WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.640 the house of prayer and the fervent prayer of 00:00:03.640 --> 00:00:10.740 a righteous prayer 20 god correct me without 00:00:10.740 --> 00:00:14.359 letting me run from you a prayer for humility 00:00:14.359 --> 00:00:18.539 correction and restoration this prayer is for 00:00:18.539 --> 00:00:21.219 you if god has been confronting something in 00:00:21.219 --> 00:00:24.940 your life Maybe through his word. Maybe through 00:00:24.940 --> 00:00:28.219 conviction. Maybe through circumstances. Maybe 00:00:28.219 --> 00:00:30.579 through someone who told you something you did 00:00:30.579 --> 00:00:34.100 not want to hear. Maybe you recognize that an 00:00:34.100 --> 00:00:38.259 attitude needs to change. A boundary needs to 00:00:38.259 --> 00:00:42.219 return. An apology needs to be made. A habit 00:00:42.219 --> 00:00:46.780 needs to stop. Pride needs to come down. Or maybe 00:00:46.780 --> 00:00:49.520 you are walking through consequences from decisions 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:52.939 you wish you could change. And somewhere inside, 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:56.920 you have started wondering, God, are you angry 00:00:56.920 --> 00:01:00.579 with me? Have you rejected me? Did I lose my 00:01:00.579 --> 00:01:04.299 purpose? Is everything over? If that is where 00:01:04.299 --> 00:01:08.560 you are today, this prayer is for you. Hebrews 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:13.060 12 .6 says, the Lord disciplines the one he loves. 00:01:13.640 --> 00:01:17.019 And Romans 8 .1 declares, there is therefore 00:01:17.019 --> 00:01:20.629 now. no condemnation to them which are in Christ 00:01:20.629 --> 00:01:25.189 Jesus. So today, we are not praying from condemnation. 00:01:25.430 --> 00:01:28.969 We are praying from relationship. Let us pray. 00:01:29.670 --> 00:01:33.049 Lord, search my heart. And if there is something 00:01:33.049 --> 00:01:37.310 in me that needs correction, correct me. If my 00:01:37.310 --> 00:01:41.069 attitude needs correction, correct me. If my 00:01:41.069 --> 00:01:45.010 words need correction, correct me. If my decisions 00:01:45.010 --> 00:01:49.000 need correction, correct me. If my relationships 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:52.760 need correction, correct me. If my priorities 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:56.680 need correction, correct me. If my ambition needs 00:01:56.680 --> 00:02:01.079 correction, correct me. If my pride needs correction, 00:02:01.620 --> 00:02:05.019 correct me. If the way I handle authority needs 00:02:05.019 --> 00:02:09.300 correction, correct me. If the way I respond 00:02:09.300 --> 00:02:13.159 when I am angry, disappointed, hurt, or misunderstood 00:02:13.159 --> 00:02:17.419 needs correction, correct me. But God... When 00:02:17.419 --> 00:02:21.439 you correct me, don't let me run from you. Don't 00:02:21.439 --> 00:02:24.060 let shame convince me that you no longer love 00:02:24.060 --> 00:02:28.219 me. Don't let embarrassment make me hide. Don't 00:02:28.219 --> 00:02:31.400 let pride make me defend what your spirit is 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:34.740 trying to change. Don't let disappointment make 00:02:34.740 --> 00:02:37.719 me interpret your correction as abandonment. 