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THE HOUSE OF PRAYER — PRAYER XI: REVEAL WHAT IS IN ME A Prayer for Examination, Exposure, and Refinement · PAMOJA PODCAST | PAMOJA MINISTRY, A LIFE OF CHRIST INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES

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  This is a prayer for examination, exposure, and
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  refinement. Search me, O God, and know my heart.
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  Try me and know my thoughts. God, today I am
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  not asking you first to change what is happening
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  around me. I am asking you to search what is
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  happening within me. Search my heart. Search
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  my motives. Search my thoughts. Search my desires.
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  Search my relationships. Search my habits. Search
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  my reactions. Search my words search the places
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  within me that success may have hidden Comfort
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  may have covered and position may have protected
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  God Show me me Not the person I think I am Not
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  the person others believe me to be not the person
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  I present publicly Show me the condition of my
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  heart when nobody is watching and if the fire
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  is revealing something within me Give me the
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  humility to see it. God, when pressure brings
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  anger out of me, don't let me only blame the
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  person who provoked me. Show me what needs healing
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  within me. When correction makes me defensive,
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  show me what pride may still be protecting. When
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  somebody else's success makes me uncomfortable,
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  show me whether jealousy has found a place in
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  my heart. When waiting produces frustration,
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  show me where impatience is still governing me.
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  When rejection makes me question my worth, show
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  me where I have depended too heavily upon human
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  approval. When authority exposes something different
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  in me, remind me that influence was never given
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  to feed my ego. And when temptation reveals an
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  appetite I thought I had conquered, teach me
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  not to hide it, justify it, or feed it. God,
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  expose the seed before it becomes a harvest.
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  God, refine my tongue. Your word teaches me that
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  a small rudder can direct a great ship and a
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  small spark can set an entire forest on fire.
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  So God, refine my tongue. Teach me to govern
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  my mouth. When I am angry, guard my words. When
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  I am offended, guard my words. When I am misunderstood,
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  guard my words. When I possess information that
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  could damage another person, give me wisdom.
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  When gossip reaches my ears, give me discipline
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  not to carry it further. When I have the opportunity
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  to humiliate someone, give me the character to
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  refuse. When I am corrected, teach me to listen
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  before I defend myself. When I disagree, teach
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  me to disagree without becoming destructive.
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  When silence will protect peace, teach me to
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  remain silent. When truth must be spoken, give
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  me the courage to speak it with wisdom, love
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  and self -control. God, do not allow my mouth
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  to destroy what my prayers have been asking you
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  to build. Do not allow one uncontrolled reaction
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  to damage years of obedience. Do not allow temporary
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  anger to create permanent consequences. Put a
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  guard over my mouth Teach me to govern what you
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  have given me before you increase my influence
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  Don't let me defend what you are trying to remove
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  God when you reveal something within me Do not
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  allow pride to make excuses for it Take away
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  the words That's just how I am Take away the
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  excuse Everybody does it Take away the defense
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  They started it Take away every justification
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  that protects something you are trying to transform.
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  If it does not belong in the person you are preparing
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  me to become I surrender it. If pride must leave,
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  let it leave. If bitterness must leave, let it
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  leave. If uncontrolled anger must leave, let
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  it leave. If jealousy must leave, let it leave.
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  If an unhealthy appetite must die, let it die.
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  If a dangerous relationship must lose access
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  to my life, give me the courage to establish
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  the boundary. If compromise has become comfortable,
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  awaken my conscience again. If success has made
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  me spiritually careless, bring me back to dependence
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  upon you. If applause has become too important
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  to me, teach me again to live for your approval.
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  If authority has changed the way I treat people,
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  humble me. If my private character cannot sustain
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  my public assignment, refine me before you enlarge
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  me. Holy Spirit, help me, Holy Spirit. I need
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  your help. I cannot refine myself by human strength
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  alone. Produce your fruit within me. Give me
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  patience when I want to react. Give me gentleness
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  when I possess the power to be harsh. Give me
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  humility when pride wants to defend itself. Give
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  me wisdom when emotion wants to decide. Give
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  me discernment when compromise presents itself
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  as something harmless. And give me self -control
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  when temporary desire attempts to compete with
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  permanent purpose. Teach me to recognize the
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  moment before the moment becomes a mistake. Teach
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  me to recognize the seed before the seed becomes
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  a harvest. Teach me to recognize compromise before
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  compromise becomes bondage. Teach me to recognize
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  the spark before the forest begins to burn. I
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  will not waste the exposure. God, if you reveal
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  a crack in my foundation, I will not be angry
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  because construction has stopped. I will thank
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  you for showing me the crack before another floor
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  was added. If you expose weakness before expansion
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  I will receive the warning. If you expose pride
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  before promotion I will receive the correction.
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  If you expose an appetite before greater access
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  I will receive the protection. If you expose
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  my tongue before increasing my voice I will receive
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  the discipline. If you expose my character before
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  increasing my authority, I will receive the refinement.
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  Because I understand now, exposure can be mercy.
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  You may be showing me today what you refuse to
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  allow to destroy tomorrow. So I will not hide
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  from what the fire reveals. I will not defend
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  it. I will not normalize it. I will not blame
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  everybody else for it. I will bring it before
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  you, and I will say, God, refine me. Therefore,
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  I declare, I declare that the fire will not be
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  wasted. I declare that pressure will not merely
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  hurt me, it will teach me. I declare that what
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  God reveals, I will have the courage to confront.
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  I declare that what must be surrendered, I will
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  surrender. I declare that what must be healed,
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  God will heal. I declare that what must be disciplined
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  I will bring under the authority of the Holy
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  Spirit. I declare that my tongue will not destroy
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  my testimony. My reactions will not control my
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  destiny. My appetites will not govern my decisions.
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  My pride will not sabotage my purpose. My relationships
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  will not pull me away from God's direction. My
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  private life will not become the enemy of my
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  public assignment. I declare that my character
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  will grow with my calling. My discipline will
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  grow with my opportunity. My humility will grow
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  with my influence. My wisdom will grow with my
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  authority. And my self -control will grow with
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  my access. I will not merely ask God for greater
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  things. I will surrender to the preparation required
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  to carry greater things. God, search me, know
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  my heart, try me, reveal what is within me, and
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  when you reveal it, give me the courage to place
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  it on the altar. Because I would rather be corrected
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  before expansion than destroyed after promotion
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  I would rather have the impurity exposed in the
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  fire then carry it into my purpose I would rather
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  allow God to refine me today then allow an undisciplined
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  weakness to destroy tomorrow what took years
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  to build. Therefore, I declare, I will not fear
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  the refining. I will not waste the exposure.
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  I will not defend what God is trying to remove.
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  The fire is revealing. The Holy Spirit is correcting.
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  My character is developing. My discipline is
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  strengthening. My heart is being purified. And
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  I am becoming capable of carrying what God has
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  entrusted to me. I am being refined for a purpose.
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  In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. You are not
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  alone.