{"id":1600,"date":"2025-08-07T00:08:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T07:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=1600"},"modified":"2025-08-06T20:06:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T03:06:25","slug":"august-7-psalms-prayer-pocket-day-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/august-7-psalms-prayer-pocket-day-7\/","title":{"rendered":"August 7–Psalms Prayer Pocket–Day 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Psalms Prayer Pocket for when you are: DESOLATE
\nTurn Yourself to me, and have mercy on me, For I am desolate and afflicted.<\/em>\u00a0 Psalm 25:16 (NKJV)<\/p>\n

Desolate means alone, lonely, forlorn, lonesome, joyless, just plain down in the dumps.\u00a0 Sometimes we may have a reason for feeling desolate, perhaps it’s an affliction, which brings us pain or misery. Other times, we may just be lonely because of someone or someplace that is not with us.\u00a0 Whatever the reason, the Lord can and will help us overcome our desolation if we call upon Him to help us, for His word says: The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. P<\/em>salm 34:22 (KJV)<\/p>\n

Pocket Prayer:
\nDear Lord, today I am feeling Desolate because_______________________. (tell the Lord why you are feeling desolate today)<\/p>\n

Please, Lord, turn Yourself to me and have mercy on me. I am feeling alone, lonely and in pain. I am suffering, Lord.
\nPlease hear my prayer and have mercy on me and relieve me in my distress.
\nI am Your servant, Lord, please deliver me as I trust in You.<\/p>\n

Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved me in my distress; Have mercy on me and hear my prayer.<\/em> Psalm 4:1 (NKJV)<\/p>\n

\u00a9SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Psalms Prayer Pocket for when you are: DESOLATE Turn Yourself to me, and have mercy on me, For I am desolate and afflicted.\u00a0 Psalm 25:16 (NKJV) Desolate means alone, lonely, forlorn, lonesome, joyless, just plain down in the dumps.\u00a0 Sometimes we may have a reason for feeling desolate, perhaps it’s an affliction, which brings…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2558],"tags":[2602,2603,3307,45,3,2601,2605,2607,2604,2606,85,2608,662,2609,2610,2611,2559,2612,30,32,1290],"class_list":["post-1600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-prayer-pockets","tag-afflicted","tag-alone","tag-august-2025","tag-believers","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-desolate","tag-forlorn","tag-joyless","tag-lonely","tag-lonesome","tag-mercy","tag-miserable","tag-prayer","tag-psalm-2516","tag-psalm-3422","tag-psalm-41","tag-psalms-prayer-pockets","tag-servant-of-the-lord","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-trust-in-the-lord"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PPP-7-Desolate-Psalm-34.22.jpg?fit=422%2C422&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1649,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/august-20-psalms-prayer-pocket-day-20\/","url_meta":{"origin":1600,"position":0},"title":"August 20–Psalms Prayer Pocket–Day 20","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"August 20, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A Psalms Prayer Pocket for when you are: LONELY O Lord, You have searched me and known me, You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off, You comprehend my path and my lying down And are acquainted with all my ways. 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