Sermon
THE HOUSE OF PRAYER- DECLARATION OF FAITH-Prophetic Declaration: God Has Gone Before Me
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Therefore, because the Lord is my refuge, because
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the Most High is my dwelling place, because Jesus
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Christ has overcome the world, because the God
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who called me is faithful, I declare today that
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I will not live in fear of what I can see, nor
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will I be tormented by what I cannot see. I declare
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that the God who watches over me neither slumbers
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nor sleeps. He goes before me. He walks beside
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me. He stands behind me. When my strength is
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gone, he carries me. Therefore, I declare that
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no wilderness will become my grave. No fire will
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consume what God has ordained to survive. No
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water will overwhelm what his hand is sustaining.
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No valley will cancel his promise. No prison
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will imprison his purpose. No delay will destroy
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my faith. And no opposition will have authority
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to rewrite what God has spoken concerning my
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life. I declare that my God is already present
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in places I have not yet reached. Before I enter
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tomorrow, He is there before I face the conversation.
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He is there before the door opens. He is there
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before the battle announces itself. He is there.
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Therefore, I refuse to fear tomorrow. The God
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who carried me yesterday is already standing
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in my tomorrow. I declare, according to the Word
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of God, when I pass through the waters, He will
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be with me. When I walk through the fire, I will
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not be burned. When I walk through the valley
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of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil,
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because He is with me. I declare that there are
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battles God is fighting that I cannot see. There
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are dangers he is preventing that I may never
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know existed There are conversations he can enter
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before my name is spoken There are doors he can
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close before I discover what was behind them
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There are plans he can overturn before they reach
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my house. There are attacks he can intercept
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before they reach my life. Therefore, I will
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not fear what I do not know. My ignorance does
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not limit his omniscience. My inability to see
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does not limit his vision. My inability to understand
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does not limit his wisdom. And my inability to
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fight every battle does not limit his power.
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I declare that the God of Israel is still the
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God who can turn a curse into a blessing. What
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was intended for evil will not have authority
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over God's redemptive purpose. What was designed
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to destroy me will not write my final chapter.
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What was spoken against me will not become greater
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than what God has spoken over me. Human intention
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does not overrule divine purpose. Therefore,
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like Joseph, I declare what was intended for
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harm, God is able to turn for good. Like Jehoshaphat,
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when I am surrounded and do not know what to
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do, my eyes will remain upon the Lord. Like Elisha's
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servant, when my natural eyes see only opposition,
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I declare that there is more with me than what
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is against me. Lord, open my eyes, let me see
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beyond the visible. Let me recognize that heaven
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is not empty simply because earth looks surrounded.
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And like Peter, even when I do not understand
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the battle being fought around me, I declare
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that Jesus Christ is interceding for me. My faith
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will be tested, but it will not be destroyed.
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I may be shaken, but I will not be abandoned.
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I may stumble, but I will rise again. Because
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the one who began a good work in me, is faithful
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to complete it. Therefore, I declare, the wilderness
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is not my destination. The pit is not my destination.
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The prison is not my destination. The broom tree
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is not my destination. The valley is not my destination.
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This present chapter is not necessarily the conclusion
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of my story. God is carrying me somewhere. There
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is purpose in my preservation. There is direction
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in his sustaining grace. And there is tomorrow
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hidden inside the mercy keeping me today. So
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I will not build my identity around a temporary
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chapter. I am not my wilderness. I am not my
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failure. I am not my disappointment. I am not
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my waiting season. I am not what happened to
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me. I belong to God and the God to whom I belong
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has declared, I have made you. I will sustain
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you. I will carry you, and I will rescue you.
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Therefore, I surrender the road. I surrender
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the timing. I surrender the method. I surrender
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the destination. I do not need to understand
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every turn when I know the shepherd. If he says
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walk, I will walk. If he says wait, I will wait.
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If he opens the door, I will enter. If he closes
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the door, I will trust him. If he gives me the
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map, I will follow. And if he gives me nothing
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but his shoulders, I will rest. Because I know
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who is carrying me. And today, I declare over
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my life, over my household, over everything God
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has entrusted into my hands. The Lord has gone
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before me. His presence surrounds me. His grace
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sustains me. His wisdom directs me. His hand
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carries me. His word anchors me. His spirit strengthens
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me. His angels minister according to his command,
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and his purpose will prevail. Therefore, I will
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not be afraid. I will not surrender to anxiety.
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I will not allow what I cannot see to become
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greater in my imagination than the God whom I
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know. I have seen his faithfulness before. I
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have walked through waters before. I have survived
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fires before. I have crossed valleys before.
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I have awakened after nights I thought would
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never end. And I am still here. Not because I
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carried myself. God carried me. And the same
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God who carried me then will carry me now. The
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same God who sustained me yesterday will sustain
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me today. And the same God who has been faithful
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until this moment. will be faithful tomorrow.
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So I declare, I will keep walking, I will keep
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believing, I will keep praying, I will keep trusting,
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I will keep worshiping, and when I reach the
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place where my strength can take me no farther,
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I will not panic, I will remember. This may be
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the place where God carries me. Therefore, I
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declare in the name of Jesus Christ, I am not
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walking into an unknown future alone. My Father
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has gone before me. My Shepherd knows the road.
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My Savior intercedes for me. The Holy Spirit
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remains with me, and the everlasting arms of
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God are underneath me. I may not know everything
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that is coming, but I know who is already there.
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I may not understand every chapter, but I know
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the Author. I may not see the destination, but
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I trust the carrier. And because he has promised
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never to leave me nor forsake me, I declare with
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confidence, I will arrive where his purpose is
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taking me. Not by might, not by power, not because
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I understood everything, not because I was strong
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enough, but because the Lord carried me. Therefore,
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my heart will not fear, my faith will not surrender,
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my hope will not die, my worship will not cease.
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For the Lord is with me, the Lord goes before
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me, the Lord surrounds me, the Lord sustains
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me, and the Lord will carry me. In the mighty,
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victorious, unchanging, and everlasting name
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of Jesus Christ, I declare it, I believe it,
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I receive it by faith, and I say, Amen.