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Therefore, I confess today, I may not know what

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tomorrow holds, but I know who holds tomorrow.

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I may not understand what God is doing, but I

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trust who God is. I may not see the promise yet,

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but I know that the one who promised is faithful.

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I may not possess everything God has spoken within

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my lifetime, but I believe that my obedience

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will prepare the way for those who come after

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me. My prayers will outlive me. My faith will

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speak beyond me. My obedience will become a seed

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for generations I may never see. My children

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will walk through doors that my prayers help

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to open. Generations after me will receive the

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fruit of seeds I am planting today. And people

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who do not yet know my name may one day encounter

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the faithfulness of God because I chose to believe

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him in this generation. If the complete fulfillment

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of the promise extends beyond my lifetime, I

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will still believe, because the purpose of God

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is greater than one generation, and His faithfulness

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does not end when my earthly journey is complete.

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I may feel weak, but the Spirit of the Living

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God dwells within me. I may walk through fire,

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but I will not walk alone. I may pass through

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deep waters, but they will not overwhelm me.

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I may be surrounded, but I am not abandoned.

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I may be pressed, but I will not be destroyed.

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I may be struck down, but I will not remain defeated.

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I may fall, but by the grace of God I will rise

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again. By faith I will follow Jesus. By faith

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I will carry my cross. By faith I will remain

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when others turn away. By faith I will forgive

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when my flesh demands revenge. By faith I will

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love when love becomes costly. By faith I will

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obey. when obedience requires sacrifice. By faith,

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I will worship before the answer appears. By

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faith, I will endure when the promise seems delayed.

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By faith, I will remain faithful when no one

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is watching. By faith, I will fight the good

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fight. By faith, I will keep the faith and by

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faith, I will finish my race. I declare that

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discouragement will not stop me. Disappointment

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will not define me. Delay. will not destroy my

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faith. Opposition will not silence my voice.

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Failure will not become the final chapter of

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my story. My past will not imprison me. My weaknesses

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will not disqualify me. And the gates of hell

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will not prevail against what Jesus Christ has

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determined to build through my life. I will live

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and not die. I will declare the works of the

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Lord. I will see the goodness of God in the land

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of the living. I will walk in the calling he

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has placed upon my life. I will fulfill the assignment

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entrusted to me. And everything the enemy intended

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for evil, God will turn for good, for his glory,

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for my testimony, and for the preservation of

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those connected to my purpose. And when my earthly

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journey is complete, may it be said of me as

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it was said of those who came before me. I believed

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God. I trusted his voice. I remained faithful.

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I lived according to a reality my natural eyes

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could not yet see. I carried the promise even

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when I did not possess its fulfillment. I obeyed

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God in my generation and prepared the way for

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those who would come after me. I fought the good

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fight. I finished the race. I kept the faith.

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Not because I was always strong, but because

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the Holy Spirit lived within me. Not because

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I never failed, but because the blood of Jesus

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covered me. Not because I possessed every answer,

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but because the grace of God sustained me. Not

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because I always knew where I was going, but

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because the faithful hand of God carried me until

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the end. This is my confession. This is my prayer.

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This is my declaration of faith. I belong to

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Jesus Christ. My life is in his hands. My present

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is covered by his grace. My future is secured

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within his eternal purpose. My family belongs

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to him. My calling belongs to him. My battles

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belong to him. My unanswered questions belong

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to Him. My victories belong to Him. My entire

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life belongs to Him. Everything I am and everything

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I will ever become rests securely in the hands

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of the One who loved me and gave Himself for

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me. Therefore, by faith, I will continue walking

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until what God has spoken becomes what my eyes

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can finally see, and even if I do not see the

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fullness of it within my lifetime. I will still

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leave this earth believing because the promise

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does not depend upon the length of my life. The

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promise depends upon the faithfulness of my God.

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He was faithful to Abraham. He was faithful to

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Joseph. He was faithful to Moses. He was faithful

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to David. He was faithful to the prophets. He

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was faithful to the apostles. He was faithful

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to the generations before me. He is faithful

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to me today. He will be faithful to my children.

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He will be faithful to my children's children.

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And he will remain faithful from generation to

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generation. The God who called me will preserve

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me. The Spirit who lives within me will strengthen

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me. The blood of Jesus will speak for me. The

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grace of God will sustain me. The word of God

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will guide me. The hand of God will carry me.

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And the eternal purpose of God will prevail over

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my life. I believe God. I trust God. I belong

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to God, and by faith I declare, I will not turn

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back, I will not surrender, I will not abandon

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the promise, I will not release what God has

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placed within me, I will stand, I will believe,

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I will obey, I will endure, and by the grace

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of God, I will finish, in the mighty, victorious,

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and everlasting name of Jesus Christ. Amen, amen,

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and amen. Hallelujah. you