00:02:38.180 --> 00:02:41.139 And don't let condemnation speak louder than 00:02:41.139 --> 00:02:44.800 your grace. Teach me to recognize the difference 00:02:44.800 --> 00:02:49.240 between your conviction and the voice of condemnation 00:02:49.240 --> 00:02:54.460 condemnation tells me you failed therefore you 00:02:54.460 --> 00:02:58.599 are finished but your correction tells me this 00:02:58.599 --> 00:03:02.840 must change because i am not finished with you 00:03:02.840 --> 00:03:06.860 so god give me a teachable heart give me the 00:03:06.860 --> 00:03:11.039 humility to say i was wrong give me the humility 00:03:11.039 --> 00:03:14.759 to apologize give me the humility to receive 00:03:14.759 --> 00:03:18.789 accountability Give me the humility to listen 00:03:18.789 --> 00:03:22.330 before defending myself. Give me the humility 00:03:22.330 --> 00:03:26.289 to ask, God, is there something here you want 00:03:26.289 --> 00:03:29.830 me to hear? If you send someone to correct me, 00:03:30.090 --> 00:03:33.530 give me discernment. Human beings can misunderstand. 00:03:34.129 --> 00:03:38.189 People can accuse falsely. People can speak from 00:03:38.189 --> 00:03:41.789 wrong motives. So give me wisdom to test what 00:03:41.789 --> 00:03:45.669 I hear. But don't let somebody's imperfect delivery 00:03:45.669 --> 00:03:49.030 make me reject the truth you are trying to show 00:03:49.030 --> 00:03:52.969 me. If there is truth in the correction, help 00:03:52.969 --> 00:03:57.330 me receive it. God, protect me from becoming 00:03:57.330 --> 00:04:00.689 so successful that nobody can tell me the truth. 00:04:01.189 --> 00:04:04.169 Protect me from becoming so powerful that people 00:04:04.169 --> 00:04:07.430 become afraid to correct me. Protect me from 00:04:07.430 --> 00:04:10.810 becoming so spiritual that I believe I cannot 00:04:10.810 --> 00:04:15.240 be wrong. Protect me from becoming so defensive 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:19.639 that every correction feels like an attack. Protect 00:04:19.639 --> 00:04:22.980 me from surrounding myself only with people who 00:04:22.980 --> 00:04:26.980 agree with me. Give me people who love me enough 00:04:26.980 --> 00:04:30.360 to tell me the truth and give me the maturity 00:04:30.360 --> 00:04:33.959 to listen. God, if I'm walking through consequences 00:04:33.959 --> 00:04:37.579 from my own decisions, give me grace. If I need 00:04:37.579 --> 00:04:41.500 to repair something, show me how. If I need to 00:04:41.500 --> 00:04:45.720 rebuild trust, give me patience. If I need to 00:04:45.720 --> 00:04:49.699 accept responsibility, give me courage. If I 00:04:49.699 --> 00:04:52.699 need to make restitution, give me integrity. 00:04:53.500 --> 00:04:57.699 If I need to apologize, break my pride. If I 00:04:57.699 --> 00:05:01.680 need to change, give me discipline. And if there 00:05:01.680 --> 00:05:03.980 are consequences I cannot immediately escape, 00:05:04.879 --> 00:05:07.699 teach me through them. Don't let me waste the 00:05:07.699 --> 00:05:11.019 correction. Don't let me spend the entire season 00:05:11.019 --> 00:05:14.000 asking you only to remove the consequence while 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:16.660 refusing to learn what you are trying to teach 00:05:16.660 --> 00:05:22.439 me. Like David, let my prayer become. Create 00:05:22.439 --> 00:05:26.019 in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right 00:05:26.019 --> 00:05:29.939 spirit within me. God, I don't only want the 00:05:29.939 --> 00:05:33.920 situation changed, I want to be changed. Change 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:37.079 whatever in me contributed to the problem. Change 00:05:37.079 --> 00:05:41.430 the anger. Change the pride. Change the selfishness. 00:05:41.670 --> 00:05:44.709 Change the impatience. Change the dishonesty. 00:05:45.050 --> 00:05:48.730 Change the uncontrolled desires. Change the insecurity. 00:05:49.209 --> 00:05:52.389 Change the need for approval. Change the bitterness. 00:05:52.750 --> 00:05:56.149 Change the way I react. Change the way I speak. 