe stomach issues recently in the past few years and finally has a doctors appointment scheduled I believe this week coming week. I pray for healing there and that the appointment goes well.
I also I pray for continued healing for me as well because I have been dealing with some random health issues that are still undiagnosed but seem to trending in a better way.
Blessings to everyone!
Amen
Please keep me and my family in your prayers. My daughter passed away a week and a half ago unexpectedly. She has had multiple surgeries and infections in her in 27 years of life. She leaves behind her husband and 17 month old daughter. Her husband is having a hard time with all of this. Please pray he seeks wise counsel and continues to ho to church. Please pray that he can get the much needed support from his church that they started attending this past January.
I am asking prayers for my 42 year old daughter, mother of a 22 month old, who was just diagnosed with Stage 3 Colon Cancer. She has already had major surgery and is waiting to start Chemotherapy for 6 months. Of course we are praying for a full recovery, but also for her stamina and emotional well being. She just wants to be able to help her husband raise their daughter together.
I pray for Karen and all her family. Losing a child (no matter the age) has to be devastating.
My husband lost his position as Chiro for rge Air Force. God moved us here 22 years ago for this open door and now it has closed. All chiros are being defunded in Airforce and it is sad. BUT God is good and greater than all my fears. Praying for guide posts and God’s next open door for our family amd that we remain steadfast in faith and see him go before us. He provides all our needs according to his glorious riches.
Over the last year, I have lost my husband and my mother. Then I had a revision to my right above knee amputation that was very hopeful only to have it fail and then have 2 serious infections and 2 more revisions to my amputation. I am asking for faith, hope, confidence and courage to get through this. I do trust in my God and know he has me in his arms.
Praying for you Tina and God does have you in his arms!
I have been hurt by my daughter with her words. I pray that she can let me know what is really going on. I love her and pray for her every day. This hurt has affected my health. I need prayer for her to come to Jesus and to come back to me. I pray for God’s peace for me and my daughter.
My daughter, grandson, and two granddaughters (all adults) were recently laid off at work. They desperately need employment to pay their rent and other bills. Please pray that God will lead them each to a place that is right for them. Please pray that employers doing the hiring will see their worth and open opportunities for them. Thank you.
LORD please help me spiritually mentally, emotionally and physically to Stand and Thrive, not just survive. Please rescue and/or give me wisdom and courage to break free from marriage of abuse. IN JESUS’ NAME, AMEN
Please pray for my daughter and her partner to find affordable housing after a driver drove through the home they were renting, causing extensive damage.
Please our Father in heaven take our beloved brother Bill Home with You. He has suffered so much in the last few years with cancer, cardiac issues and several other comorbidities. This weekend he has had multiple strokes. Doctors say they still could be more strokes coming. God bless him and have mercy on him in his hour of need.
Lord, please envelop Donna’s brother Bill in your loving arms. Ease his suffering and let him rest in his forever home with You by his side.
If I could ask for prayers for my daughter. She found a lump in her breast and has an appointment tomorrow for a mammogram and ultrasound. She is a 33 year old mom of a 2 year old little boy who needs her. I really appreciate it. Thank you.