A prayer for a night you can't sleep
Short prayers for when sleep will not come: for fear, grief, guilt, a restless body, and someone you are worried about, with one line to repeat until morning.
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Articles that lean on the Psalms, the prayer book of people in trouble.
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A Prayer for Strength: Words for a Weary Heart
A prayer for strength when you are worn out, with words from the Psalms and the gospel for courage, comfort, and peace.
Anxiety at night
It is 3 a.m., your body is awake before your mind is, and the fears line up. What the psalms say about the night watches, and a small liturgy for the dark.
Bible Verses for Hard Times: Strength When You Have None
When you have no strength left, Scripture speaks honestly about weakness and points to God as your strength. Verses and comfort for hard times.
Father of the Fatherless: Bible Verses for the Unfathered
God calls Himself the helper and defender of the fatherless. Here is what Scripture says to anyone who grew up without a father.
Grief that doesn't end
Years later, a song in the supermarket aisle and you are undone again. Grief is love with nowhere to go, and the Father keeps every tear. There is no timetable.
Loneliness after a move
A new city, a flat full of boxes and nobody who knows your name. God set the boundaries of where you live, and He went ahead of you into it.
Loneliness in a crowd
You can sit in a full office, a church foyer or a family dinner and be entirely unknown. The Father knows you all the way down, and that changes how the room feels.
Loneliness in marriage
Lying beside someone and still feeling alone is one of the quietest griefs there is. Here is what marriage was made for, what it cannot carry, and what to do this week.
Night Prayer for Protection Against Evil
A night prayer for protection against evil, grounded in Scripture. Learn how to pray at night for yourself and your family, and rest in God's care.
The first weeks after a death
The paperwork, the casseroles, the silence after the funeral and the first night alone. The Father is near to the brokenhearted, and here is what to do this week.
Waiting on God without going numb
When the wait for a diagnosis, a spouse, a child or a job drags on, the temptation is to stop feeling. Scripture shows a way to wait that keeps the heart alive.
When no one calls
The phone stays dark, the weekend is empty, the birthday passes unremembered. What God's nearness means when no one else is near, and three small things to do this week.
When you don't want to be here anymore
If you are thinking about ending your life, this page starts with the numbers to call and then stays with you. You are wanted here. The Father is not finished with you.