Jesus said,
"My grace is sufficient for you,
for My strength is made perfect in weakness."
2 Corinthians 12:9a
I recently met with a brother in Christ who assured me he had the will power to overcome a tough situation he was in. He wanted Christ to help him, but he was still believing he was in control with his will power. Over the course of several meetings, he began to see that apart from Christ, he has no real power (John 15:5).
He began to see that he could choose, by faith, to exchange the will power rooted in his sinful efforts for resurrection power rooted in the indwelling Christ!
The Bible does indeed say to "Be strong..." However, the full truth is to "Be strong in the Lord and in power of His might" (Ephesians 6:10), and "Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus" (2 Timothy 2:1).
It is only by acknowledging your weakness that you are free to stop trying and to start trusting in Christ alone.
STRONG AND WEAK PRAYER POSTURES
I hope you will enjoy and be encouraged by the following humorous, yet profound, poem describing various prayer postures. I heard Jack Taylor present this poem in his excellent sermon entitled, "Strength from Weakness" (refer to PS section below).
This poem is a reminder that your faith is not to be in the posture of your praying and how well you pray. Your faith is to be in Christ alone based on your total dependency on Him.
I hope you relate to good ol' Willie Brown!
Deacon Samuel Keys
"The proper way for men to pray," said Deacon Samuel Keys, "at least the best for me, is down upon my knees."
Reverend Doctor Wise
"Oh, I should say the way to pray," said Reverend Doctor Wise, "is standing straight with arms outstretched and rapt and raptured eyes."
Elder Snow
"Oh, no, no, no!" said Elder Snow. "That posture is too proud. A man should pray with eyes fast closed and head serenely bowed."
Reverend Doctor Blunt
"It seems to me his hands should be serenely clasped in front, with both thumbs down toward the ground," said Reverend Doctor Blunt.
Willie Brown
"I fell into Hidgens well the other day head first," said Willie Brown. "Both my feet was a stickin' up and my head was a stickin' down. I prayed a prayer right then and there. Best prayer I ever prayed. The prayinest prayer I ever said, I was standing on my head."
CLOSING
The most simple, and most profound, prayer is when the Lord leads His child to a point of desperation where the child prays, "Lord, I can't do this...but you can." This is the grace of weakness that confounds this world!
Standing strong and humbly in the Lord with you,
The Grace of Weakness 
