Ibn Qayyim: Feeling powerless is a deceptive excuse - Ibn Qayyim: Do not feel weary of standing by His door (i.e. Allah) even if you are driven away, and never stop asking His forgiveness even if you feel it is rejected. When the door is opened for the accepted ones, do not miss this chance and rush therein intruding, and stretch forth your hands saying, وَتَصَدَّقۡ عَلَيۡنَآ‌ۖ "Be charitable to us" Yusuf v. 88.

Ibn Qayyim: Feeling powerless is a deceptive excuse 

- Ibn Qayyim: 

Do not feel weary of standing by His door (i.e. Allah) even if you are driven away, and never stop asking His forgiveness even if you feel it is rejected. When the door is opened for the accepted ones, do not miss this chance and rush therein intruding, and stretch forth your hands saying, 

وَتَصَدَّقۡ عَلَيۡنَآ‌ۖ 

"Be charitable to us" Yusuf v. 88.