Prayer for encouragement
Prayer for Encouragement
When you are discouraged and need your courage built back up, this is a prayer for encouragement — to be lifted by God's steadiness.
The prayer
A prayer to pray now
Father, 1 Thessalonians 5:11 — encourage one another and build one another up, just as You are doing.
Father, Paul told the Thessalonians to keep doing what they were already doing. He did not start over. He started with what was already good.
Make me like that. Make me someone who notices what others are doing right and says so. Not to flatter. Not to get something. Just to build Your people up.
The friend who is barely holding together this month needs one true sentence about what she is doing well. The colleague whose work no one sees needs a word from someone who bothered to look.
Send me to deliver one of those today.
Amen.
How to pray it
- Read it slowly. Move through this encouragement prayer one line at a time, out loud if you can, letting each phrase land before the next.
- Make it personal. Pause where a line meets your day and name the person, fear, or hope it touches before God.
- Carry it with you. Keep one sentence with you — on your phone or in your pocket — and return to it when the day gets loud.
Verses to pray
Pray these slowly, one line at a time. Scripture quoted from a public-domain translation.
"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God..."
Isaiah 41:10"Be strong and courageous... for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."
Joshua 1:9"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble."
Psalm 46:1"I can do all this through him who gives me strength."
Philippians 4:13"The Spirit God gave us does not make us timid..."
2 Timothy 1:7"Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you..."
Psalm 55:22
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Common questions
What is a good prayer for encouragement?
The reviewed prayer on this page is a short, Scripture-shaped encouragement prayer you can pray right now. Read it slowly, make it personal, and carry one line with you through the day.
Which Bible verses go with prayers for encouragement?
The "Verses to pray" section quotes several Bible verses about encouragement in full so you can pray them line by line. You can find more on the Chosen Portion verse page for encouragement.
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