Praying for the Help of God: Strength! Strenghth!

“Fear thou not; for I am with thee. Be not dismayed; for I am thy God. I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.” — Isaiah 41:10

Strength and the help of God are inseparable. If God helps you but does not strengthen you, you will lose what you were helped to receive. You may enter the room, but you will not be able to stay in it. You may receive the calling, but you won’t have the stamina to finish it. It is impossible to keep the treasures God gives to you without strength.

This is not just another episode. This is a cry from the spirit. A call to prayer. Today we cry out for the strength of God. Not hype. Not noise. Real strength. Strength that carries. Strength that keeps. Strength that finishes.

There are three types of strength I want us to pray about today. The strength to build. The strength to battle. And the strength to blossom.

Strength to build: Nehemiah was not a builder. He was a wine taster. But when the burden came to rebuild, and enemies rose to weaken him, he did not ask for fire. He prayed one prayer. “Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.” — Nehemiah 6:9
When your hands are strengthened, you will build what others abandoned.

Strength to battle: Life is warfare. The fight is real. The pressure is heavy. You need strength to stand and not faint. “Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.” — Psalm 144:1
Victory is not emotional. It is spiritual. It is for those whose hands have been taught to war.

Strength to blossom: You can be planted and still not flourish. You can be positioned and still be dry. There is a strength that causes you to thrive where others wither. “The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.” — Psalm 92:12–13

Even Jesus, in the garden, at the brink of the cross, received strength. “And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.” — Luke 22:43

And Paul cried out for the church to receive it too. “That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man.” — Ephesians 3:16

So hear me. This is the hour to cry. This is the hour to pray. I say pray. Don’t just listen. Don’t just nod. Don’t just agree. Pray. Let this burden rest on you. Then share it with others. Someone close to you may be collapsing silently because they lack strength.

Pray deeply. Cry boldly. Strengthen my hands, O God. To build. To battle. To blossom.