The following is an excerpt from our daily devotional Fellowship with the Father, written by IFA contributing writer Remco Brommet.

The constant chorus of voices calling upon the people of God to pray like never before can wear you out. The barrage of crises, unrest, sociopolitical trends and challenges for the Church that we are called upon to convert into effective, urgent prayer can seem overwhelming.

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Do you feel that way from time to time? I do, and I am one of the ones doing the calling!

I know from my own experience that every so often, praying believers have to take a step back, rest, and turn to soul-feeding prayer to be able to press on. Exhausted soldiers make for lousy warriors.

Fortunately, the Bible comes to our aid. It is replete with prayers you can pray for your own soul, as well as the souls of fellow believers and prayer warriors. And we should do so regularly, lest we wear ourselves out.

Not just that, but you’re in good company. Quite a few of the Psalms are expressions of King David’s spiritual fatigue. Elijah got tired of his mission and fled to rest. And even Jesus had to withdraw from everything and everybody to refuel and be refreshed by His Father.

Angry? Sad? Confused? Weak? Tired? Depressed? Numb? Be authentic and let it out. God knows and is waiting for you to express it in prayer so He can rush to your side and refresh you.

Below are prayers to refresh your soul. Make a practice or praying those whenever “prayer fatigue” sets in.

Then pay it forward by praying for others.

Today’s Prayer Assignment

Let me give you a sampling of Bible prayers you can pray over yourself, your family, loved ones, and believers close to you whom you know are in need of spiritual refreshment.

Feeling kinda blah in your desire to draw near to God?

• Pray Psalm 119:36 – “Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain.”

Do your emotions feel pulled into different directions, and away from God’s truth?

• Pray Psalm 86:11 – “O Lord I will walk in your truth. Unite my heart to fear your Name.”

Do you feel like you’re waking up like an agnostic and you’re not feeling God’s presence or love?

• Apparently, Moses did too. So pray his Psalm 90, especially verse 14: “Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love.”

Do you long for a deeper understanding and more acute awareness of God’s love in the middle of these unsettling times?

• Pray like Paul in Ephesians 3:14–19 and substitute the word ‘you’ with ‘me’ – “For this reason I bow my knees before the Father from whom every family in heaven and earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith — that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”

Feeling wobbly in your faith that God loves you and is faithful to care for you in the midst of these storms?

• Pray 2 Thessalonians 3:5: “May the Lord direct your hearts [or my heart] to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.”

Or are you fuzzy and unclear about God’s plans and purposes, what to make of what’s going on in the world, or His daily presence in your life and His ministry assignments for you?

• Apparently, the Ephesian believers were too, so Paul prayed a prayer for them you can pray for yourself by substituting ‘me’ and ‘I’ for ‘you’: “that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of His power toward us who believe.”

There is much, much more. You can mine the Scriptures to see for yourself!

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Did you pray any of these prayers? Share your own prayers below!

Remco Brommet is a pastor, spiritual-growth teacher, and prayer leader with over 40 years of experience in Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa, and the U.S. He was born and raised in the Netherlands and pastored his first church in Amsterdam. He moved to the U.S. in 1986. He and his wife, Jennifer, live north of Atlanta. When not writing books, he blogs at www.deeperlifeblog.com and assists his wife as a content developer and prayer coordinator for True Identity Ministries. Jennifer and Remco are passionate about bringing people into a deeper relationship with Christ. Photo Credit: zbindere/Getty Images Signature