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THE MYSTERY OF DIVINE INTERVENTION—BONUS PRAYER A LONGING HEART · PAMOJA PODCAST | PAMOJA MINISTRY, A LIFE OF CHRIST INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES

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  A longing heart, a prayer for divine intervention,
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  when you can no longer carry yourself. God, I
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  long for you. My soul thirsts for you. My heart
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  longs for you. And even my body feels the weight
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  of this wilderness. God, I have waited. I have
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  prayed. I have believed. I have hoped. I have
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  told myself again and again that you are faithful.
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  that you have not forgotten me, that you are
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  still working, even when I cannot see what you
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  are doing. But today, God, I come before you
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  without pretending. I am tired. My body is tired.
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  My mind is tired. My heart is tired. Emotionally,
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  I am exhausted. The waiting has become heavy.
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  The humiliation has become heavy. The uncertainty
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  has become heavy. has lasted longer than I ever
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  imagined it would. Only you know, God, how deeply
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  this has affected me. People may see me standing.
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  They may see me functioning. They may hear me
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  speaking. They may think I am strong, but you
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  know what it costs me to keep standing. You know
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  the tears nobody sees. You know the thoughts
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  I carry when I am alone. You know the nights.
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  You know the questions. You know the disappointment.
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  You know how many times I have wondered how much
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  longer I can carry this. So today, like David
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  in the wilderness, I cry out to you, oh God,
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  you are my God. My soul thirsts for you. My whole
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  being longs for you in this dry and weary land.
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  God, I don't only need an explanation. I need
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  you. I don't only need encouragement. I need
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  you. I don't only need another word, telling
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  me to wait. God, I need your hand. I need divine
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  intervention. How long, oh Lord? When will my
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  deliverance come? When will you bring me out
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  of this valley? When will you silence the voices?
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  that have risen against me. When will you shut
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  the mouths of the lions? When will you remove
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  the power of the fire? When will these chains
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  fall? When will Pharaoh finally release what
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  you have commanded him to release? When God,
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  when? I ask you, because I still believe. If
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  I had stopped believing, I would have stopped
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  crying out to you. But I am still here, wounded.
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  but still here. Tired, but still here. Confused,
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  but still here. Longing for you, but still here.
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  And God, I think I have reached that place in
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  the journey where I no longer have the strength
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  to make another footprint. So God, if there's
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  only one set of footprints from here, carry me.
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  Carry me, God. Because I cannot carry myself
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  anymore Carry my mind When my thoughts become
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  too heavy Carry my heart When disappointment
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  overwhelms me Carry my body When the weight of
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  this season takes away my strength Carry my faith
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  When I cannot understand your timing Carry me
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  through the part of this valley That my own strength
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  cannot cross And while you carry me, God Fight
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  for me Go where I cannot go Speak where I cannot
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  speak Enter rooms where I cannot enter Touch
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  hearts I cannot touch Move decisions I cannot
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  move Bring truth into the light Correct what
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  I cannot correct Defend what I cannot defend
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  Open what I cannot open And what I cannot move
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  God Move it yourself. You heard Israel when their
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  bondage became unbearable. Hear me. You remember
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  Joseph when he could not open his own prison.
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  Remember me. You shut the mouths of Daniel's
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  lions. Shut the mouths of my lions. You remove
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  the power of the fire from Shadrach, Meshach,
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  and Abednego. God, take the power. out of this
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  fire. You shook the prison until the chains of
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  Paul and Silas fell. Shake what must be shaken
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  until these chains fall. And you confronted Pharaoh
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  until your people were released. God, confront
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  every resistance, standing against your purpose
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  for my life, not according to my anger, not according
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  to my emotions, but according to your righteousness.
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  according to your justice, according to your
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  will, move whoever must move, awaken whoever
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  must awaken, touch every person whose decision
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  is connected to what you have ordained, activate
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  everything heaven has appointed for my deliverance,
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  every divine connection, every necessary conversation,
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  every opportunity, every resource. every person,
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  every circumstance that you have already ordained
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  to participate in my restoration. God, let all
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  things begin to work together. What I cannot
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  coordinate, coordinate. What I cannot repair,
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  repair. What I cannot recover, restore. What
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  I cannot reveal, bring into the light. What I
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  cannot change, change. and what I cannot move,
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  move it yourself. But God, even while I am asking
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  you to change my situation, do not allow my desperation
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  for deliverance to become greater than my longing
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  for you. Because this wilderness has taught me
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  something. I need you more than I ever knew.
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  So before I seek your hand, I seek your face.
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  Before I seek the open door, I seek the one who
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  opens doors. Before I seek vindication, I seek
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  the righteous judge. Before I seek restoration,
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  I seek the restorer. And before I ask you to
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  bring me out, hold me while I am still here.
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  God, hold me. I long for you. My soul thirsts
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  for you. My heart cries for you. My whole being
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  reaches for you. And from this exhausted place,
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  I declare, this valley will not bury me. This
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  waiting will not destroy me. This humiliation
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  will not define me. This fire will not consume
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  me. These lions will not devour me. These chains
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  will not remain forever. And my exhaustion will
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  not cancel what you have spoken over my life.
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  I may have reached the end of my strength, but
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  I have not reached the end of your strength.
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  I may not be able to walk anymore, but you can
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  carry me. I may not understand how this story
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  will change, but you are still writing it. I
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  may not know when deliverance will come, but
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  I know where my help comes from. So God, I surrender
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  to you the weight I can no longer carry. Carry
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  me through this valley. Carry me through this
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  night. Carry me through this waiting. Carry me
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  until my strength returns. Carry me until the
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  door opens. Carry me until the chains fall. Carry
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  me until the lions are silent. Carry me until
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  the fire loses its power. carry me until this
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  valley is behind me. And one day, God, when I
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  look back at this road and wonder how I survived
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  the part where I had no strength left, let me
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  understand why there was only one set of footprints.
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  You carried me. You carried me. And I believe
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  the God who carries me through the valley will
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  also bring me Out of the valley, my morning will
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  come. My strength will return. My voice will
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  rise again. My testimony will speak. My season
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  will change. And what I cannot accomplish through
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  my exhausted human strength, your divine intervention
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  will accomplish for me. God, I long for you.
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  I cry out to you. I surrender myself to you.
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  Carry me, fight for me, remember me, restore
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  me, and God, deliver me. In the mighty name of
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  Jesus Christ, amen. Always remember, you are
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  not alone.