You just got some tough news and suddenly you’re panicking, feeling like your whole life is a whirlwind and the wind was just knocked out of you.
Everything is swirling in your mind and you’re looking for solid, stable ground to bring your thoughts back to a place a peace and hope, but you don’t know how.
You feel lost and confused.
Why is this happening?
Why is God allowing it?
How could it POSSIBLY be for your good (Romans 8:28)?
What have you done wrong?
Did you sin to make God angry? Is He mad at you and you just don’t know it?
All these thoughts and more are swirling around inside of you and you just don’t know what to do. Nothing makes sense and you’re not sure where to turn or how to get through this.
During these tough trials, you can feel like you’re all alone, struggling to keep your faith during the hard times.
Right off the bat, this verse will help, Psalm 30:5b: “Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.”
You may be spinning and upset right now, but things will settle down after you’ve rested. God will give you rest, He will move mountains to help you, He is near to you right this minute (Psalm 34:18). You’re not alone!
None of this surprised Him and He’s got it handled, taken care of and already worked out, all in your best interest. You just have to go through it to get to the other side of things, where His blessings are.
Christ died for you. He’s not going to let His plans, purposes, hope, and will die for you (Job 42:2, Philippians 1:6).
Keep reading below to encourage yourself and keep entrusting your life to God. Above all, take it to the Lord in prayer with these prayers for faith in hard times.
30 Days of Prayers for Faith In Hard Times
We ALL struggle to keep going when the times get so tough we feel like we have to give up just to get through. When the times seem insurmountable and there’s no hope, no light at the end of the tunnel. We can become discouraged very quickly and so it’s IMPORTANT to keep our faith up even MORE SO during THOSE times so that we don’t throw it all away (say a quick prayer for God to keep you on the right track and to keep going, even though it’s hard. Ask Him for strength to make it through this hour).
Although we may not always understand WHY, God promises to be with us through both the good and hard times in our lives. He’s there for you. He cares. He loves you more than life itself and He WANTS to help you!!! How cool is that?! 🙌 That the same God who created the whole universe and everything in it, truly and GENUINELY cares about this problem you’re having! ❤️
If you’re feeling lost or struggling lately, take some time to pray and connect with Him. These 30 days of prayers for faith in the hard times will help guide you through the next few days. You can use them as they are written if that’s the meditation of your heart before the Lord or adapt them to fit your own personal needs.
Remember also to keep a prayer journal. Just doing that one step alone will encourage you to have hope and keep your faith as you see your prayers being answered over time!
One of my favorite verses that I’ve been clinging to lately to that effect is Mark 9:23-25. Verse 24 says, ‘Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!”’
The truth is we WANT to believe God, we WANT to do His will, we WANT to be found faithful. But in times of trial and suffering, it can be so hard to see that faith in action. I believe, Lord. I believe you’ll take care of this. I believe you are who you say you are. I believe you’ll see me through this and take care of it. Help my unbelief. I’m doubting right NOW. I’m struggling right now. Help me to believe more. Increase my faith. Help me to see the victory in the situation.
Let’s study together through the book of Hebrews about faith as we pray each day, beginning with Hebrews 11 and ending within Hebrews 12.
Day 1: You Are Always With Me
Dear Lord, thank you for being with me through everything. I know that you are always with me, even when I am struggling or when it seems like you’re not there. You are and you love me so perfectly and want to help me so much. You genuinely care about the things that are important to me, even if they seem trivial or small in the grand scale of things. You care. I’m so grateful that you have never left me or forsaken me and I want to abide in you more completely. Please help me to have more faith in you, even when things are tough.
“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.” – Hebrews 11:1-3
Day 2: You Love Me
Heavenly Father, I know that you love me and care for me in such a way that I’ll never understand the true depths of your care and concern for me. I’ll never know truly, how MUCH you love me this side of heaven, but please show me, because I’m struggling. Please help me to remember your love for me because I am feeling lost and all alone. Help me to feel your presence and know that you are ALWAYS with me. Help me to see your love and your patience and grace more accurately and give me a good picture; ingrain it in my brain, Lord, of your will in my life and your love for me. I love you so much Lord, but I often fail so utterly hard. Please continue to show me grace and mercy as I work my way through this tough situation and help me to honor you in all my ways.
