II Samuel 13-15

God, I do not want to see a cycle of vengeance and bitterness enter and destroy your work among your people. Help me serve you by not being that way and challenging others to do the same. 

Help me be wise enough to recognize terrible advice and deceptive manipulation before or as it is happening. I know that I have not done so well in the past and have seen how easily manipulated and used I allowed myself to be, and I do not want to fall for that again. I also ask you to help me not be bought by the rich and powerful again. 

If I am ever in the position again, help me see the Absalom coming for me and what you have given me. Help me not fall for this again. 

Psalm 3

God, it seems more and more rise against me, and the storm never stops. They do not think you will help me. They believe they are serving you. You should protect me. I ask you to lift my head. I cry out to you from the depths of my heart. 

The only thing that keeps me alive is that you are at work in my life. I will not fear, no matter how many they use to fight me. You will protect me, that's what I believe. I ask you to save me. I believe you will smite my enemies. You will break their teeth, that's what I believe. I know all my hopes are in your hands, and I will trust you. 

Psalm 4 

God, please hear me, I beg you. All I have is you. You saved me and made me righteous. You have taken care of me when I was in trouble. Have mercy again and hear my prayer. 

God, how long will you allow them to destroy me with shame and cut me off from everyone and everything outside my family and you? 

I believe I am yours. You chose me, and I am your elected one. I believe you will hear me. I will stand in reverence and wait. Depending on you, I will avoid sin.

I will continue to meditate even in my bed on you and how good you are. I will trust you and wait for you to act and make me glad again. Knowing that you will take care of me, I will lie down. I trust you, and I look at you. I ask you for my family, God. Bless their work, please. Help them because they suffer because of my attackers. 

Psalm 12

God, the wicked prosper on every side. Your people will not stand for truth. They do not ask but sit in quiet judgment, have no knowledge, only fear or icy hearts. They gossip and discuss without asking questions or searching for the truth. 

God cut off their lips and tongues that do such things. No one is making them spend so much time on wasted gossip. Please care for and drive us back to your Word as our only truth. The wicked prosper. They take over churches, shut down mission programs, and escape without consequences. I am asking you to change that. Please hear my prayer from a sincere heart. 

Psalm 13

How long will you forget me and leave me on the sidelines? How long will you hide your face from me and not answer my prayers that go to you daily and night? How long do I live a life with a broken heart? How long do you let my hateful, vengeful, jealous attackers lord it over me? 

God, please think of me. God, help me or kill me. I have asked you to take my life many times. They say that they have destroyed me and my life is over. Will you please help me? I will end up with the victory and keep believing until you take me home.

Psalm 28

God, I call out to you. You are my only foundation. Please do not be so silent. Move and answer my prayer before I go down to death. Hear me when I cry out to you. Every morning, I lift my heart and hands in prayer. I ask you not to allow the wicked to continue to destroy me. I know many say nice things, but their hearts are not in what they say. God, please pay them what they deserve. God, how long will you allow them to triumph over me?

You are my strength and my shield. For many years, I have faithfully served you. I am not saying that I have not failed or messed up. I have loved you, and this has never happened to me before. It has been a year and 7 months, and no relief is in sight. God, please save me. I am yours. I belong to you. You are my dad, my father. How long will you let them do this to me? 

Psalm 55

God, please pay attention to my prayer. Do not hide from me. Listen to me, and I beg you to move in my life. Hear my complaint. They throw sin all over me. They hate me. I am dying inside. I fear that my life and ministry are over. 

God, give me wings to fly away from all of this. God, get me out of all this misery. They never stop their attacks. No matter how much time passes. I wrote over 50,000 words while studying. I asked for forgiveness, but it doesn't matter. It doesn’t matter that I apologized. It doesn’t matter that the church never took no action or plan. The only thing that matters is their hate. 

They were my best friends. We did everything together. I could go nowhere alone. He tried to impress all with his love and loyalty toward me. I will not quit crying out to you until you rescue me. 

They have no thought of changing. They know how to use words to their advantage. People believe without ever seeking the truth. 

All I know to do is give this burden to you and ask you to work in my life. I wait for you to destroy the work of the wicked. You and you alone have the power to do so.