O Loving Lord, I praise You for this time of prayer. I thank You. O Lord, I have a strange sort of fear that haunts and terrorises me, making it impossible for me to sleep at night. Lord, have mercy on me. Let the struggles in my heart come to an end. I am depressed and I am not able to praise You or offer my prayers to You as I used to do. I love Your Word, but I am not able to meditate upon it. I am not able to concentrate on the Word as my thoughts fly to different directions. The sins I had committed appear to predominate over them and keep accusing me. I wait anxiously for the dawn. O Lord, deliver me from this fear and help me to praise and thank You as I used to. Sometimes, the fear of the future or health of my children keeps me under duress. Even though they are taught by You and grow up in the fear of the Lord, I needlessly get irritated by this fear. Have pity on me and deliver me fully. Let my inborn sin leave me. You have said: “Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ (Isaiah 41:10). Help me to live relying on this word without fear, but with joy and peace. Let fear leave me, and let me be strengthened to live with boldness. Give me strength in my soul to live unruffled and undefeated. Help me to do everything with confidence and to overcome fear with fullness of love. As You have heard my prayer, I praise You and thank You. Let Your mercy surround me. In the name of Jesus Christ I pray, O Father. Amen.