Help My Unbelief
Jesus said to the child's father, whose son is possessed by an unclean spirit, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.” (Mark 9:23)
And when we feel lacking in faith for the things we do, the father of the sick child shows us the perfect example:
Immediately the child’s father cried out (some manuscripts: immediately cried out with tears), “I believe! Help my unbelief.” (Mark 9:24)
I believe: If a person truly cries out in spirit and in truth like this, if one still holds on to faith from God, then one can continue forward.
I have cried out,
and I have even prayed such prayers.
I have asked the Lord:
The things You want me to do,
please give me sufficient faith and courage to do them;
the things You do not want me to do,
please remove them from my heart—may they not even enter it.
I believe in my prayer, and I also believe this is a prayer taught by the Holy Spirit. For the Lord has given me sufficient faith and courage, to believe in this very prayer I prayed as the first step.
P.S. I have to say that this prayer has a very interesting recursive logic.