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When a Christian is facing a difficult ordeal or some problem in their life, they sometimes become weak before it, or that their resoluteness breaks down, and they lose confidence in themselves and in God in whose hands are all things and who governs all things in all the creation. 

Even if a person wants to seek God in their hardship and need, they often find that their mind is in turmoil, and they are perplexed: “How do I pray? What do I say?” The mind is scattered, half-asleep, incapable of functioning, and the stress is enormous. Turmoil and anxiety overwhelm the person, and despair is about to engulf them. There is no clarity of mind, which would permit them to stand for prayer, and they feel that they are about to give up. They ask, “What do I do?” Our teacher Paul the Apostle answers us and gives us direction in his epistle to the Philippians, saying, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.”

—H.E. Metropolitan Youssef, How to Pray