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THE HOUSE OF PRAYER — PRAYER XIV: PREPARE ME TO CARRY IT A Prayer for Character, Humility, and Responsibility · PAMOJA PODCAST | PAMOJA MINISTRY, A LIFE OF CHRIST INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES

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  created me a clean heart, O God, and renew a
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  steadfast spirit within me. You know the purpose
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  you have placed upon my life. You know the doors
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  ahead of me. You know the responsibilities I
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  have not yet seen. You know the weight of what
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  you intend to entrust to me. So today, I am not
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  simply asking you to increase my gift. I am asking
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  you to prepare me to carry it. Before you increase
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  my influence, increase my character. Before you
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  enlarge my territory, enlarge my capacity. Before
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  you increase my authority, deepen my humility.
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  Before you increase my resources, teach me stewardship.
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  Before you increase my visibility, strengthen
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  my private life. Before you give me greater access,
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  strengthen my self control. God do not allow
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  my gift to take me somewhere my character cannot
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  sustain me. Holy Spirit search me. If there is
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  pride in me, expose it. If there is insecurity
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  in me, heal it. If there is jealousy in me, remove
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  it. If there is an appetite capable of compromising
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  my purpose, strengthen my discipline. If there
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  is anger that could become dangerous when combined
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  with authority, refine my reactions. If I depend
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  too much upon people's approval, bring my identity
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  back to you. If there is anything growing privately
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  that could one day destroy publicly what you
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  have entrusted to me, deal with it now. I would
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  rather be corrected in preparation than destroyed
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  after promotion. I would rather be refined before
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  the door opens than enter a place I am not prepared
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  to sustain. Lord, protect me from confusing gifting
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  with maturity. Protect me from believing that
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  because you are using me, there is nothing left
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  in me that needs transformation. Protect me from
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  confusing mercy with approval. Samson still had
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  strength while his boundaries were weakening.
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  Saul had authority while insecurity was growing.
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  Peter loved Jesus but discovered that passion
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  alone could not sustain him. David carried anointing
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  yet still needed repentance and a clean heart.
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  Their lives remind me, I need you continually.
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  So keep me dependent upon the Holy Spirit. When
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  you correct me, let me receive correction. When
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  you expose me, let me surrender. When you warn
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  me, let me listen. When you tell me no, let me
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  obey. When you require waiting, give me patience.
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  And when you place me in seasons where nobody
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  sees what you are doing, teach me to value preparation
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  more than recognition. God, if the door must
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  remain closed while you develop me, prepare me.
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  If I must wait while you strengthen my character,
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  Prepare me. If the fire must expose something
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  that cannot accompany my purpose, refine me.
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  If something must leave my life before you can
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  entrust me with greater responsibility, give
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  me courage to release it. I do not want success
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  that destroys my relationship with you. I do
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  not want influence that destroys my family. I
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  do not want authority that feeds my pride. I
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  do not want a platform that becomes greater than
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  my character. I do not want an opportunity that
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  my private life cannot sustain. I want what you
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  have for me, but I also want to become capable
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  of carrying it. Therefore, I declare, my character
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  will grow with my calling. My humility will grow
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  with my influence. My wisdom will grow with my
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  authority. My discipline will grow with my access.
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  My stewardship will grow with my resources. My
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  dependence upon God will grow with my success.
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  I declare that my gift will not become greater
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  than the character supporting it. My private
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  life will not become the enemy of my public assignment.
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  My appetite will not sabotage my anointing. My
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  insecurity will not govern my leadership. My
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  pride will not destroy what humility helped me
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  build. By the help of the Holy Spirit, I will
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  become capable of carrying the weight of purpose.
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  God, prepare the vessel. Strengthen the structure.
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  Purify my motives. Develop my character. Teach
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  me restraint. deep in my obedience. And if I
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  am asking you for something I am not yet prepared
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  to carry, prepare me before you give it to me.
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  I will not despise the waiting. I will not despise
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  the correction. I will not despise the hidden
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  season. I will not despise the fire. Because
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  perhaps what I have called delay has actually
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  been preparation. Perhaps what I have called
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  restriction has actually been protection. Perhaps
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  you have been preparing me for something heavier
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  than I realized. So God, when the opportunity
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  comes, let my character be ready. When the door
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  opens, let my character be ready. When the influence
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  increases, let my character be ready. When the
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  responsibility arrives, let me be ready. I am
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  being prepared. I am being strengthened. I am
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  being humbled. I am being disciplined. I am being
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  refined for a purpose. In the name of Jesus Christ,
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  Amen. You are not alone.