“By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.” – Hebrews 11:4
Day 3: Your Time Is Perfect
Lord, I know that you are in control of absolutely everything. Your timing is perfect, even when it seems hard for me to understand. Lord, please help me to be patient for your timing to work this situation out. I desire so deeply to be used by you, to be pleasing to you, and to do the right thing, always in this situation. But it gets tough at times. I feel like I just wanna fall and if I do, things might be a little easier. I struggle to keep going and to continue waiting on your timing. Please help me to trust you and have faith that you will take care of me and to know, to REALLY KNOW that YOUR timing IS truly perfect. I surrender all my worries and concerns, all my struggles and all my problems to you, Lord. I know that YOU alone can fix things. You are the Great Messiah, my King, my Lord and Savior.
“By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.” – Hebrews 11:5-6
Day 4: You Are Good
Almighty God, I thank you for your many blessings in my life. There are so many things I take for granted each and every day and I pray that you’ll show me all the ways you bless me, so that even when things are tough I know that you are still good. That you still bless me and care for me; help me to see things through YOUR eyes, and not through my own worldly eyes, looking at the situation but looking up to you. Keep my gaze, my focus on you alone, dear Jesus. For you alone can save me. Please help me to focus on your goodness and have faith that you will work everything out for my good because you ARE good. You are the essence of goodness and holiness and I’m so thankful to serve such an amazingly wonderful God. You are truly the best thing I have in my life.
“By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.” – Hebrews 11:7
Day 5: You Are My Refuge
Dear Jesus, I know that you understand what I am going through. You went through hard times, too. You have people reject you, even now, even today and your hurt and pain of their rejection daily hurts you. Even still, you don’t wish any to perish and yet, you love us so much that you give us a choice- to follow you or not. Oftentimes, we fail and mess up that choice as we live out our daily lives. Lord,I pray that you help me today, to be a more godly person, to live up to your holy standards all the more, to focus and pattern my life after you. Lord, bring me into complete submission to your holiness and grace. Please help me to lean on you and find strength in you. I trust that you will see me through this difficult time and that you have a genuine concern for me and my problem because you love me so very much.
“By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. 10 For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.” – Hebrews 11:8-10
Day 6: Glory Be To You
Heavenly Father, I ask for your wisdom and guidance during this time. Please help me to make decisions that are in line with your will. To trust you and only you in this hard situation. To make sure that my desires and my will are lining up with your desires and your will. I want to please you so desperately, Lord, but I’m struggling. I’m struggling to keep up, I’m struggling to focus on you. The world is pulling me in all different directions and I just want to be fully focused on you, your grace, and your love so that I can get through this tough time and be the best Christian I can be. I trust that you will lead me in the right direction and I surrender all my thoughts, habits, and patterns to your gracious will, Lord. Keep me humble. Keep me a servant of yours so that I am used for your glory in the Kingdom of Christ. Use me Lord, even in the midst of all my pain. Use me for your glory.
“By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised. Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.” – Hebrews 11:11-12
Day 7: You Are My Rock
Lord, I am feeling overwhelmed and stressed. I feel like things are spinning out of control. My emotions are all over the place. One minute I’m up, the next I’m down and everything is circling all around. I feel like I can’t get through this and I just don’t feel like myself. Please help me to find the solid rock, a level place, Lord, in which to stand. That I can control my emotions and my feelings and reign them in. As a woman, it’s very difficult to do that sometimes. You give me emotions and I want to be responsible to carry them well. But today, I’m just not feeling great, and I really need your help. Help me to get through this. Help me to find peace and rest in you and to lean on you, my Rock and my Redeemer. I surrender my worries and my will to you and trust that you will take care of everything exactly as you want it all to go.
“These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return. But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.” – Hebrews 11:13-16
Day 8: You Are The Great I AM
Almighty God, I know that you are sovereign and in control of all things and that you work out all things for my good. Please help me to remember your amazing power and greatness during this time. Truly, nothing is too big that you cannot handle. You hold the world and everything in it, in your precious hand, Lord. The earth is but a footstool to you. There is nothing you can’t do, nothing too big for you, nothing you cannot accomplish. Please increase my faith during this time as I trust that you will work everything out for my good and for your glory.
“By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son, of whom it was said, “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.” He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back.” – Hebrews 11:17-19
Day 9: You Will Never Leave Me
Dear Jesus, thank you for being my rock and my foundation. I am so grateful that I can always count on you and come to you with every problem I have, whether big or small. You’re always there for me and I appreciate it so much, Jesus. Please help me to trust you and lean on you all the more during this tough time. I don’t know how I’m going to make it through, but I know that you will never leave me or forsake me because I am YOURS. You hold me in the palm of your hand and care for me. Nothing can snatch me out of your hand and nothing can make you ever stop loving me. You are so good to me, Lord, and I pray that you will help me to always remember that, even when times get tough. I bow my heart to you today, Lord, coming in full submission. I know that you will work everything out and I only need to be patient to see how you work it all out.
