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Is. 40:28-29: "[Your] understanding is unsearchable. [You] give power to the weak."

Ps. 109: 21-22: "But You, O God the LORD, Deal with me for Your name's sake; Because Your mercy is good, deliver me. For I am [physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually] poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me."

John Piper, Desiring God: "Prayer is the essential activity of waiting for God--acknowledging our helplessness and His power, calling upon Him for help, seeking His counsel....Prayer is the antidote for the disease of self-confidence..." (170).

"God is not looking for people to work for Him, so much as He is looking for people who will let Him work for them. The gospel is not a help-wanted ad....On the contrary, the gospel commands us to give up and hang out a help-wanted sign (this is the basic meaning of prayer): (171).

"...we can give Him....our anxieties....God will gladly receive anything from us that shows our dependence and His all-sufficiency" (171).

Beth Moore, Living Beyond Yourself video series, session 3: Love risks rejection. Love is exposed.

The only prerequisite for rejection is relationship.

Rejection = not received.

What if God allows rejection because that rejection will lead to a reconciliation?

Would I know the value of being chosen if I had never experienced rejection?

If love has never failed me, how do I know the value of unfailing love?

Beth Moore, Living Beyond Yourself workbook, Week 4: "We may lose our joy...
1. When our outpour exceeds our intake....Are you serving more than you're seeking?
2. When our talk exceeds our walk.
3. When we become 'wonders junkies.'
4. When we are exhausted.
5. When we feel all alone....When we view ourselves as the only spiritual person s we know, we're setting ourselves up for a fall" (87-88).