Prayer- When Discouraged:
Father, I pray for myself as I am going through these struggles and challenges...

That when I’m disappointed when you haven't answered my prayers or haven't seemed to make any move to change things yet, forgive my impatience. Help me to live like the prophets of old, who were patient even when they had to suffer, and who didn't quit though they must have felt like it sometimes. Help me,  I'm praying not to quit either.(James 5:10–11a)

Help me to trust You and believe that You care, that You haven't forgotten me—and You won't! When trouble comes my way, when I’m facing tests and challenges, help me to be willing to thank You in all circumstances, difficult as that is.(Nahum 1:7a; Isaiah 49:15b; 1 Thessalonians 5:18; Ephesians 5:20)

Help me to love You with all my heart, soul, and mind, for You cause all things to work together for our good when we love You and are called according to Your purpose. Help me realize that somehow you’re fitting me into your plans. Help my love for You to be as steadfast and unchanging as Your love for me.(Matthew 22:37; Romans 8:28, 38–39)

May I never question Your love, knowing it was settled once and forever at the cross. (1 John 4:10)

In Jesus' name, amen.

 -Unknown

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Psalm 88 (New Living Translation):

Psalm 88:

For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah. A song to be sung to the tune “The Suffering of Affliction.” A psalm of Heman the Ezrahite.

 1 O Lord, God of my salvation,
      I cry out to you by day.
      I come to you at night.
 2 Now hear my prayer;
      listen to my cry.
 3 For my life is full of troubles,
      and death draws near.
 4 I am as good as dead,
      like a strong man with no strength left.
 5 They have left me among the dead,
      and I lie like a corpse in a grave.
   I am forgotten,
      cut off from your care.
 6 You have thrown me into the lowest pit,
      into the darkest depths.
 7 Your anger weighs me down;
      with wave after wave you have engulfed me.
                         Interlude

 8 You have driven my friends away
      by making me repulsive to them.
   I am in a trap with no way of escape.
    9 My eyes are blinded by my tears.
   Each day I beg for your help, O Lord;
      I lift my hands to you for mercy.
 10 Are your wonderful deeds of any use to the dead?
      Do the dead rise up and praise you?
                         Interlude

 11 Can those in the grave declare your unfailing love?
      Can they proclaim your faithfulness in the place of destruction?
 12 Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds?
      Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness?
 13 O Lord, I cry out to you.
      I will keep on pleading day by day.
 14 O Lord, why do you reject me?
      Why do you turn your face from me?

 15 I have been sick and close to death since my youth.
      I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors.
 16 Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me.
      Your terrors have paralyzed me.
 17 They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long.
      They have engulfed me completely.
 18 You have taken away my companions and loved ones.
      Darkness is my closest friend.