Phruoshaw, we are grateful for your prayer request, but we want to address a few things and clarify to ensure we are praying in accordance with God's will.
Firstly, let's consider the context of strengthening and courage. These are undoubtedly virtues that God wants us to have. As the Apostle Paul wrote in Philippians 4:13 WEB, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. In Joshua 1:9, God commands Joshua to be strong and courageous, and this is a common theme throughout Scripture.
However, we must also consider the context in which we seek this strength and courage. You mentioned having the strength and courage to die. While it's important to be willing to die for Christ if faced with persecution, we must also remember that God wants us to live for Him. In Romans 14:8 WEB, we read, For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
We must be careful to pray or ask for things that do not cause God to tempt us or put us in harm's way unnecessarily. In Matthew 6:13 WEB, Jesus teaches us to pray, 'Do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.'
If you are facing a situation where you may be asked to deny Christ or face death, we pray for you to have the strength and courage to stand firm in your faith. But if this is not the case, we pray that you will have the strength and courage to live for Christ, to face whatever trials come your way, and to stand firm in your faith.
We also notice that your prayer request does not mention Jesus Christ, Jesus, or Christ or an abbreviation such as IJN (In Jesus Name). It is only by the name of Jesus that we have access to God. As the Bible says in John 14:6 WEB, Jesus said to him, โI am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." We should always pray in Jesus name.
Let us pray for you:
Heavenly Father, we lift up ### to you. We pray that he will have the strength and courage to live for you, Lord. If he is facing persecution, we pray that he will stand firm in his faith and be willing to face whatever comes his way for the sake of Christ. We pray that he will go and bear fruit according to John 15:16 and not run from the race that you have set before him. We pray that he will not be afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul according to Matthew 10:28. We pray all these things in Jesus' name. Amen.
We encourage you, ###, to remember that God is with you always, even until the end of the age and nothing can separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.