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PAMOJA MINISTRY — SEASON 8 THE HOUSE OF PRAYER—PRAYER XIX—GOD, CORRECT ME WITHOUT LETTING ME RUN FROM YOU · PAMOJA PODCAST | PAMOJA MINISTRY, A LIFE OF CHRIST INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES

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  the house of prayer and the fervent prayer of
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  a righteous prayer 20 god correct me without
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  letting me run from you a prayer for humility
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  correction and restoration this prayer is for
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  you if god has been confronting something in
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  your life Maybe through his word. Maybe through
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  conviction. Maybe through circumstances. Maybe
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  through someone who told you something you did
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  not want to hear. Maybe you recognize that an
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  attitude needs to change. A boundary needs to
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  return. An apology needs to be made. A habit
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  needs to stop. Pride needs to come down. Or maybe
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  you are walking through consequences from decisions
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  you wish you could change. And somewhere inside,
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  you have started wondering, God, are you angry
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  with me? Have you rejected me? Did I lose my
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  purpose? Is everything over? If that is where
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  you are today, this prayer is for you. Hebrews
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  12 .6 says, the Lord disciplines the one he loves.
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  And Romans 8 .1 declares, there is therefore
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  now. no condemnation to them which are in Christ
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  Jesus. So today, we are not praying from condemnation.
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  We are praying from relationship. Let us pray.
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  Lord, search my heart. And if there is something
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  in me that needs correction, correct me. If my
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  attitude needs correction, correct me. If my
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  words need correction, correct me. If my decisions
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  need correction, correct me. If my relationships
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  need correction, correct me. If my priorities
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  need correction, correct me. If my ambition needs
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  correction, correct me. If my pride needs correction,
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  correct me. If the way I handle authority needs
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  correction, correct me. If the way I respond
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  when I am angry, disappointed, hurt, or misunderstood
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  needs correction, correct me. But God... When
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  you correct me, don't let me run from you. Don't
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  let shame convince me that you no longer love
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  me. Don't let embarrassment make me hide. Don't
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  let pride make me defend what your spirit is
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  trying to change. Don't let disappointment make
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  me interpret your correction as abandonment.
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  And don't let condemnation speak louder than
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  your grace. Teach me to recognize the difference
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  between your conviction and the voice of condemnation
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  condemnation tells me you failed therefore you
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  are finished but your correction tells me this
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  must change because i am not finished with you
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  so god give me a teachable heart give me the
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  humility to say i was wrong give me the humility
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  to apologize give me the humility to receive
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  accountability Give me the humility to listen
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  before defending myself. Give me the humility
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  to ask, God, is there something here you want
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  me to hear? If you send someone to correct me,
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  give me discernment. Human beings can misunderstand.
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  People can accuse falsely. People can speak from
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  wrong motives. So give me wisdom to test what
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  I hear. But don't let somebody's imperfect delivery
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  make me reject the truth you are trying to show
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  me. If there is truth in the correction, help
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  me receive it. God, protect me from becoming
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  so successful that nobody can tell me the truth.
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  Protect me from becoming so powerful that people
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  become afraid to correct me. Protect me from
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  becoming so spiritual that I believe I cannot
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  be wrong. Protect me from becoming so defensive
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  that every correction feels like an attack. Protect
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  me from surrounding myself only with people who
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  agree with me. Give me people who love me enough
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  to tell me the truth and give me the maturity
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  to listen. God, if I'm walking through consequences
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  from my own decisions, give me grace. If I need
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  to repair something, show me how. If I need to
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  rebuild trust, give me patience. If I need to
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  accept responsibility, give me courage. If I
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  need to make restitution, give me integrity.
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  If I need to apologize, break my pride. If I
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  need to change, give me discipline. And if there
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  are consequences I cannot immediately escape,
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  teach me through them. Don't let me waste the
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  correction. Don't let me spend the entire season
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  asking you only to remove the consequence while
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  refusing to learn what you are trying to teach
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  me. Like David, let my prayer become. Create
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  in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right
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  spirit within me. God, I don't only want the
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  situation changed, I want to be changed. Change
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  whatever in me contributed to the problem. Change
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  the anger. Change the pride. Change the selfishness.
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  Change the impatience. Change the dishonesty.
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  Change the uncontrolled desires. Change the insecurity.
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  Change the need for approval. Change the bitterness.
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  Change the way I react. Change the way I speak.
