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PAMOJA MINISTRY — SEASON 8 THE HOUSE OF PRAYER-PRAYER XVII— GOD, REFINE MY CHARACTER · PAMOJA PODCAST | PAMOJA MINISTRY, A LIFE OF CHRIST INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES

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  The House of Prayer. The fervent prayer of a
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  righteous. God, refine my character. A prayer
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  for integrity, discipline, and self -control.
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  This prayer is for you if you sincerely want
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  God to work on your character. It is for you
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  if you love God, but you recognize that there
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  are still areas of your life that need refinement.
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  Maybe you struggle with anger. Maybe your words
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  sometimes move faster than your wisdom. Maybe
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  temptation has been testing your boundaries.
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  Maybe you have compromised in places nobody knows
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  about. Maybe you are carrying responsibility,
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  influence, leadership, or authority and you are
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  asking God to help you carry it with integrity.
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  Or perhaps you are praying for God to open a
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  new door, increase your influence, enlarge your
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  territory, or entrust you with something greater.
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  before asking God to change what is around you.
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  Maybe today we need to pray, God, change what
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  needs to change within me. Listen to the word
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  of God. Psalm 51 10 says, creating me a clean
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  heart, oh God, and renew a right spirit within
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  me. And Galatians 5 22 to 23 reminds us that
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  the fruit of the spirit includes faithfulness,
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  gentleness, and self -control. Let us pray. Lord,
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  before I ask you for another door, before I ask
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  you for another opportunity, before I ask you
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  for promotion, before I ask you for greater influence,
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  before I ask you for greater responsibility,
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  refine me. Search my heart, examine my motives,
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  reveal what I cannot see about myself. Show me
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  the places where my character needs strengthening.
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  Show me the attitudes I have been excusing Show
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  me the reactions I keep justifying Show me where
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  pride has entered Show me where anger has gained
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  too much control Show me where my words have
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  become careless Show me where my boundaries have
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  become weak Show me where I have become comfortable
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  with something your spirit has been telling me
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  to change God I don't want to spend my life protecting
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  an image while neglecting my character. I don't
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  want to appear strong publicly while becoming
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  weak privately. I don't want to look faithful
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  before people while ignoring what you are showing
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  me when nobody else is watching. Create in me
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  a clean heart, oh God. Renew a right spirit within
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  me. Refine my character. Purify my motives. Discipline
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  my desires. Guard my heart, control my tongue,
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  teach me wisdom, develop self -control within
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  me, and make me the same person in private that
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  I claim to be in public. God, give me the integrity
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  of Joseph. When temptation comes, give me the
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  strength to walk away. When compromise offers
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  me something attractive, remind me that no temporary
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  opportunity is worth sacrificing what you are
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  preparing for my future. Teach me not to sacrifice
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  tomorrow's purpose for today's opportunity. Give
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  me the integrity of Daniel. If my life is examined,
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  let faithfulness be found. If my decisions are
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  questioned, let truth defend me. If my conduct
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  is scrutinized, let my character speak. Not because
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  I am perfect, but because I have chosen to walk
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  honestly before you. Give me the courage of Samuel.
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  Let me handle responsibility without exploiting
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  people. Let me handle resources honestly. Let
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  me treat people fairly. Let me carry authority
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  without allowing authority to corrupt my heart.
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  God, when you increase me, keep me humble. When
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  you bless me, keep me faithful. When you give
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  me influence, keep me accountable. When you give
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  me authority, keep me compassionate. When you
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  give me resources, keep me generous and honest.
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  When people begin celebrating me, keep my heart
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  surrendered to you. And God, when I am tempted,
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  remind me that you are present. When nobody else
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  is watching, you are there. When there is no
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  camera, you are there. When there is no audience,
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  you are there. When nobody would ever know, you
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  know. Let the awareness of your presence become
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  stronger than the attraction of compromise. Holy
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  Spirit, produce self -control within me. But
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  also teach me discipline. Teach me when to stop.
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  Teach me when to walk away. Teach me when not
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  to respond. Teach me when to remain silent. Teach
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  me when to put down the phone. Teach me when
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  to leave the conversation. Teach me when to set
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  a boundary. Teach me when to say no. Protect
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  me from decisions made in anger. Protect me from
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  decisions made in loneliness. Protect me from
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  decisions made in pride. Protect me from decisions
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  made in frustration. Protect me from decisions
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  made when my emotions are stronger than my wisdom.
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  And if I have already failed, God, give me the
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  humility to repent. Do not let pride make me
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  defend what your spirit is trying to correct.
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  Do not let embarrassment make me hide what you
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  want to heal. Do not let my reputation become
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  more important to me than my transformation.
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  Like David, let me pray. Create in me a clean
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  heart. If I need to apologize, give me humility.
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  If I need to confess, give me courage. If I need
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  to change, give me discipline. If I need accountability,
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  give me wisdom to seek it. If I need to walk
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  away from something, give me strength to leave.
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  because I would rather experience the discomfort
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  of correction today than the devastation of collapse
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  tomorrow. God, don't allow my gift to take me
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  somewhere my character cannot sustain me. Don't
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  allow my ambition to outrun my maturity. Don't
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  allow my influence to become greater than my
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  integrity. Don't allow my public life to become
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  greater than my private walk with you. Don't
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  allow what you place in my hands to become greater
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  than what my character can carry. Prepare me
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  for what I am praying for if I am asking for
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  more responsibility Make me more responsible
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  if I am asking for greater influence deepen my
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  integrity if I am asking for greater resources
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  Teach me stewardship if I am asking you to elevate
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  me deepen my humility If I am asking you to trust
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  me with more Make me trustworthy God I surrender
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  my character to your refining fire Remove what
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  cannot follow me into my next season Strengthen
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  what must become stronger Correct what must be
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  corrected Heal what must be healed Break what
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  must be broken Develop what must be developed
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  I don't simply want to arrive at the place you
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  have prepared I want to become the person who
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  can remain there I don't simply want to receive
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  what I have prayed for I want to become capable
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  of carrying it. I don't simply want an open door.
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  I want the character necessary to walk through
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  it with integrity. So today I declare, my character
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  belongs to God. My mind belongs to God. My body
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  belongs to God. My words belong to God. My decisions
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  belong to God. My relationships belong to God.
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  My influence belongs to God. My authority belongs
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  to God. My private life belongs to God. My public
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  life belongs to God. And by the power of the
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  Holy Spirit, I will practice discipline. I will
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  guard my heart. I will control my tongue. I will
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  protect my boundaries. I will walk away from
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  temptation. I will receive correction. I will
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  repent when I am wrong. I will choose truth when
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  compromise would be easier. I will choose obedience
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  when disobedience would be more convenient. Because
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  I understand now, God is not only preparing the
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  blessing, God is preparing me for the weight
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  of the blessing. Refine me, God, until my character
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  can carry my calling. until my discipline can
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  protect my purpose, until my self -control can
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  protect my integrity, until who I am privately
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  honors who you have called me to become publicly.
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  And when the door finally opens, when the opportunity
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  finally comes, when the prayer is finally answered,
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  when greater responsibility is finally placed
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  into my hands, may you be able to trust the person
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  who walks through that door. God. Refine my character.
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  I am being refined for a purpose in the name
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  of Jesus Christ. Amen If this prayer is speaking
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  to an area of your life that God has been revealing
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  to you don't run from his conviction Correction
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  can be mercy God may be showing you something
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  today because he is protecting what he intends
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  to entrust to you tomorrow Keep praying keep
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  growing Keep allowing the Holy Spirit to refine
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  you. Remember, you are not alone. Pamoja Ministry
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  is your prayer partner.