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PAMOJA MINISTRY — SEASON 8 THE HOUSE OF PRAYER. PRAYER XVI— YOU MEANT IT FOR EVIL, BUT GOD MEANT IT FOR GOOD · 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. You meant it for evil, but God meant
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  it for good. A prayer for God's purpose to prevail.
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  This prayer is for you if you are going through
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  a season you cannot understand. It is for you
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  if someone betrayed you, if someone lied about
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  you, if you have been falsely accused, if someone
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  deliberately tried to hurt you, remove you, discredit
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  you, or close a door against you. It is for you
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  if something happened that you simply cannot
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  call good. and it is also for you if you are
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  carrying regret because some of what happened
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  came through your own decisions. You may be asking,
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  God, how can anything good possibly come from
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  this? If that is where you are today, I want
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  you to pray with me, because what happened may
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  be real, the pain may be real, the consequences
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  may be real, but none of those things have greater
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  authority than the purpose of God. Listen to
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  the word of God in Genesis 50 -20. You meant
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  evil against me, but God meant it for good to
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  bring it about, that many people should be kept
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  alive. And Romans 8 -28 reminds us, and we know
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  that all things work together for good to them
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  that love God, to them who are the called according
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  to his purpose. Let us pray. with everything
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  I do not understand. I bring you the pain. I
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  bring you the disappointment. I bring you the
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  betrayal. I bring you the accusations. I bring
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  you the closed doors. I bring you the things
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  people said about me. I bring you the things
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  people did to me. And God, I also bring you my
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  own mistakes. The decisions I wish I could change.
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  The words I wish I could take back. The moments
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  when I allowed anger. fear, weakness, or frustration
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  to control me. I place everything before you.
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  I refuse to pretend that everything that happened
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  was good. But today, I choose to believe that
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  you are still good. I may not understand what
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  you are doing. I may not see how these pieces
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  fit together. I may not understand why you allowed
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  certain doors to close. I may not understand
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  why you allowed certain people to leave. I may
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  not understand why you permitted me to walk through
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  this particular fire, but God, I trust you with
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  what I cannot understand. Joseph could not see
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  the palace from the pit, he could not see Pharaoh
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  from the prison, he could not see preservation
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  while he was being betrayed, but you could, so
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  today I declare, my present circumstances will
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  not become my final conclusion. I will not write
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  the final chapter while you are still writing
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  my story. What people intended against me will
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  not have the final word. What was spoken against
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  me will not have the final word. What was done
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  against me will not have the final word. My disappointment
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  will not have the final word. My failure will
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  not have the final word. My past will not have
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  the final word. You will have the final word.
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  God, take what was meant to destroy me and use
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  it according to your purpose. Take what was intended
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  to discourage me and deepen my dependence upon
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  you. Take what was intended to make me bitter
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  and teach me forgiveness. Take what was intended
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  to weaken me and develop endurance. Take what
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  exposed my weakness and use it to refine my character.
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  Take what closed one door and lead me toward
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  the door you have prepared. Take every piece
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  of this season and place it into your hands.
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  Because I believe you don't waste the fire. God,
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  if there is something in me that must change,
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  change me. If there is something in me that must
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  be removed, remove it. If pride must go, remove
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  it. If bitterness must go, remove it. If anger
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  must be controlled, teach me self -control. If
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  my words must change, discipline my tongue. If
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  my character needs strengthening, refine me.
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  If I need to forgive, give me the grace to forgive.
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  If I need to repent, give me the humility to
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  repent. If I need to wait, give me patience.
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  If I need to move, give me courage. Do not simply
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  bring me out of this season. Prepare me through
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  this season. I don't want to come out carrying
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  the same weaknesses that entered the fire with
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  me. I don't want to reach the place you prepared
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  for me without becoming the person who can carry
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  what you are preparing. Refine me, God, purify
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  my motives, strengthen my character, guard my
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  heart, order my steps, and keep me close to you.
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  Today, I release the people who hurt me from
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  controlling the rest of my story. I refuse to
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  allow what they did yesterday to determine who
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  I become tomorrow. I refuse bitterness. I refuse
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  revenge. I refuse hatred. I refuse to allow another
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  person's actions to transform me into someone
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  you never called me to become. Instead, I surrender
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  my story to you. And by faith, I declare, what
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  they meant for evil, you can turn toward good.
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  What looked like rejection can become redirection.
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  What looked like delay can become preparation.
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  What looked like an ending can become a transition.
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  What looked wasted can still serve your purpose.
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  And what looked like it would destroy me can
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  become part of the testimony of what you brought
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  me through. God, I don't know everything you
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  are doing behind the scenes, but I trust you.
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  I don't know how every chapter will end, but
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  I trust you. I don't know when the answer will
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  come, but I trust you. I don't know what the
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  next season will look like, but I trust you.
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  And until I understand, I will remain faithful.
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  Until the door opens, I will remain faithful.
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  Until the answer comes, I will remain faithful.
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  Until I can look backward and understand what
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  I cannot understand today, I will trust the author
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  while you are still writing. So I declare over
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  my life. The pit is not my ending The prison
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  is not my ending The accusation is not my ending
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  The disappointment is not my ending The failure
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  is not my ending God is still writing God is
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  still working God is still refining God is still
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  positioning And God's purpose is still greater
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  than what was intended against me. I will not
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  waste the fire. I will learn. I will grow. I
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  will forgive. I will repent where repentance
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  is necessary. I will become wiser. I will become
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  stronger. I will become more disciplined. I will
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  become more dependent upon the Holy Spirit. And
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  when this chapter is finished, I will not simply
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  say, I survived. I will say, God refined me through
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  it. What was meant for evil will not determine
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  my destination. God's purpose will. And somewhere
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  between what they intended and what you are accomplishing,
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  I am being refined for a purpose. In the name
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  of Jesus Christ, Amen. If you are going through
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  a difficult season and you cannot yet understand
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  what God is doing, keep praying, keep trusting,
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  keep walking. God may still be writing the part
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  of the story that will eventually explain the
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  chapter you are living today. Always remember
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  you are not alone. Pamoja Ministry is your prayer
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  partner.