Memorize Scripture

Bible Verses About Strength in Hard Times

The Bible is honest that God’s people grow tired, and clear about where strength comes from when their own runs out. These passages turn you from your weakness to his power.

When to say them. Say them when you are worn down, before a long day, and in the middle of a trial you cannot see the end of.

6 passages to memorize

Isaiah 40:29–31 He gives power to the faintand increases the strength of the weak.Even youths grow tired and weary,and young men stumble and fall.But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength;they will mount up with wings like eagles;they will run and not grow weary,they will walk and not faint.
An example of praying it: Lord, I am faint, and you give power to the faint. I am weak, and you increase the strength of the weak. I am waiting on you. Renew my strength. Let me run today and not grow weary; let me walk and not faint.
2 Corinthians 12:9 But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart may fail,but God is the strength of my heartand my portion forever.
Ephesians 6:10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
Habakkuk 3:19 GOD the Lord is my strength;He makes my feet like those of a deer;He makes me walk upon the heights!For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments.
James 1:2–4 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

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How to memorize a passage

Listen first. Choose a passage and the coach reads it to you, reference and all.
Say it back. Out loud, a piece at a time. The coach listens and tells you which words to fix. The word of God is called a sword, and a sword is used.
Put it together. Each piece is added to the last until you can say the whole passage from memory.
Pray it. Turn the passage into your own prayer.

How to pray a scripture

Pick a passage that fits what you are facing.
Personalize it. Put your own name, your own trouble and your own thanks into the words.
Pray it aloud, every day for a week.

You can pray a passage with it open in front of you. Memorizing it lets you pray it anywhere.