Prayer Quote by John Hawley

A little grammatical wobble ("an special") only sharpens the vulnerability here: this is a sentence spoken from the edge, not the podium. "I desire" isn’t casual; it’s the diction of someone trained to write formally, maybe even to sound controlled, while admitting he isn’t. The real ask isn’t for comfort or rescue. It’s for coverage. He wants other people’s spiritual attention aimed at the one thing he fears he can’t guarantee: his own endurance.

The phrase "an special interest in your prayers" is quietly tactical. He’s not requesting generic well-wishes; he’s asking to be prioritized. That implies a community where prayers are currency and social bonds are measured in intercession. It also implies that adversity is either imminent or already arrived, and that his usual supports (status, health, certainty) are failing. He’s preemptively negotiating with the people around him: if I break, don’t read it as moral collapse; help me not break.

"That my faith fail not" does more than confess fear. It admits faith is not a fixed possession but a muscle that can tear. The wording echoes biblical cadences (most famously Jesus to Peter in Luke 22:32), borrowing authority to dignify personal anxiety. That borrowing is the subtext: by framing his private dread inside a sacred template, Hawley turns an individual crisis into a communal obligation. The day of adversity isn’t just a bad day; it’s a test, and he’s recruiting witnesses to hold him to the person he hopes to remain.