100 Days of Prayer for Difficult Times: What to Pray During Your Hardest DaysSample

Precious Father,

I’m holding on to the truth that in the cacophony of voices racing through my mind and heart, yours is there. I want to hear it over the other noises, so I’ll follow Jesus’s example and move to a quiet place. I will be alone with you. I’ll strive to be quiet and listen for your voice, my Shepherd, the One I trust. Oh, Father, I ask for your help in pushing aside all the other voices shouting for my attention, telling me to doubt you, to be afraid, to be hopeless. They are lies, Father. I know they are lies.

Oh God, help me to step away from the things causing this anguish. Help me to quiet my heart and quiet my thoughts. Help me to be still as I sit near you. Speak words of comfort and strength into my soul. Give me reminders of your presence. I know that none of these painful, troubling things I’m going through have caught you off guard, and I do believe you have a plan in all this. I just need to be still and listen for your voice and no other voice.

You will guide me, comfort me, and give me wisdom. You are my all-­powerful, mighty, loving God.