Lord, today I have a live journal article discussion. Please grant me a keen understanding of what I have studied and read. Please grant me wisdom that I may be able to give justice to the gifts that you have given me. Please guide me and do not allow my anxiety to interfere with my performance. Please help me so I can answer the prof's questions correctly. Amen!!! I can't do this without you, Lord!

Please pray for my physical and spiritual healing. I feel neglected and it manifests physically. I'm sorry but I will just pour everything here because I can't tell this to my friends and other members of the family. I feel so alone and taken for granted at home. I always do my best but it always feels as if I am not enough. I get good grades, I always did and I still do. I passed all the college entrance exams I took and even enjoying two scholarships. I even contribute some of my scholarship money to pay for the bills and to buy necessities. I know it is bad to compare myself to my sister and to my peers but based on what I have been experiencing, I feel like I am neglected and nobody tried to listen and understand me despite doing my best. Perhaps that is why I am underperforming.

I always assert what I need. We are forced to have online classes instead so I really need a study space that is conducive to learning. As an incoming junior premed student, I really need this. I have a small study table but the rainwater seeps through the roof and the area instantly gets wet. It's already rainy season in the Philippines and my formal online classes will start two days from now. They still have not fixed it and even refrained me from ordering epoxy online. I live two hours away from school and a roundtrip takes away 4 precious hours of my day. I asked and even begged them to let me pay for my own dorm next to my university but they did not allow me and forced me to just endure the traffic.

These are just some of the simple things I am asking for now: peaceful and quiet learning environment with little to no distraction and a study space where the rainwater does not wet my desk. I am losing everything now. I do not like it anymore. I can't even complain because for them, it means I am not respecting them. I do not like this anymore. I can't handle it. Lately, I have been so stressed and my pimples just don't heal and recently, I have been experiencing irregular periods, headaches, and backaches. Maybe it's because of stress.

Lord, please give me strength to carry on and and just carry my cross until I die. I was so motivated to study when I woke up this morning. But nowadays, I feel like I am unwanted in this world. Nobody understand me. Please listen to me, Lord. I am so alone right now. As I type this, my tears are about to stream down my face. I don't know what sine have I done to deserve this. I am asking for simple things but they still can't give these to me. My sister did worse. She failed some subjects and is often the one who doesn't listen to my parents but she still gets what she wants. Lord, why is it so unfair? When my parents are fighting, I am always the "sandwiched" ones and I can't escape. Please help me carry this cross, Lord. Please. please please please. please listen to my prayers. I am begging you, Lord. Please do not abandon me as well, Lord. You're my only hope.

I am so insecure. And I no longer feel welcome and at home in this world. :((

Lord, thank You so much for all the blessings that I have been receiving amidst the pandemic. Thank You for all the hearty meals, shelter, and clean clothes. I know that I have a lot of sins to pay for and I have a lot of shortcomings. I am very sorry for all the things that I have done that does not please you. Please forgive me.

Lord God, please help me with my studies. Help me not to be distracted by things that do not really need my time, effort, and attention. Please help me think clearly. Grant me wisdom and peace. Please send me the Holy Spirit to guide me in everything I do. I know I am not worthy because I have committed a lot of sins such as by eating a lot and by not being a perfect daughter to my parents. I know I've said hurtful words sometime in my life. But Lord, I want you to know that I did not mean to hurt the people around me. I also pray that you remove the people that are not supposed to be in my life and that you lead me to people who are meant to be in my life. Lord, please do not leave me alone. Please be by my side.

Lord, as a teenager, I know that I have also said a lot of words that have disappointed You. I know that my achievements in school are not enough to please You because You don't just want me to be successful in academics but also in other aspects in life. I am so sorry if I hurt myself sometimes by thinking negatively. It's just that I feel so insecure and ugly because of my pimples. But Lord, while I was washing my face earlier, I noticed that the pimples on my forehead are already gone and I thank You for that. I pray that my pimples on my cheeks will be gone soon. I hope You hear my prayer. I know this favor is not appropriate to ask of You know because I should be praying for the healing of those who have covid-19 but Lord, please heal me physically, mentally, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually. Please still help me. I know I am not a very good person but in my heart, I regret all my sins. I love You, Lord. I love You!! Please protect my family and everyone who's reading this. Amen!!!

I am a sophomore premed student majoring in Biology. I used to be the smartest person in the room back in high school but now I am struggling. I know it myself that the lessons are not that difficult in college. In fact, I learned way more back in high school. I feel like I am not learning anything new. I pray that the Lord may grant me wisdom, and the willpower to study on my own despite the fact that I am no longer interested in studying Biology due to the way the teachers in my university teaches. Lord, please teach me to remain humble, to be resilient, and to be wise enough to learn everything I need in order to become a helpful and reliable physician in the future.