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PAMOJA MINISTRY — SEASON 8 THE HOUSE OF PRAYER—PRAYER XVIII— GOD, SHOW ME THE CRACK

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  1. The house of prayer. The fervent prayer of a

  2. righteous. God, show me the crack. A prayer for

  3. divine warning, conviction, and restoration.

  4. This prayer is for you, if you sense that God

  5. has been trying to get your attention. Maybe

  6. there is something in your life that doesn't

  7. feel right anymore. A boundary has slowly moved.

  8. An attitude has changed. A habit is becoming

  9. stronger. A relationship is becoming unhealthy.

  10. Your anger is becoming harder to control. Your

  11. prayer life is becoming weaker. Something you

  12. once resisted, you are beginning to entertain.

  13. Something that once convicted you doesn't seem

  14. to bother you anymore. Or maybe nothing has happened

  15. yet. But deep inside, you know something is changing.

  16. This prayer is not about condemnation. It is

  17. about asking God for the mercy to see the crack

  18. before the collapse. Psalm 139 23 -24 says, not

  19. my spouse, not my friend, not my co -worker,

  20. not the person whose failure everybody is discussing.

  21. Search me, search my heart, search my motives,

  22. search my thoughts, search my desires, search

  23. my relationships, search my habits, search my

  24. conversations, search my private life, search

  25. the places nobody sees, and God, show me the

  26. crack. Show me what I have been ignoring Show

  27. me what I have been excusing Show me what I have

  28. been justifying Show me what I have been hiding

  29. Show me where my boundaries have moved Show me

  30. where bitterness has entered Show me where pride

  31. has taken root Show me where temptation has become

  32. entertainment Show me where frustration is changing

  33. my character Show me where disappointment is

  34. weakening my faith. Show me where exhaustion

  35. is lowering my defenses. And if there is something

  36. I have become comfortable with that your spirit

  37. has been warning me about, make me uncomfortable

  38. again. Restore my sensitivity to your voice.

  39. God, don't allow me to normalize what you are

  40. trying to remove. Don't allow me to defend what

  41. you are trying to correct. Don't allow me to

  42. rename compromise because I don't want to confront

  43. it. Don't allow me to say everybody does it when

  44. your spirit is telling me this does not belong

  45. in you. God catch the little foxes before they

  46. destroy the vineyard. Catch the small compromises.

  47. Catch the secret resentment. Catch the unhealthy

  48. attachment. Catch the careless conversation.

  49. Catch the uncontrolled anger. Catch the hidden

  50. pride. Catch the neglected prayer life. Catch

  51. the boundary that keeps moving. Catch the habit

  52. that keeps growing. Catch it before it grows.

  53. God, when you warn me, help me listen. When you

  54. convict me, help me respond. When you correct

  55. me, give me humility. When you send someone to

  56. speak truth to me Don't let pride make me reject

  57. the messenger because I don't like the message

  58. Give me discernment to recognize when a warning

  59. is actually mercy God protect me from saying

  60. I can handle it. It won't happen to me I know

  61. what I'm doing. I can stop whenever I want. It's

  62. not that serious Protect me from the arrogance

  63. of believing that strength makes me immune to

  64. weakness your word says let him that thinketh

  65. he standeth take heed lest he fall so God keep

  66. me watchful keep me humble keep me accountable

  67. keep me prayerful keep me close to your word

  68. keep me sensitive to the Holy Spirit and when

  69. I am tired teach me to rest before exhaustion

  70. becomes vulnerability when I am discouraged teach

  71. me to seek you before disappointment becomes

  72. bitterness. When I am angry, teach me to become

  73. quiet before anger becomes destruction. When

  74. I am lonely, protect me from seeking comfort

  75. in places that can compromise my purpose. When

  76. I am hurt, protect me from making permanent decisions

  77. from temporary pain. When I feel misunderstood,

  78. Keep me from relationships and conversations

  79. that offer comfort while quietly pulling me away

  80. from you God restore the boundaries. I have moved

  81. if I need to walk away Give me courage If I need

  82. to stop the conversation Give me discipline If

  83. I need to delete something Give me strength If

  84. I need to confess something Give me humility

  85. if I need accountability Give me courage to ask

  86. for help. If I need to apologize, break my pride.

  87. If I need to forgive, heal my heart. If I need

  88. to return, show me the way home. God, don't let

  89. me wait for catastrophe before I obey your warning.

  90. I don't wanna wait until everybody sees the collapse

  91. before I acknowledge the crack you have already

  92. shown me. Protect my marriage, protect my family.

  93. Protect my children. Protect my relationships.

  94. Protect my ministry. Protect my career. Protect

  95. my calling. Protect my testimony. Protect what

  96. you have entrusted into my hands. But God, don't

  97. only protect these things from people around

  98. me. Protect them from anything within me that

  99. could destroy them. Protect me from my own pride.

  100. uncontrolled desires protect me from careless

  101. words protect me from bitterness protect me from

  102. secret compromise protect me from spiritual arrogance

  103. protect me from becoming a danger to the very

  104. things i am asking you to bless and god if you

  105. reveal something in me today i will not run from

  106. the light i will not defend the crack I will

  107. not cover what you want to heal. I will not silence

  108. conviction. I will not waste the warning. I choose

  109. repentance. I choose obedience. I choose accountability.

  110. I choose discipline. I choose truth. I choose

  111. restoration. And I declare, the crack will not

  112. become my collapse. By your grace, I will listen

  113. while there is still time. I will respond while

  114. there is still time. I will repair what can be

  115. repaired while there is still time. I will restore

  116. the boundary while there is still time. I will

  117. seek help while there is still time. I will return

  118. to you while there is still time. God, let my

  119. testimony not be. I wish I had listened. Let

  120. my testimony become, God showed me the crack

  121. and I listened. Thank you for conviction. Thank

  122. you for warning. Thank you for correction. Thank

  123. you for people who tell me the truth. Thank you

  124. for interruptions that protect my future. Thank

  125. you for loving me enough to confront what could

  126. eventually destroy me. And if the repair is uncomfortable,

  127. give me strength to endure it. Because I would

  128. rather experience the discomfort of correction

  129. than the the devastation of collapse. Search

  130. me God, know my heart, try me, know my thoughts.

  131. And if there is anything in me that does not

  132. belong in the person you are calling me to become,

  133. refine it, remove it, heal it, correct it, restore

  134. it, because I understand you are not revealing

  135. the crack to humiliate me. You are revealing

  136. it because you love me. being discarded. I am

  137. not being abandoned. I am being refined. And

  138. by your grace, I will not waste the warning in

  139. the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. If God is showing

  140. you something through this prayer, don't run

  141. from his conviction. Bring it into the light.

  142. Pray about it. Seek accountability where necessary.

  143. Restore the boundary. Make the correction because

  144. sometimes God's mercy is not rebuilding everything

  145. after the collapse Sometimes his mercy is showing

  146. you the crack before the collapse ever happens

  147. Always remember you are not alone Pamoja ministry

  148. is your prayer partner