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THE HOUSE OF PRAYER- PRAYER ONE: A CONFESSION OF FAITH — A Powerful Prayer & Declaration · PAMOJA PODCAST | PAMOJA MINISTRY, A LIFE OF CHRIST INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES

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  Today, I declare, by faith, I will follow Jesus
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  even when I do not understand where he is leading
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  me. By faith, I will obey when the road before
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  me remains hidden, because I do not need to know
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  everything about the journey when I know the
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  one who is guiding my steps. By faith, I will
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  continue through opposition, disappointment,
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  delay, and uncertainty. because my circumstances
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  do not possess the authority to cancel the eternal
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  purposes of God concerning my life. By faith
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  I believe that God is working even when I cannot
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  see His hand, that He is speaking even when the
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  season appears silent, and that He is moving
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  even when nothing around me appears to be changing.
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  By faith I declare that the promise of God remains
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  alive in the pit, in the prison, in the wilderness,
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  in the furnace, in the storm, and even behind
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  the stone of a closed tomb. By faith I will not
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  interpret God's silence as His absence. I will
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  not mistake delay for denial. I will not allow
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  temporary suffering to persuade me that an eternal
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  purpose has been abandoned. I will not judge
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  the faithfulness of God by the difficulty of
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  the chapter I am presently living, and I will
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  not write the conclusion while God is still writing
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  my story. By faith I know that he who began a
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  good work in me is faithful to carry it to completion.
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  When doubt arises, I will remember his faithfulness.
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  When fear speaks, I will answer with his word.
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  When uncertainty surrounds me, I will stand upon
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  what God has already spoken. When my strength
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  fails, I will lean upon His strength. When my
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  heart becomes weary, I will wait upon the Lord,
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  because those who wait upon Him shall renew their
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  strength. When I do not know how to pray, I believe
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  that the Holy Spirit intercedes for me with groanings
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  too deep for words. When I stand before opposition
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  and do not know what to say, I trust the Holy
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  Spirit to give me wisdom and to speak through
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  me. And when I cannot understand what God is
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  doing around me, I will trust what His Spirit
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  is doing within me. When my imperfections accuse
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  me, I will not place my confidence in my own
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  righteousness. I will place my confidence in
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  the blood of Jesus Christ. I am not preserved
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  because I have earned preservation. I am not
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  delivered because I have lived without failure.
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  I am not chosen because I have never struggled.
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  I am not sustained because I have always been
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  strong. I am loved because God is love. I am
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  forgiven because Jesus paid the price. I am justified
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  because His blood was shed for me. I am accepted
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  because I belong to Christ. Am sustained because
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  his grace is sufficient. I am being transformed
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  because his spirit lives within me and I am being
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  carried because the one who called me has promised
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  never to leave me and never to forsake me Therefore
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  I declare that I will reach the purpose for which
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  he called me not by my own strength not by my
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  perfection not by human ability and not because
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  because I have never fallen, but because of the
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  faithfulness of the God who chose me, redeemed
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  me, restored me, and began His work within me.
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  By faith, I declare that the cross has spoken
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  a better word over my life. The sacrifice of
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  Jesus is greater than my sin. His mercy is greater
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  than my failures. His grace is greater than my
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  weaknesses. His truth is greater than every accusation.
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  His purpose is greater than every interruption,
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  and His resurrection is greater than every place
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  where the enemy declared that my story was finished.
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  Jesus Christ was crucified for me. Jesus Christ
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  was buried for me. Jesus Christ rose in victory
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  for me. He carried my sin. He bore my shame.
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  He defeated the powers of darkness. He conquered
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  death. He disarmed principalities and authorities.
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  and he triumphed over them through the cross.
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  Because he lives, I will live. Because he overcame,
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  I will overcome. Because he rose, I will rise.
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  Because he is seated in victory, I will not live
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  as though the battle has already been lost. Because
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  he finished the work, I will not fight merely
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  hoping to obtain victory. I will stand in the
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  victory he has already accomplished. By faith,
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  I declare that no weapon formed against the purpose
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  of God for my life will have the final word.
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  By faith, I declare that neither death nor life,
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  neither angels nor demons, neither the present
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  nor the future, neither height nor depth nor
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  anything else in all creation will ever separate
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  me. from the love of God revealed in Christ Jesus.
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  By faith, I declare that every valley will serve
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  a purpose, every tear will be remembered, every
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  prayer will be heard, every act of obedience
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  will produce fruit, and nothing surrendered into
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  the hands of God will ever be wasted. By faith,
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  I will keep walking when I cannot see the destination.
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  I will keep praying when I cannot see the answer.
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  I will keep believing when I cannot see the evidence.
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  I will keep sowing when I cannot see the harvest.
