1. The most important thing you can do in any situation is pray. If you feel God is calling you into a deeper prayer life with Him, do not resist it.
2. Focus on who God is. Focus on His attributes and that He is a great, powerful God, even when we are very small and weak. Listen to praise and worship. It will minister to your heart and soul and help you to enter into prayer and to experience the presence of God. 
3. Ask others whom you trust to join you in your prayer requests. Praying friends and family are one of God’s ways to strengthen you during the difficult times.
4. Read the Word. The psalms are particularly easy to identify with during dark times. Read God’s promises and find hope in victories of others in the Bible through God working in their life.
5. Know that God is with you through the fire, the deep waters and the darkness. He does not cause these troubles but He will allow them for a purpose that we may never understand. But as you come to know God, you will see that His ways are higher than our ways and He has the perspective of eternity that we do not have. God proved His love for us by having His only Son Jesus suffer on our behalf, that we might be with them in heaven one day.

If you are struggling with feelings of despair and helplessness, take a step of faith to trust in God — His love and faithfulness. Be encouraged by the truth that He is always in control and that He desires our best in all circumstances.