{"id":1173241,"date":"2025-12-17T17:18:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T22:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/?p=1173241"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:44:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T21:44:51","slug":"a-short-prayer-to-ask-god-for-hope-when-youre-struggling-to-believe-there-are-better-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/marisa-donnelly\/2025\/12\/a-short-prayer-to-ask-god-for-hope-when-youre-struggling-to-believe-there-are-better-days\/","title":{"rendered":"A Short Prayer To Ask God For Hope When You\u2019re Struggling To Believe There Are Better Days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-introduction\">There\u2019s a specific kind of exhaustion that comes from doing everything \u201cright\u201d and still not seeing the breakthrough. If your heart is whispering, <em>Please let this make sense soon,<\/em> this prayer is a handhold for the next step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dear God, give me hope.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hope that all things will be as you say they will be. Hope that all pain will be released. Hope that everything will fall according to plan. Hope that there will be better days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4pjx5WM\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Rebecca_-Simon_Christian_Devotionals_Books-7.png?w=850\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1161275\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8003884237939;width:446px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Rebecca_-Simon_Christian_Devotionals_Books-7.png 1080w, https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Rebecca_-Simon_Christian_Devotionals_Books-7.png?resize=384,480 384w, https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Rebecca_-Simon_Christian_Devotionals_Books-7.png?resize=640,800 640w, https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Rebecca_-Simon_Christian_Devotionals_Books-7.png?resize=768,960 768w, https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Rebecca_-Simon_Christian_Devotionals_Books-7.png?resize=1024,1280 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">For more insight on finding God&#8217;s light in the darkness, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4pjx5WM\">check out works by Christian writer Rebecca Simon.<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I am so tired right now. Tired of waiting, tired of trusting, tired of believing in the unseen. I want everything to make sense. I want to know I\u2019m on the right path. I want to know that no matter what, you\u2019ll be here. I know you are, but I want to feel you. And yet, I know that true faith is letting yourself be led.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I\u2019m going to let myself be led\u2014by you, by your words, by the truth I feel in my bones. Father, give me hope to face another day, hope for what\u2019s to come, hope for all that you will reveal to me in time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Amen.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a specific kind of exhaustion that comes from doing everything \u201cright\u201d and still not seeing the breakthrough. 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