Prayer For Overwhelm

This a prayer for when you are in a season where you feel overwhelmed by life's obstacles. May this meditation encourage you and inspire you to keep going.
Verses mentioned Psalm 61:2, Deut 31:8, Psalm 23:4, Isaiah 26:3, Isaiah 41:10

Transcript

Life can be overwhelming at times.

It can have a way of rushing in and it's as if when it rains,

It pours.

A never-ending cycle of frustration,

Of pain,

Of stress.

Know that you're not alone in this moment,

Friend.

Know that your feelings of overwhelm are valid.

And in this moment,

I'm not here to try to solve your problems or to eliminate your overwhelm,

But simply hold space for you to find a soothing balm for this moment so that you can push through to the next.

And let's just begin with prayer.

God,

You know the weight of our hearts.

You know every situation that we go through.

You know the pain,

The stress,

The frustration,

The overwhelm that's within this moment.

So God,

We simply ask that you come in and all that you are,

An almighty,

Perfect,

And unfailing God you are.

Come into this moment and breathe on us,

Breathe on us,

God.

Breathe life into this space.

Allow us to feel your presence and your ease and your comfort and your warm embrace.

Offer support to our hearts.

Offer peace in this moment and in our lives.

Give us guidance to take on every situation that we encounter.

God,

We ask that you give us ease in our hearts in this moment of overwhelm that you can simply remind us that you're with us.

That your love can come in like a wave and be that soothing balm for every stressful situation.

That you touch our hearts and allow us to regulate our emotions in a healthy way.

That we can move from a place of reasoning instead of reaction.

That some of the things that once stressed us out or caused us overwhelm will no longer do that in the future.

That you give us the tools and the strength to figure out solutions of our certain situations.

That you can offer comfort to our broken hearts.

That we can remain nestled in your warm embrace as we move through healing.

That we can learn to not take frustration out on those around us.

That you give us the space and the time to be weak and to experience all our emotions to the fullest.

To be able to label what we're experiencing.

That we learn to not suppress anything that we're going through.

That we can lean into this moment and acknowledge that we are feeling overwhelmed.

But we know that you're greater.

We know that you're with us.

And we know that every situation,

Every season,

Every experience is temporary.

And we can lean in and know that this life is cyclic.

That there will be mountains.

There will be valleys.

And we will always come out on top.

We know that you're the same God yesterday,

Today,

And forever.

And you're greater than every high and every low.

God,

We thank you for your warm embrace in this moment.

We thank you for your presence.

We thank you for your authority.

We thank you for your unfailing love.

In Jesus' name,

I pray.

Amen.

And friend,

I just want to leave you with a couple of Bible verses to hold on to.

Psalm 61 verse 2 says,

From the ends of the earth I call to you.

I call as my heart grows faint.

Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Deuteronomy 31 verse 8.

Do not be afraid or discouraged,

For the Lord will personally go ahead of you.

He will be with you.

He will neither fail you nor abandon you.

Psalm 23 verse 4.

Even though I walk through the darkest valley,

I will fear no evil,

For you are with me.

Your rod and your staff,

They comfort me.

Isaiah 26 verse 3.

You will keep in perfect peace those whose mind are steadfast because they trust in you.

Isaiah 41 verse 10.

So do not fear,

For I am with you.

Do not be dismayed,

For I am your God.

I will strengthen you and help you.

I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

And I just hope that you are able to enter back into your day with a little bit more comfort knowing that God is with you.

I pray that this season of overwhelm passes,

That you're able to find solutions,

That you're able to step back in knowing that God's hand is on you.

You got this,

Friend.

Breathe deep.

Take a moment to pause.

Do what you have to do and take things one breath at a time.

You got this,

Friend.

Reviews

Exactly what I needed this morning to start my day.
Thank you

Thank you.

Thank you for your much needed encouraging words.

That was beautiful 🩷 Thank you

So needed. Thank you God for women like Vanessa who choose to be of service in your name. Amen 🙏🏽

Just what I needed thank you 🥰

Perfect prayer for a rough patch in the day. Felt like I was really praying with a friend. 🫶🏾

Thank you so much 🩷 I got the hiccups at the start of this and then they went away during the readings at the end. This was lovely and very centering 🩷

Namaste🙏♥🕊

Thank you SO MUCH for this! I truly appreciate this meditation. I’m going through a difficult time right now and this was very comforting to me. I really appreciate the scriptures that you gave at the end! That blessed my spirit! I will be sharing this with others. I have already shared it with my mother in love and gonna share with my mother tomorrow when she’s up! LOL! I didn’t want to disturb her by texting her this late, but this is so awesome! I love the fact that you are praying to God, our Heavenly Father and not the universe, the divine, and all these other things ppl like to use to avoid being criticized or put in a box. We must honor God for who He is and He is our maker and creator, and the lover of our souls! Many blessings to you my dear sister! Keep up the great work! I’ve been thinking about becoming a teacher and doing prayers and scriptures myself bc I didn’t think insight timer had any, but once I did a specific search for them I found some. Not as many as I would like, but there are some. You have filled a voided space that needed your words of encouragement and hope! I know that this too shall pass. I know that this is a public domain, but I don’t care I still want to share this with you. I have been displaced from my home bc I was getting sick over and over again and didn’t know it was due to mold in the house I am renting!. I am currently living in a hotel until it is properly treated. The landlords knew about it and put it on us to clean. Me not knowing that it couldn’t just be cleaned, it has to be eradicated, I just went along with it until it got worse. It was on the ceiling on the shower and I had no idea how to even begin to clean that. Due to the mold I have hospitalized multiple times over the last several months! Being a sickle cell warrior is already difficult enough without having to live in a toxic environment that is making my body go into crisis over and over again. I just got out of the hospital again two days ago. I was in there two weeks prior to that and a month prior to that, twice in the same month! I had no idea why I was having so many more crises than normal. Now I know and am trying to get the landlords to put us up until this situation is resolved. Right now we are paying for the hotel out of pocket. They said there is no provision for them to put us up! I know that’s not true! I know this is just a test of our faith! I will hold them accountable bc I have lost money and time away from my family because of their neglegence. I know this is too too put in a review. Trust me I didn’t intend on saying all of this, but oh well I got carried away while typing. LOL! . Please pray for God to move on our behalf. Again, I know that this is only a test! Thank you again for giving me hope!

Everything needed to be reminded the God is our strength. Thank you.

Thank You friend!! ♥️ I needed this so very much!! Thank you for touching my heart. ❤️ Thank you for the much needed Scriptures. Blessings to You!! 💗🙏🙏🙏💗

Thank you I needed to hear that God is with me right now. Namaste.

I felt so comforted by your words thank you friend.

A lovely and peaceful interlude in my current world of huge change. All will be well. Thank you. 😊🙏💛 xxx

Wonderful meditation and prayer. Thanks fo much for sharing with the community.

Noticing this newer session for the first time. It was just what I needed this morning. Thank you God, and God bless you, Vanessa.

Wow! Beautiful, calming and just what I needed. Thank you! ❤️🙏🏻

I really appreciated and needed to hear this encouraging prayer. It was a great reminder of God's love and presence, even in the chaos. I loved the scripture readings in the last part and brief space to meditate on the sacred words. Thank you. 🙏🏾🙂