Heavenly Father, Your Word says You love the just and will not forsake Your faithful ones (Psalm 37:28). My justification is found in Your Son, my Savior, Christ Jesus (Romans 8:30). He is faithful even when I am not (2 Timothy 2:13). Therefore, I thank You, Father, that I can be absolutely sure You will never reject me nor forsake me because I stand with Jesus (Hebrews 13:5). I thank You for welcoming me into Your family (John 16:27). No matter how I may encounter rejection in the world around me, I am welcomed to abide in the Creator of Heaven and Earth, and in the perfect Son of the Most High God (John 17:21)!
Glorious God, You said, “I have chosen You and have not rejected you” (Isaiah 41:9). O God, though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet Your unfailing love for me will not be shaken nor Your covenant of peace be removed. You are the Lord God who has compassion on me (Isaiah 54:10). According to Your Word, what a man desires or craves deeply is unfailing love (Proverbs 19:22). You are the only one capable of perpetual unfailing love. Help me understand that my deep cravings for someone to love me with that kind of love were meant to be satisfied by You alone.
Lord, according to Your Word, a hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life (Proverbs 13:12). Lord, You are keenly aware of all hopes that have been deferred in my life. Help me to put my hopes in You, for You will fulfill my longings, Lord God. You fill the hungry soul with good things (Luke 1:53)
Lord God, You say: “Do not fear disgrace by men and do not be shattered by their taunts.” (Isaiah 51:7). I won’t be afraid of people’s scorn or their slanderous talk. Slanderous talk is temporal and fades away. Your word will never pass away. Father, I choose to look at the things which are eternal (2 Corinthians 4:18).
Through faith and an act of my will – in obedience to Your Word – I choose to forgive all painful words and actions that have been done against me (Ephesians 4:32). Through Jesus Christ You heal the broken-hearted (Luke 4:18) and bind up all wounds (Psalm 147:3). I will seek Your face, Lord God, because You are my help, and You are my salvation. When others forsake or reject me, I know You will lift me up (Psalm 27:9-10). You are my refuge and underneath are Your everlasting arms (Deuteronomy 33:27). My God, You say to me in Your Word, “I, even I am He who comforts you” (Isaiah 51:12). Thank You, Loving Father! Help me to sense and respond to Your comfort, and share it with others that may need it, too.
You, Lord Jesus, were despised and rejected, a man of sorrows and familiar with suffering (Isaiah 53:3). You were despised — You know exactly how I feel, Lord. You understand and sympathize with weakness and pain of rejection. Therefore, I will put my trust in You. I will remember that I have a great High Priest who has suffered everything just as I suffer and now intercedes for me in the heavenly realm (Hebrews 4:15). So, I cling to You and will never stop trusting You (Hebrews 4:14).
My Savior Jesus, I did not choose You, but You chose me (John 15:16). Help me to always be aware that You chose me, so I never need to feel left out. O Lord, because You are my help, I sing in the shadow of Your wings. My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me (Psalm 63:7-8).
Lord God, according to Your Word, Your Spirit Himself testifies with my spirit that I am Your child. Now if I am Your child, then I am an heir — heir of Yours and co-heir with Christ Jesus, if indeed I share in His sufferings that I may also share in His glory (Romans 8:16-18). Help me to sincerely embrace the truth that any present sufferings I encounter are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in me. Father, continue to bring me along the path You have laid for me, so that I can learn to rejoice in my sufferings because sufferings produce perseverance (Romans 5:3).
Father, I want You to be able to have great confidence in me and take pride in me and my faith in You. In all my troubles, let my joy know no bounds (2 Corinthians 7:4). You, O God, turn my wailing into dancing. You remove my sackcloth and clothe me with joy that my heart may sing to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give You thanks and praise forever (Psalm 30:11-12).
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