When I ask friends how they are doing during the pandemic, the answers are all over the board. Some are doing fine. Others are struggling. Some have lost so much.
How are you, friend, as you read this today? How are you holding up?
I truly want to know.
Maybe, like me, you are grateful for what you do have but you feel in limbo. You are missing people you care about. You are out of the rhythm of “normal” life as a job/your family/your stability has been impacted and you don’t know how long this will all play out.
In today’s More Than Small Talk podcast episode, I had an aha moment. Jennifer talked about the times we run into a wall of fear but somehow find confidence. In fact, she called it “holy confidence.” When I asked her what that meant, she simply said:
“Holy confidence is borrowed strength.
It’s what God gives us when we have little of our own.”
Borrowed strength. . . yes!
Today I am praying that you will feel “borrowed strength” just as you need it most. Hold up that fear, those unknowns, that uncertainty and may borrowed strength fill you to overflowing.
Lord, we need to borrow some of your strength because ours is running low. The world feels a bit crazy right now, but you are constant. You know the plans you have for each person reading this today and those they love. Even in the midst of this, you are teaching and loving us, drawing us close to you and revealing truths that will change us. Thank you for that, amen.
Let me know how you are doing. I want to pray with you as we walk in borrowed strength together.
Suzie
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Today’s podcast is all about holy confidence!
Please pray for myself and my family … youngest daughter who suffering with her mental health announced an unplanned pregnancy .. she is suffering hugely … and I am so worried for her safety – my husband and I run our own business which has had to shut down .. we have absolutely no income and having to borrow money from parents – have no idea where God is in all of this …we definitely need borrowed strength as we have none of our own … thank you for praying
I will pray for your daughter and family right now! That sweet life was not planned by your daughter but by God the giver of life. I pray this brings about healing and strength for your daughter as she has new life growning. Peace over you and your family. God is faithful!
Wow…..praise God. I was praying just before reading this about how down I feel and am worried about that! Borrowed strength from the Lord is just what I need right now.
Thanks Suzie for caring
Hi, My name is Jess. I cheer for those who choose life as daily I live with mental health issues and wellness. So, your daughter’s wellness is on my heart. Dear Heavenly Father, I lift this family up to you. I ask that you would meet their every need according to your will and purpose. I know you came to bring life. I pray that this young lady have peace and may she walk boldly knowing no weapon formed against her shall prosper. I pray for a hedge of protection around the infant and may her entrance bring joy to the family forever. Amen
Thank you for this word. So timely and inspirational. You are a blessing!
I have always been ‘the strong one’. No need to worry about her, she’ll be fine. However I find myself today with no income past next month and no avenue for assistance. I made the mistake on trusting someone, they stated it was God’s plan, and now I am lost. God has been faithful in the past and I cling to this. And find today that I need to borrow His strength as well as I am worried and fearful.
Thank you Suzie for this. May God see us through this season.
HI Suzie, Thank you for your prayer and beautiful post! I can’t wait to listen to the podcast today, I think it’s just what I need. I hope you are doing well during this uncertain time, especially while recovering. I have been doing well but have just hit that wall of fear. I am helping a friend care for her elderly mom and am missing my family at home. I feel grateful to be helping and it has kept my mind occupied but I was supposed to start a new job soon but that is not for sure anymore and no income is scaring me. I am also going through a difficult divorce. I would so appreciate your prayers.
The link to the podcast in iTunes is:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/more-than-small-talk-with-suzanne-holley-and-jennifer-klrc/id1447539391
My 17 year old daughter suffers from severe depression, Generalized Anxiety and PTSD. She’s been in a deeper depression for about 5 months. One of her meds stopped working for her and we’re trying new meds without better results thus far. Please pray that this new medication we started her on this week will lift her out of this debilitating depression.
I woke this morning and prayed that God give me strength to get out of bed and face another day. My own strength is depleted. Then I read your message of leaning on God’s strength. Thank you. I validated that I am on the right path and God will sustain me through this.
Living in quarantine with a severely mentally ill teen while homeschooling a 12 year old, and trying to be there for my husband and 20 year old daughter has been no picnic. I need all the prayers I can get.
My husband and II have been scared and fearful. We are in our 70s .. we re praying not to be fearful but bold and asking for Gods strength. Pls pray for us also. Thank u for you timely devotion. I know Gods “ got this” but sometimes I panic.
Hi IAM ok IAM grateful and blessings and gifts to do my job IAM in healthcare in long term nursing care yes supplies are tight but God has provided those things no death in our building at this time I think tomorrow work back to normal hours we cut hours these past week just prayers for hidden strength to do my Job that God has given to me Take care of His children and no complain
This quarantine only exacerbated the isolation I already feel.
My husband of 31 years died April 2019, and it’s been a downward spiral since then. I’ve lost everything, the house, my credit, etc.
I surrender it all, and trust God with all the details.
My husband and I are introverts so being home is quite normal. I miss hugging my kids and my weekly volunteer stint with immigrant/refugee preschoolers. I’m retired and my husband is self-employed; he qualifies for some funding. The fact we were always frugal keeps me calm about finances, although we cancelled our summer trip plans.
My need for ‘borrowed strength’ concerns my kids and their partners. All four are considered essential workers, serving vulnerable people in different ways. I want to support them (two here, two 1500 miles away), so I try to focus on the fact they are doing what God has called them to do (even if they’re not currently acknowledging Him in their lives). I pray for their safety and for opportunities to gently remind them of their seemingly forgotten faith.
We love our kids, no matter how old they are. Praying with you over them as they stand on the front lines in this pandemic.
I like the phrase, “living on borrowed strength” Yes, we do, as when we see situation seem like getting out of control. I trust in God but many of my loved ones don’t. Hence, I am a bit anxious for them. I request prayer as often times need wisdom and love. . There are things we need to do, and we are motivated by love.
Thank you so much, Suzie.
Praying for you, Suzie! I know that there is a great victory on the other side of all that you have been going through. Your ministry is so anointed and such a tremendous weapon against the darkness. So thankful for you!
Praying for you, Suzie! I know that there is a great victory on the other side of all that you have been going through. Your ministry is so anointed and such a tremendous weapon against the darkness. So thankful for you!
I am lost and loney. I have no Christian friends. Borrowing strength from God through His Word and going to sites like yours I get through this, Thank you for all you do. You are a blessing to me.
thank you for all you do,