“By faith Isaac invoked future blessings on Jacob and Esau. By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, bowing in worship over the head of his staff.“ – Hebrews 11:20-21
Day 10: Keep Me From Evil
Heavenly Father, I ask for your protection during this time. There is evil all around me and I recognize it. Satan is trying really hard to attack my friends and my family as well as me. He wants me to fail. He wants to keep me from your good pleasures. He wants me to stop serving you and being faithful to you and I can’t help but sometimes feel like if I just gave in, even but for a moment, I’d feel FREE. But I know that’s not true and I know that I can’t cave into the temptation. For nothing else ever truly satisfies, not like you, Lord. When I’m with you, drinking your Living Water, loving you, abiding in you, spending time with you, nothing compares to that. Please surround me with your love and keep me safe from harm. Keep me from taking any steps off your path that might be evil or promise goodness but only lead to pain and suffering. Keep me on the right road, Lord. I trust that you will watch over me and keep me from all evil, making sure my heart remains pure and lovely as you have called me to be.
“By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his bones.“ – Hebrews 11:22
Day 11: Give Me Peace
Lord, I am feeling afraid and uncertain. Things in my life seem to be spinning out of control and I can’t make sense of them. Why are these things happening? I don’t know the purpose in all of them. I just know that you expect me to have faith in it all, but I struggle with keeping my faith. Please help me to trust you and know that you are in control. Please give me peace in this situation so that I CAN follow you with all my heart, mind, and soul! I surrender all my fears, challenges, pain, and struggles to you and ask that you would give me peace. You alone are in full control.
“By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.“ – Hebrews 11:23
Day 12: I Call You Faithful
Almighty God, I thank you for your faithfulness. You are continually loving and kind, patient and enduring with me and my situation. I know that you always keep your promises and that you never fail, not even once. Please help me to remember your faithfulness during this time. Write it upon my heart that I may never forget how truly blessed I am to have you and please help me to have faith that you will see me through whatever bad experience I have to go through in order to be refined. I know that you will always be there for me, helping me through it all. Praise to you my gracious and glorious Heavenly Father.
“By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.“ – Hebrews 11:24-26
Day 13: You Are The Ultimate Healer
Dear Jesus, I know that you can do anything and that you can heal my heart from this traumatic experience. Lord, I’ve been through so much; only you know how much I’ve truly been through. Only you know my deepest, most secret pain, and today, Lord Jesus, I just bring it all to you, asking you to forgive me of anything I’ve done wrong in the situation, any errors, any missteps I’ve done and also Lord, I ask that you heal my heart. There is nothing and no one in the world who can truly heal me except you. You are the ultimate healer and I trust that you’ve brought me through this situation for a reason, you’ve allowed it, and I know that you want to heal my brokenness. I bring it all before you today in humble submission to your great and glorious power.
“By faith he [Moses] left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king, for he endured as seeing him who is invisible.“ – Hebrews 11:27
Day 14: You Are Merciful
Heavenly Father, I know that you are the giver of life. Please help me to trust in your goodness and mercy during this time when things seem so tough. I believe that you have a good and merciful plan for my life and I trust that you will work everything out for my good.
By faith he [Moses] kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them. – Hebrews 11:28
Day 15: Renew My Mind
Lord, I am feeling discouraged and down. Please help me to remember your goodness and love. I surrender my negative thoughts and emotions to you and ask that you would renew my mind. I trust that you will lift me up in due time.
“By faith the people crossed the Red Sea as on dry land, but the Egyptians, when they attempted to do the same, were drowned.“ – Hebrews 11:29
Day 16: All Things Through You
Almighty God, I ask for your strength during this time. I know that I can do all things through you. Please help me to trust in your power and have the faith to get through this difficult time.
“By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days.“ – Hebrews 11:30
Day 17: I Surrender My Fears
Dear Jesus, I need you. I am feeling so alone and helpless right now. Please help me to remember that you are always with me. I trust that you will never leave me or forsake me. I surrender my loneliness to you and ask that you would fill me up with your grace, mercy, and love.
“By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she had given a friendly welcome to the spies.“ – Hebrews 11:31
Day 18: I Need Your Peace
Heavenly Father, I ask for your peace during this time. Please help me to rest in your presence and know that you are in full control. I surrender my worries and fears to you and ask that you would give me your peace that surpasses all understanding.
