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The house of prayer. The fervent prayer of a

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righteous. God, show me the crack. A prayer for

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divine warning, conviction, and restoration.

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This prayer is for you, if you sense that God

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has been trying to get your attention. Maybe

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there is something in your life that doesn't

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feel right anymore. A boundary has slowly moved.

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An attitude has changed. A habit is becoming

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stronger. A relationship is becoming unhealthy.

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Your anger is becoming harder to control. Your

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prayer life is becoming weaker. Something you

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once resisted, you are beginning to entertain.

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Something that once convicted you doesn't seem

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to bother you anymore. Or maybe nothing has happened

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yet. But deep inside, you know something is changing.

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This prayer is not about condemnation. It is

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about asking God for the mercy to see the crack

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before the collapse. Psalm 139 23 -24 says, not

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my spouse, not my friend, not my co -worker,

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not the person whose failure everybody is discussing.

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Search me, search my heart, search my motives,

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search my thoughts, search my desires, search

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my relationships, search my habits, search my

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conversations, search my private life, search

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the places nobody sees, and God, show me the

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crack. Show me what I have been ignoring Show

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me what I have been excusing Show me what I have

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been justifying Show me what I have been hiding

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Show me where my boundaries have moved Show me

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where bitterness has entered Show me where pride

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has taken root Show me where temptation has become

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entertainment Show me where frustration is changing

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my character Show me where disappointment is

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weakening my faith. Show me where exhaustion

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is lowering my defenses. And if there is something

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I have become comfortable with that your spirit

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has been warning me about, make me uncomfortable

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again. Restore my sensitivity to your voice.

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God, don't allow me to normalize what you are

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trying to remove. Don't allow me to defend what

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you are trying to correct. Don't allow me to

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rename compromise because I don't want to confront

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it. Don't allow me to say everybody does it when

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your spirit is telling me this does not belong

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in you. God catch the little foxes before they

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destroy the vineyard. Catch the small compromises.

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Catch the secret resentment. Catch the unhealthy

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attachment. Catch the careless conversation.

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Catch the uncontrolled anger. Catch the hidden

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pride. Catch the neglected prayer life. Catch

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the boundary that keeps moving. Catch the habit

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that keeps growing. Catch it before it grows.

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God, when you warn me, help me listen. When you

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convict me, help me respond. When you correct

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me, give me humility. When you send someone to

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speak truth to me Don't let pride make me reject

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the messenger because I don't like the message

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Give me discernment to recognize when a warning

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is actually mercy God protect me from saying

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I can handle it. It won't happen to me I know

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what I'm doing. I can stop whenever I want. It's

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not that serious Protect me from the arrogance

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of believing that strength makes me immune to

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weakness your word says let him that thinketh

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he standeth take heed lest he fall so God keep

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me watchful keep me humble keep me accountable

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keep me prayerful keep me close to your word

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keep me sensitive to the Holy Spirit and when

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I am tired teach me to rest before exhaustion

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becomes vulnerability when I am discouraged teach

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me to seek you before disappointment becomes

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bitterness. When I am angry, teach me to become

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quiet before anger becomes destruction. When

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I am lonely, protect me from seeking comfort

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in places that can compromise my purpose. When

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I am hurt, protect me from making permanent decisions

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from temporary pain. When I feel misunderstood,

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Keep me from relationships and conversations

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that offer comfort while quietly pulling me away

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from you God restore the boundaries. I have moved

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if I need to walk away Give me courage If I need

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to stop the conversation Give me discipline If

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I need to delete something Give me strength If

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I need to confess something Give me humility

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if I need accountability Give me courage to ask

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for help. If I need to apologize, break my pride.

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If I need to forgive, heal my heart. If I need

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to return, show me the way home. God, don't let

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me wait for catastrophe before I obey your warning.

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I don't wanna wait until everybody sees the collapse

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before I acknowledge the crack you have already

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shown me. Protect my marriage, protect my family.

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Protect my children. Protect my relationships.

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Protect my ministry. Protect my career. Protect

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my calling. Protect my testimony. Protect what

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you have entrusted into my hands. But God, don't

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only protect these things from people around

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me. Protect them from anything within me that

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could destroy them. Protect me from my own pride.

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uncontrolled desires protect me from careless

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words protect me from bitterness protect me from

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secret compromise protect me from spiritual arrogance

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protect me from becoming a danger to the very

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things i am asking you to bless and god if you

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reveal something in me today i will not run from

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the light i will not defend the crack I will

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not cover what you want to heal. I will not silence

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conviction. I will not waste the warning. I choose

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repentance. I choose obedience. I choose accountability.

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I choose discipline. I choose truth. I choose

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restoration. And I declare, the crack will not

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become my collapse. By your grace, I will listen

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while there is still time. I will respond while

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there is still time. I will repair what can be

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repaired while there is still time. I will restore

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the boundary while there is still time. I will

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seek help while there is still time. I will return

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to you while there is still time. God, let my

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testimony not be. I wish I had listened. Let

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my testimony become, God showed me the crack

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and I listened. Thank you for conviction. Thank

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you for warning. Thank you for correction. Thank

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you for people who tell me the truth. Thank you

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for interruptions that protect my future. Thank

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you for loving me enough to confront what could

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eventually destroy me. And if the repair is uncomfortable,

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give me strength to endure it. Because I would

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rather experience the discomfort of correction

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than the the devastation of collapse. Search

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me God, know my heart, try me, know my thoughts.

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And if there is anything in me that does not

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belong in the person you are calling me to become,

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refine it, remove it, heal it, correct it, restore

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it, because I understand you are not revealing

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the crack to humiliate me. You are revealing

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it because you love me. being discarded. I am

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not being abandoned. I am being refined. And

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by your grace, I will not waste the warning in

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the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. If God is showing

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you something through this prayer, don't run

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from his conviction. Bring it into the light.

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Pray about it. Seek accountability where necessary.

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Restore the boundary. Make the correction because

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sometimes God's mercy is not rebuilding everything

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after the collapse Sometimes his mercy is showing

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you the crack before the collapse ever happens

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Always remember you are not alone Pamoja ministry

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is your prayer partner