When Paul prayed for believers, he didn’t pray for an easier life.
He prayed for an empowered heart.

Here is his prayer:

“…strengthened with all might through His Spirit in the inner man, for all endurance and patience with joy.”
Colossians 1:11

Two directions of strength:

1. Endurance — toward circumstances
2. Patience — toward people
With joy — in both

This isn’t natural strength.
It’s Spirit-given.

The Holy Spirit builds a quiet resilience inside you — a steadiness that doesn’t snap under pressure and doesn’t grow sharp with people.

Sometimes the training doesn’t look spiritual at all.
It looks like traffic jams, slow walkers, delayed plans, and interruptions you never asked for.

But each moment becomes a small classroom where God grows something solid in you — something that feels less hurried, less reactive, more whole.

You’re not being tested.
You’re being strengthened.

What frustrates you today may be the very place God is forming tomorrow’s strength.