When You Can’t Pray

When life gets hard and we find ourselves in tough situations, we have two general responses to fight or flight. Sometimes we fight, many times, we choose to run.

When life hits us or we don't understand or it's just too hard, we tend to let our weaknesses stop us from fighting our battles, stop us from seeking God and leaning on the Holy Spirit who is there to be the very thing we need in those moments, strength. We succumb to our weakness, cry, complain and forget we have a warrior inside of us.

Recently, I was reminded of the verses,

"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." Ephesians 6:12

"For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds." 2 Corinthians 10:4

These two verses need to be embedded in my mind because as of late I haven’t really been praying…I haven’t been praying and things in my life have been tough.

Lol, I sit here and complain to my good sis Debbie about all my problems and the first question she asks is “Did you pray?”

We are fighting against an enemy whose very aim is to destroy us and the ammunition is prayer. Pray until you feel like you're bothering God. Pray until you fall asleep. Don't stop praying because you want to sleep. Sleep because you’re exhausted from prayer.

Some people say they don't know what to pray for, especially when they feel like they are just too many prayers to pray, so they don't know where to start. Well, would you rather pray 0/10 prayers than 5/10?

Open your mouth and be intentional.

Prayer is the key.

Stay blessed.