Sermon
THE HOUSE OF PRAYER-PRAYER IX — WHEN YOU HAVE REACHED YOUR LIMIT A Prayer for Divine Intervention
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If you are going through a season where you have
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done everything you know to do, if you have prayed,
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waited, fought, remained faithful, and yet the
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situation in front of you still seems impossible,
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this prayer is for you. There are moments when
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faith is no longer about finding another strategy.
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There are moments when you simply have to stand
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before God and say what Jehoshaphat said. We
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do not know what to do. But our eyes are on you.
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There are battles where God strengthens you to
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fight. But there are also battles where God steps
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into the situation and moves what you could never
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move yourself. So today I am not praying for
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my ability. I am praying for my dependence upon
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God. Let us pray. God, I come before you recognizing
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that you are God and I am not. You see what I
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cannot see. You know what I do not know. You
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understand what I cannot understand. And you
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have authority over everything that has exceeded
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my strength. God, I have reached the end of what
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I can do, but I have not reached the end of what
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you can do. When my wisdom reaches its limit,
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your wisdom remains infinite. When my strength
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reaches its limit, your power remains unlimited.
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When every door appears closed, you are still
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the God who makes a way where there is no way.
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Therefore, Today, I surrender this battle to
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you. I surrender the situation I cannot control.
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I surrender the people I cannot change. I surrender
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the circumstances I cannot manipulate. I surrender
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the questions I cannot answer. I surrender the
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outcome I cannot predict. My eyes are on you.
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God, intervene. Step into places where my hands
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cannot reach. Move in conversations where my
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voice cannot be heard. Enter rooms where my name
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is being discussed. Touch hearts I cannot touch.
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Expose what needs to be exposed. Close what needs
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to be closed. Open what needs to be opened. Move
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what needs to be moved and establish your purpose
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over my life. When the enemy surrounds me, remind
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me that I am not surrounded by something greater
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than you. When fear tells me that there is no
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escape, remind me that you are still the God
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who open seas. When circumstances tell me that
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everything is finished, remind me that you specialize
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in stepping into situations human beings have
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already declared impossible. God, fight the battles
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that are beyond me. Carry the burdens that are
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too heavy for me. Give me wisdom where wisdom
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is needed. Give me courage where courage is needed.
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Give me silence where silence is needed. Give
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me movement where movement is needed. And when
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you tell me to stand still, give me the faith
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to stand without trying to become my own deliverer.
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Because I believe that divine intervention does
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not require my understanding, it requires my
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trust. Therefore, I declare that what I cannot
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move, God can move. What I cannot change, God
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can change. What I cannot see beyond, God can
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see beyond. I declare that no situation surrounding
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me is greater than the God dwelling with me.
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I declare that my limitations do not limit the
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power of God. I declare that closed doors cannot
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cancel what God has ordained. I declare that
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opposition cannot overthrow the purpose of God.
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I declare that delay does not mean abandonment.
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I declare that silence does not mean inactivity.
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Even when I cannot see your hand, I will trust
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your heart. Even when I cannot understand your
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movement, I will remain under your covering.
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Even when I cannot see the road ahead, my eyes
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will remain on you. I declare that I will not
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allow fear to write the conclusion of a story
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God is still writing. I will not allow what I
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see today to determine what I believe about tomorrow.
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The battle may be greater than me, but it is
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not greater than my God. The obstacle may be
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beyond my strength, but it is not beyond his
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authority. The situation may have reached my
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limit, but it has not reached his. So I declare,
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where my strength ends, divine intervention begins.
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Where my understanding ends, faith will carry
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me. Where my ability ends, the power of God remains.
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And if I cannot walk another step, God carry
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me. If I cannot move the mountain, God move what
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I cannot move. If I cannot see the way, God become
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the way before me. I refuse to surrender my faith
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simply because I have reached my limit. My limit
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is not God's limit. My weakness is not God's
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weakness. My impossibility is not God's impossibility.
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Therefore I stand today, not because I know what
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will happen next. but because my eyes are on
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you. I believe you are working. I believe you
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are moving. I believe you are carrying me. And
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I believe that when this chapter is finished,
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I will look back. and recognize the fingerprints
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of divine intervention in places where I thought
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nothing was happening. In the mighty name of
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Jesus Christ, Amen. If you are going through
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a difficult season, remember this. You may have
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reached your limit, but you have not reached
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God's. Keep your eyes on him. Keep praying. Keep
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believing. And when you no longer have the strength
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to carry yourself, trust the one who is able
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to carry you. This is Pamoja Ministry. The house
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of prayer, the fervent prayer of a righteous
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person is powerful and effective. You are not
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alone.