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  I will keep worshiping when I cannot understand
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  the battle. I will keep obeying when obedience
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  costs me something. I will keep standing when
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  everything around me tells me to surrender. And
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  I will remain faithful because the one who called
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  me is faithful. My faith is not the absence of
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  questions. It is the decision that my questions
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  will never become greater than my confidence
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  in God. My faith is not the denial of pain. It
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  is the conviction that pain cannot separate me
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  from the love of Christ. My faith is not pretending
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  that the fire does not burn. It is knowing that
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  I will never enter the fire alone. My faith is
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  not confidence in my own ability. It is complete
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  confidence in the character, the power, the wisdom,
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  and the eternal purpose of God. My faith is the
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  inward witness that what God has spoken remains
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  true even when everything visible appears to
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  testify against it. Therefore, I confess today,
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  I may not know what tomorrow holds, but I know
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  who holds tomorrow. I may not understand what
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  God is doing, but I trust who God is. I may not
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  see the promise yet, but I know that the one
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  who promised is faithful. I may not possess everything
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  God has spoken within my lifetime, but I believe
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  that my obedience will prepare the way for those
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  who come after me. My prayers will outlive me.
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  My faith will speak beyond me. My obedience will
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  become a seed for generations I may never see.
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  My children will walk through doors that my prayers
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  help to open. Generations after me will receive
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  the fruit of seeds I am planting today. And people
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  who do not yet know my name may one day encounter
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  the faithfulness of God because I chose to believe
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  him in this generation. If the complete fulfillment
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  of the promise extends beyond my lifetime, I
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  will still believe because the purpose of God
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  is greater than one generation and his faithfulness
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  does not end when my earthly journey is complete.
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  I may feel weak, but the spirit of the living
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  God dwells within me. I may walk through fire,
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  but I will not walk alone. I may pass through
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  deep waters, but they will not overwhelm me.
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  I may be surrounded, but I am not abandoned.
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  I may be pressed, but I will not be destroyed.
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  I may be struck down, but I will not remain defeated.
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  I may fall, but by the grace of God I will rise
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  again. By faith I will follow Jesus. By faith
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  I will carry my cross. By faith I will remain
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  when others turn away. By faith I will forgive
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  when my flesh demands revenge. By faith I will
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  love when love becomes costly. By faith I will
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  obey. when obedience requires sacrifice. By faith,
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  I will worship before the answer appears. By
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  faith, I will endure when the promise seems delayed.
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  By faith, I will remain faithful when no one
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  is watching. By faith, I will fight the good
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  fight. By faith, I will keep the faith. And by
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  faith, I will finish my race. I declare that
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  discouragement will not stop me. Disappointment
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  will not define me. Delay. will not destroy my
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  faith. Opposition will not silence my voice.
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  Failure will not become the final chapter of
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  my story. My past will not imprison me. My weaknesses
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  will not disqualify me. And the gates of hell
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  will not prevail against what Jesus Christ has
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  determined to build through my life. I will live
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  and not die. I will declare the works of the
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  Lord. I will see the goodness of God in the land
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  of the living. I will walk in the calling he
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  has placed upon my life. I will fulfill the assignment
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  entrusted to me. And everything the enemy intended
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  for evil, God will turn for good, for his glory,
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  for my testimony, and for the preservation of
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  those connected to my purpose. And when my earthly
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  journey is complete, may it be said of me as
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  it was said of those who came before me. I believed
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  God. I trusted his voice. I remained faithful.
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  I lived according to a reality my natural eyes
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  could not yet see. I carried the promise even
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  when I did not possess its fulfillment. I obeyed
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  God in my generation and prepared the way for
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  those who would come after me. I fought the good
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  fight. I finished the race. I kept the faith.
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  Not because I was always strong, but because
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  the Holy Spirit lived within me. Not because
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  I never failed. but because the blood of Jesus
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  covered me. Not because I possessed every answer,
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  but because the grace of God sustained me. Not
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  because I always knew where I was going, but
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  because the faithful hand of God carried me until
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  the end. This is my confession. This is my prayer.
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  This is my declaration of faith. I belong to
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  Jesus Christ. My life is in his hands. My present
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  is covered by his grace. My future is secured
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  within his... eternal purpose. My family belongs
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  to Him. My calling belongs to Him. My battles
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  belong to Him. My unanswered questions belong
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  to Him. My victories belong to Him. My entire
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  life belongs to Him. Everything I am and everything
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  I will ever become rests securely in the hands
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  of the One who loved me and gave Himself for
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  me. Therefore, by faith I will continue walking
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  until what God has spoken. becomes what my eyes
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  can finally see. And even if I do not see the
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  fullness of it within my lifetime, I will still
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  leave this earth believing because the promise
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  does not depend upon the length of my life. The
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  promise depends upon the faithfulness of my God.
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  He was faithful to Abraham. He was faithful to
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  Joseph. He was faithful to Moses. He was faithful
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  to David. He was faithful to the prophets. He
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  was faithful to the apostles. He was faithful
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  to the generations before me. He is faithful
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  to me today. He will be faithful to my children.
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  I believe God. I trust God, I belong to God,
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  and by faith I declare, I will not turn back,
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  I will not surrender, I will not abandon the
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  promise, I will not release what God has placed
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  within me, I will stand, I will believe, I will
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  obey, I will endure, and by the grace of God,
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  I will finish, in the mighty, victorious, and
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  everlasting name of Jesus Christ. Amen, amen,
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  and amen. Hallelujah.