The house of prayer. The fervent prayer of a
righteous. You meant it for evil, but God meant
it for good. A prayer for God's purpose to prevail.
This prayer is for you if you are going through
a season you cannot understand. It is for you
if someone betrayed you, if someone lied about
you, if you have been falsely accused, if someone
deliberately tried to hurt you, remove you, discredit
you, or close a door against you. It is for you
if something happened that you simply cannot
call good. and it is also for you if you are
carrying regret because some of what happened
came through your own decisions. You may be asking,
God, how can anything good possibly come from
this? If that is where you are today, I want
you to pray with me, because what happened may
be real, the pain may be real, the consequences
may be real, but none of those things have greater
authority than the purpose of God. Listen to
the word of God in Genesis 50 -20. You meant
evil against me, but God meant it for good to
bring it about, that many people should be kept
alive. And Romans 8 -28 reminds us, and we know
that all things work together for good to them
that love God, to them who are the called according
to his purpose. Let us pray. with everything
I do not understand. I bring you the pain. I
bring you the disappointment. I bring you the
betrayal. I bring you the accusations. I bring
you the closed doors. I bring you the things
people said about me. I bring you the things
people did to me. And God, I also bring you my
own mistakes. The decisions I wish I could change.
The words I wish I could take back. The moments
when I allowed anger. fear, weakness, or frustration
to control me. I place everything before you.
I refuse to pretend that everything that happened
was good. But today, I choose to believe that
you are still good. I may not understand what
you are doing. I may not see how these pieces
fit together. I may not understand why you allowed
certain doors to close. I may not understand
why you allowed certain people to leave. I may
not understand why you permitted me to walk through
this particular fire, but God, I trust you with
what I cannot understand. Joseph could not see
the palace from the pit, he could not see Pharaoh
from the prison, he could not see preservation
while he was being betrayed, but you could, so
today I declare, my present circumstances will
not become my final conclusion. I will not write
the final chapter while you are still writing
my story. What people intended against me will
not have the final word. What was spoken against
me will not have the final word. What was done
against me will not have the final word. My disappointment
will not have the final word. My failure will
not have the final word. My past will not have
the final word. You will have the final word.
God, take what was meant to destroy me and use
it according to your purpose. Take what was intended
to discourage me and deepen my dependence upon
you. Take what was intended to make me bitter
and teach me forgiveness. Take what was intended
to weaken me and develop endurance. Take what
exposed my weakness and use it to refine my character.
Take what closed one door and lead me toward
the door you have prepared. Take every piece
of this season and place it into your hands.
Because I believe you don't waste the fire. God,
if there is something in me that must change,
change me. If there is something in me that must
be removed, remove it. If pride must go, remove
it. If bitterness must go, remove it. If anger
must be controlled, teach me self -control. If
my words must change, discipline my tongue. If
my character needs strengthening, refine me.
If I need to forgive, give me the grace to forgive.
If I need to repent, give me the humility to
repent. If I need to wait, give me patience.
If I need to move, give me courage. Do not simply
bring me out of this season. Prepare me through
this season. I don't want to come out carrying
the same weaknesses that entered the fire with
me. I don't want to reach the place you prepared
for me without becoming the person who can carry
what you are preparing. Refine me, God, purify
my motives, strengthen my character, guard my
heart, order my steps, and keep me close to you.
Today, I release the people who hurt me from
controlling the rest of my story. I refuse to
allow what they did yesterday to determine who
I become tomorrow. I refuse bitterness. I refuse
revenge. I refuse hatred. I refuse to allow another
person's actions to transform me into someone
you never called me to become. Instead, I surrender
my story to you. And by faith, I declare, what
they meant for evil, you can turn toward good.
What looked like rejection can become redirection.
What looked like delay can become preparation.
What looked like an ending can become a transition.
What looked wasted can still serve your purpose.
And what looked like it would destroy me can
become part of the testimony of what you brought
me through. God, I don't know everything you
are doing behind the scenes, but I trust you.
I don't know how every chapter will end, but
I trust you. I don't know when the answer will
come, but I trust you. I don't know what the
next season will look like, but I trust you.
And until I understand, I will remain faithful.
Until the door opens, I will remain faithful.
Until the answer comes, I will remain faithful.
Until I can look backward and understand what
I cannot understand today, I will trust the author
while you are still writing. So I declare over
my life. The pit is not my ending The prison
is not my ending The accusation is not my ending
The disappointment is not my ending The failure
is not my ending God is still writing God is
still working God is still refining God is still
positioning And God's purpose is still greater
than what was intended against me. I will not
waste the fire. I will learn. I will grow. I
will forgive. I will repent where repentance
is necessary. I will become wiser. I will become
stronger. I will become more disciplined. I will
become more dependent upon the Holy Spirit. And
when this chapter is finished, I will not simply
say, I survived. I will say, God refined me through
it. What was meant for evil will not determine
my destination. God's purpose will. And somewhere
between what they intended and what you are accomplishing,
I am being refined for a purpose. In the name
of Jesus Christ, Amen. If you are going through
a difficult season and you cannot yet understand
what God is doing, keep praying, keep trusting,
keep walking. God may still be writing the part
of the story that will eventually explain the
chapter you are living today. Always remember
you are not alone. Pamoja Ministry is your prayer
partner.