THE HOUSE OF PRAYER — PRAYER XV GOD, HELP ME DISCERN THE SEASON

Psalm 100 in 1967 declares, before I was afflicted,

I went astray, but now I obey your word. Today,

Lord, I surrender my season to you, the place

where I am, the circumstances surrounding me,

the doors that have opened, the doors that have

closed, the things that have changed, and the

discomfort I do not completely understand. God.

I do not want to run simply because something

has become difficult, but I also do not want

fear, familiarity, or comfort to keep me somewhere

when you are calling me forward. Give me discernment.

If you are telling me to stay, give me strength

to stay. If you are telling me to wait, give

me patience to wait. If you are telling me to

return, give me humility to return. And if you

are telling me to move, give me courage to move.

God, teach me the difference between a difficult

season I must endure and a completed season I

must release. Do not allow temporary discomfort

to make me abandon an assignment you are still

developing. But do not allow temporary comfort

to make me remain where your purpose is calling

me to leave. Holy Spirit. direct my steps. God,

Israel entered Egypt because Egypt was once a

place of preservation, but Egypt was never the

promise. So help me understand that something

can have been right for yesterday without being

right for tomorrow. Teach me to be grateful for

what a place has given me without becoming imprisoned

by familiarity. If a season has completed its

assignment, Give me grace to release it. If a

door has closed because you are redirecting me,

keep me from continually trying to reopen it.

If something that once fit no longer fits because

you are developing something new within me, help

me recognize the change. And if I am trying to

leave before I have learned what this season

came to teach me, slow me down. Do not let me

escape the classroom before the lesson is complete

Lord sometimes I ask you get me out of this But

perhaps you are saying let me first get something

out of you So refine me here if there is pride

in me remove it if there is impatience in me

Discipline it if there is fear in me strengthen

my faith if I depend too much upon people's approval

Bring me back to you. If my priorities have become

confused, reorder them. If comfort has weakened

my prayer life, awaken me again. If I have wandered,

bring me back into obedience. Your word says,

before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now

I obey your word. So God, do not allow my difficult

season to be wasted. If this season makes me

pray again, let me pray. If it makes me seek

you again, let me seek you. If it makes me reconsider

my priorities, reorder my life. If it exposes

something that needs to change, change me. If

it teaches me something I will need in my next

assignment, teach me completely. God, protect

me from looking backward when you are calling

me forward. I refuse to return to familiar bondage

simply because unfamiliar freedom requires faith

i refuse to worship comfort i refuse to worship

familiarity i refuse to make security more important

than obedience my security is in you my future

is in you my purpose is in you therefore i declare

i will not miss my next season because i am afraid

to release the last one i will not move before

god i will not remain behind god I will move

with God. I declare that every temporary place

will produce what God intends to develop in me.

The pit will not be wasted. The waiting will

not be wasted. The wilderness will not be wasted.

The uncomfortable season will not be wasted.

I will learn what I need to learn. I will surrender

what I need to surrender. I will release what

I need to release. And when God says move, I

will move. God, order my steps. Sharpen my discernment.

Quiet the voice of fear. Break unhealthy attachment

to yesterday. Give me wisdom for today and prepare

me for tomorrow. If the place is temporary, teach

me there. If the season is difficult, refine

me there. If the door is closing, direct me.

If the road is opening, lead me. I declare. I

will not confuse my current location with the

conclusion of my story. God is still writing.

God is still directing. God is still preparing.

God is still repositioning. And whether he tells

me to stay, wait, return, or move, I choose obedience

over comfort. I am learning. I am moving. I am

becoming. I am being refined for a purpose. In

the name of Jesus Christ. Amen You are not alone.