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Psalm 31:1-5

"In You, O LORD, I put my trust.... Deliver me in Your righteousness. Bow down Your ear to me, Deliver me... Be my Rock of Refuge, a Fortress of Defense to save me. For You are my Rock and my Fortress; Therefore, for Your name's sake, Lead me and guide me.... You are my Strength. Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD God of truth."

Lamentations 3:58-59

O LORD, You have pleaded the causes of my soul [You have managed my affairs and You have protected my person and my rights]; You have rescued and redeemed my life! O LORD, You have seen my wrong [done to me]: judge and maintain my cause."

Beth Moore, Praying God's Word

"O, God, help me to understand that I am no longer a victim of anyone else's misuse or rejection when I commit myself entirely to You. Make me a victor, Lord Jesus!" No matter how I may encounter rejection in the world around me, I am welcomed to abide in You and the perfect Son of the Most High God. You have chosen me out of the world. You desire to make known to me everything You learned from Your Father. Develop Your heart within me, Jesus, so that I will know how to ask of the Father in Your great name. Help me to be perpetually aware that I never need to feel left out.

Oswald Chamber as AGAIN quoted in Moore, this time in Praying God's Word:

"Over and over again God has to remove our friends in order to bring Himself in their place. Take it personally: In the year that the one who stood to me for all that God was, died--I gave up everything? I became ill? I got disheartened? Or--I saw the Lord?" (98)