“And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets— who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.“ – Hebrews 11:32-34
Day 19: You Are My Shepherd
Lord, I am feeling so overwhelmed. I don’t know what to do or where to turn. Please help me to remember that you are my Shepherd and you will lead me through this valley. I trust that you will take care of me and provide for all my needs.
“Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life.“ – Hebrews 11:35
Day 20: You Are Good and Faithful, Always
Almighty God, I know that you are the same yesterday, today, and forever. Please help me to stand on your promises and have faith that you will see me through this tough time. I trust that you are good and faithful and that you will never let me down.
“Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated— of whom the world was not worthy—wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised, since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.“ – Hebrews 11:36-40
Day 21: I Need Your Help
Dear Jesus, I need your help. This situation is too much for me to handle on my own. Please take control and lead me in the right direction. I surrender my whole life to you and trust that you will work everything out for my good and for your glory.
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.“ – Hebrews 12:1-2
Day 22: You Are The God Of All Comfort
Dear Lord, I come to you with a heavy heart. I am struggling and I need your help. I know that you are the God of all comfort and you will comfort me in my time of need. Please help me to rest in your presence and know that you are in control. I trust that you will make everything right in the end. Thank you for being here with me, Lord. Thank you for being my rock and my foundation. I love you and I need you now more than ever. Please help me to get through this difficult time and come out stronger on the other side.
“Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?“ – Hebrews 12:3-5
Day 23: Lift Me Up
Lord, I am feeling so discouraged right now. Please help me to remember your faithfulness and love. I know that you will never leave me or forsake me. I trust that you have a good plan for my life and you will work everything out for my good.
“My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.“ – Hebrews 12:6
Day 24: Your Are The Almighty
Almighty God, I ask for your strength during this time. I know that I can do all things through you. Please help me to trust in your power and have the faith to get through this difficult time.
“It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.“ – Hebrews 12:7-8
Day 25: Help Me Find My Way Back To You
Dear Jesus, I am feeling so lost right now. Please help me to find my way back to you in order that I may walk in the light. I surrender this situation to you and ask that you would lead me in the right direction. I trust that you have a good plan for my life and you will make everything right in the end.
“Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live? For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.“ – Hebrews 12:9-10
Day 26: You Are The Giver Of Life
Heavenly Father, I know that you are the giver of life. Please help me to trust in your goodness and mercy during this time. I believe that you have a good plan for my life and I trust that you will work everything out for my good. Please show me the fruits of my labor. I’ve been working so hard on the things I feel you have called me to do, but have not been seeing fruit. Please encourage my heart today and show me the hope in the situation.
“For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.“ – Hebrews 12:11
Day 27: Your Will Be Done For Me and My Life
Lord, I am feeling so empty right now. Please help me to remember your goodness, grace, and love. Fill my cup as I lean on you, taking comfort in your presence. As I listen to the Word of God preached today, please edify and encourage my soul that I may be filled. I am like an empty cistern right now and I need your grace to fill me back up. I know that you will never leave me or forsake me and that you comfort me daily but I need an extra strong dose of it today, Lord Jesus. I trust that you have a good plan for my life and that you are leading me to where you want me to go.
“Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.“ – Hebrews 12:12-13
Day 28: Help Me Rest In Your Presence
Almighty God, I ask for your comfort during this time. I know that you are the God of all comfort and you will comfort me in my time of need. Please help me to rest in your presence, to take some time with you alone today, and to rest assured that you are in full control. Nothing surprises you or catches you off guard. You knew this situation would happen before the foundations of the earth and I trust that you will therefore, carry me through it victoriously for your name’s sake.
“Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.“ – Hebrews 12:14
Day 29: Fill Me With Your Holy Love
Dear Jesus, I need you. I am feeling so alone and helpless right now. Please help me to remember that you are always with me. I trust that you will never leave me or forsake me. I surrender my loneliness to you and ask that you would fill me up with your love. Show me the right path, in order that I may please you and do what is right according to your precepts.
“See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal. For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.” – Hebrews 12:15-17
Day 30: You Are In Control
Heavenly Father, I ask for your peace during this time. Please help me to rest in your presence and know that you are in control. I surrender my worries and fears to you and ask that you would give me your peace, comfort, and rest. Help me to walk through this situation knowing that you are on my side and that you alone fight my battles. Be victorious in the battle, Lord, for your name’s sake. You are a consuming fire, Lord. You will vanquish the devil and his terrible schemes against man. Do not let him prevail against me, even momentarily. Protect me, keep me, hide me in your mercy and grace now and forevermore.
“For our God is a consuming fire.“ – Hebrews 12:29
