Faith to Be Strong

This morning, a song by Andrew Peterson keeps looping in my head and heart. A prayer for faith, it speaks of our need for the Father.

It seems a good prayer for today.

“Faith To Be Strong” Give us faith to be strong Father, we are so weak Our bodies are fragile and weary As we stagger and stumble to walk where you lead Give us faith to be strong Give us faith to be strong Give us strength to be faithful For life is not long, but it’s hard Give us grace to go on Make us willing and able Lord, give us faith to be strong Give us peace when we’re torn Mend us up when we break For flesh can be wounded and shaky When there’s much too much trouble for one heart to take Give us peace when we’re torn Give us hearts to find hope Father, we cannot see How the sorrow we feel can bring freedom And as hard as we try, Lord, it’s hard to believe Give us hearts to find hope Give us faith to be strong Give us strength to be faithful For life is not long, but it’s hard Give us grace to go on Make us willing and able Lord, give us faith to be strong Give us peace when we’re torn Give us faith, faith to be strong.

Lyrics by Andrew Peterson, music by Andrew Peterson and Gabe Scott Copyright © 2000 New Spring Publishing and Cumbee Road Music

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I Corinthians 16:13 Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. NKJV

Psalm 103:¹³ Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.¹⁴ For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.¹⁵ As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

¹⁶ For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. ¹⁷ But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children; ¹⁸ To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

Hebrews 6: ¹⁸ That by two immutable (unchangeable) things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: ¹⁹ Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast

Photo – Setting Sun, Beth Mims