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  Change whatever cannot follow me into the person
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  you are calling me to become. And God, if this
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  season is not your correction, protect me from
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  falsely condemning myself. Not every hardship
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  is punishment. Not every closed door means I
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  failed. Not every painful season means you are
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  angry with me. Give me discernment. If you are
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  correcting me, help me receive it. If you are
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  redirecting me, help me follow. If you are telling
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  me to wait, help me wait. If I am simply walking
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  through a difficult season, Give me faith to
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  endure without accusing myself. I want to hear
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  you clearly. God, when correction hurts, remind
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  me that discomfort does not automatically mean
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  rejection. When obedience costs me something,
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  give me strength. When I have to walk away from
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  something I became attached to, help me surrender.
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  When you put your finger on something I have
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  been defending, help me release it. When you
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  say, this cannot continue, give me the courage
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  to agree with you. Because I don't want you merely
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  to bless everything I choose. I want you to correct
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  anything that could destroy what you are preparing
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  for me. Protect my marriage. Protect my family.
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  Protect my relationships. Protect my ministry.
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  Protect my career. Protect my calling. Protect
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  my testimony, protect my future. And if protecting
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  those things requires correcting something within
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  me, God, correct me now. Correct me before pride
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  becomes destruction. Correct me before anger
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  destroys relationships. Correct me before ambition
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  corrupts my character. Correct me before temptation
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  becomes bondage. Correct me before success produces
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  arrogance. Correct me before a small compromise
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  becomes a larger collapse. I would rather experience
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  the discomfort of correction than the devastation
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  of destruction. God, teach me to ask a different
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  question. Not only, why am I going through this?
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  But, God, what are you trying to preserve? If
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  you are preserving my character, thank you. If
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  you are preserving my family, thank you. If you
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  are preserving my calling, thank you. If you
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  are preserving my future, thank you. If you are
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  protecting me from something I cannot yet see,
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  thank you. I may not understand the interruption
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  today. I may not understand the closed door today.
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  I may not understand why you told me no. I may
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  not understand why something had to change. But
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  give me faith to believe that sometimes your
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  no can contain protection. Sometimes your interruption
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  can contain mercy. Sometimes your correction
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  can contain preparation. And sometimes correction
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  is rescue. Lord, I surrender my pride. I surrender
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  my excuses. I surrender my defensiveness. I surrender
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  my need to always be right. I surrender my reputation.
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  I surrender the image I try to protect. I surrender
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  my character to your refining work. Teach me,
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  correct me, discipline me, restore me, transform
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  me, and when you have corrected me, don't let
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  me remain trapped in the past. Don't let me continue
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  punishing myself for what you have forgiven.
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  Don't let yesterday's failure become today's
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  identity. Let correction produce wisdom. Let
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  correction produce humility. Let correction produce
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  discipline. Let correction produce self -control.
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  Let correction produce compassion. Let correction
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  produce maturity. Let correction produce righteousness.
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  Let correction produce peace. And let me walk
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  differently because you loved me enough to confront
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  me. Today, I declare Correction is not rejection.
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  Conviction is not condemnation. Discipline is
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  not abandonment. Consequences do not automatically
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  mean my purpose is cancelled. God is still working
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  on me. God is still refining me. God is still
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  teaching me. God is still transforming me. And
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  by His grace, I will not run from the refiner
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  while He is refining me. God. If you see something
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  in me that could destroy what you are preparing
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  to place in my hands, deal with it. If you see
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  something in me that could damage the people
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  I am called to serve, deal with it. If you see
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  something in me that could compromise my testimony,
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  deal with it. If you see something in me that
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  could become tomorrow's collapse, deal with it
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  today. Because I understand now Sometimes the
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  God who loves me will comfort me. Sometimes he
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  will carry me. Sometimes he will restore me.
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  And sometimes he will correct me. And when he
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  does, I will remember. Correction is not always
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  rejection. Sometimes correction is rescue. God,
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  correct me without letting me run from you. Keep
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  me close while you change me. Keep me humble
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  while you teach me. Keep me surrendered while
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  you refine me and make me into the person who
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  can faithfully carry what you are preparing for
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  my future I am still being refined for a purpose
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  in the name of Jesus Christ Amen If God is correcting
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  something in your life today don't immediately
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  run from the discomfort Ask him God. What are
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  you trying to teach me? What are you trying to
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  preserve? Receive his conviction. Receive his
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  grace. Make the correction. And keep walking.
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  The refiner is not finished with you. Always
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  remember, you are not alone. Pomoja Ministry
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  is your prayer partner.