{"id":4727,"date":"2026-11-08T19:05:28","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T00:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/prayers\/prayer-in-temptation\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T19:05:28","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T00:05:28","slug":"prayer-in-temptation","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/pt\/prayers\/prayer-in-temptation\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer in Time of Temptation and Despondency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>O Lord, make haste to help me. O Lord, I am weak; be my strength. I am in darkness; be my light. I am troubled; be my peace.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"pr-t\">Thou<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> <span class=\"pr-t\">knowest<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">know<\/span> my sorrow and my struggle better than I do. Do not let me be overcome by evil, nor by despair, but stretch out <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> hand as <span class=\"pr-t\">Thou<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> <span class=\"pr-t\">didst<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">did<\/span> to Peter on the waters, and save me. Into <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> hands I commit myself and those I love. Glory to <span class=\"pr-t\">Thee<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span>, O Lord, glory to <span class=\"pr-t\">Thee<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A short prayer for hours of struggle, sorrow or discouragement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","liturgical_season":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-4727","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/4727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prayer"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/4727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"liturgical_season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/liturgical_season?post=4727"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}