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"Forsake me not, O Lord."--Psalm 38:21

(C.H. Spurgeon)

Frequently we pray that God would not forsake us in the hour of   trial and
temptation, but we too much forget that we have need to use this prayer at
all times. There is no moment of our life, however holy, in which we can do
without His constant upholding. Whether in   light or in darkness, in
communion or in temptation, we alike need   the prayer, "Forsake me not, O
Lord." "Hold Thou me up, and I shall   be safe." A little child, while
learning to walk, always needs the   nurse's aid. The ship left by the pilot
drifts at once from her course. We cannot do without continued aid from
above; let it then be your prayer to-day, "Forsake me not. Father, forsake
not Thy child, lest he fall by the hand of the enemy. Shepherd, forsake not
Thy
lamb, lest he wander from the safety of the fold. Great Husbandman, forsake
not Thy plant, lest it wither and die. 'Forsake me not, O Lord,' now; and
forsake me not at any moment of my life. Forsake me   not in my joys, lest
they absorb my heart. Forsake me not in my   sorrows, lest I murmur against
Thee. Forsake me not in the day of my   repentance, lest I lose the hope of
pardon, and fall into despair; and forsake me not in the day of my strongest
faith, lest faith degenerate into presumption. Forsake me not, for without
Thee I am   weak, but with Thee I am strong. Forsake me not, for my path is
dangerous, and full of snares, and I cannot do without Thy guidance.

The hen forsakes not her brood, do Thou then evermore cover me with Thy
feathers, and permit me under Thy wings to find my refuge. 'Be  not far from
me, O Lord, for trouble is near, for there is none to  help.' 'Leave me not,
neither forsake me, O God of my salvation!'"

"O ever in our cleansed breast,

Bid Thine Eternal Spirit rest;

And make our secret soul to be

A temple pure and worthy Thee."

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["Examine yourselves whether you are in faith." 2 Cor 13:5]
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