00:05:56.589 --> 00:05:59.750 Change whatever cannot follow me into the person 00:05:59.750 --> 00:06:03.769 you are calling me to become. And God, if this 00:06:03.769 --> 00:06:07.000 season is not your correction, protect me from 00:06:07.000 --> 00:06:10.420 falsely condemning myself. Not every hardship 00:06:10.420 --> 00:06:14.399 is punishment. Not every closed door means I 00:06:14.399 --> 00:06:18.220 failed. Not every painful season means you are 00:06:18.220 --> 00:06:22.060 angry with me. Give me discernment. If you are 00:06:22.060 --> 00:06:25.480 correcting me, help me receive it. If you are 00:06:25.480 --> 00:06:29.060 redirecting me, help me follow. If you are telling 00:06:29.060 --> 00:06:33.420 me to wait, help me wait. If I am simply walking 00:06:33.420 --> 00:06:37.259 through a difficult season, Give me faith to 00:06:37.259 --> 00:06:40.980 endure without accusing myself. I want to hear 00:06:40.980 --> 00:06:45.180 you clearly. God, when correction hurts, remind 00:06:45.180 --> 00:06:48.259 me that discomfort does not automatically mean 00:06:48.259 --> 00:06:51.899 rejection. When obedience costs me something, 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:55.300 give me strength. When I have to walk away from 00:06:55.300 --> 00:06:59.019 something I became attached to, help me surrender. 00:06:59.439 --> 00:07:01.939 When you put your finger on something I have 00:07:01.939 --> 00:07:05.529 been defending, help me release it. When you 00:07:05.529 --> 00:07:09.790 say, this cannot continue, give me the courage 00:07:09.790 --> 00:07:13.189 to agree with you. Because I don't want you merely 00:07:13.189 --> 00:07:17.329 to bless everything I choose. I want you to correct 00:07:17.329 --> 00:07:20.509 anything that could destroy what you are preparing 00:07:20.509 --> 00:07:24.829 for me. Protect my marriage. Protect my family. 00:07:25.209 --> 00:07:28.569 Protect my relationships. Protect my ministry. 00:07:29.029 --> 00:07:32.639 Protect my career. Protect my calling. Protect 00:07:32.639 --> 00:07:36.680 my testimony, protect my future. And if protecting 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:39.639 those things requires correcting something within 00:07:39.639 --> 00:07:45.279 me, God, correct me now. Correct me before pride 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:48.740 becomes destruction. Correct me before anger 00:07:48.740 --> 00:07:52.699 destroys relationships. Correct me before ambition 00:07:52.699 --> 00:07:56.500 corrupts my character. Correct me before temptation 00:07:56.500 --> 00:08:00.740 becomes bondage. Correct me before success produces 00:08:00.740 --> 00:08:04.639 arrogance. Correct me before a small compromise 00:08:04.639 --> 00:08:08.699 becomes a larger collapse. I would rather experience 00:08:08.699 --> 00:08:12.100 the discomfort of correction than the devastation 00:08:12.100 --> 00:08:16.399 of destruction. God, teach me to ask a different 00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:20.360 question. Not only, why am I going through this? 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:25.500 But, God, what are you trying to preserve? If 00:08:25.500 --> 00:08:28.959 you are preserving my character, thank you. If 00:08:28.959 --> 00:08:32.659 you are preserving my family, thank you. If you 00:08:32.659 --> 00:08:36.519 are preserving my calling, thank you. If you 00:08:36.519 --> 00:08:40.779 are preserving my future, thank you. If you are 00:08:40.779 --> 00:08:43.220 protecting me from something I cannot yet see, 00:08:44.220 --> 00:08:47.539 thank you. I may not understand the interruption 00:08:47.539 --> 00:08:51.059 today. I may not understand the closed door today. 00:08:52.039 --> 00:08:55.679 I may not understand why you told me no. I may 00:08:55.679 --> 00:08:59.080 not understand why something had to change. But 00:08:59.080 --> 00:09:01.980 give me faith to believe that sometimes your 00:09:01.980 --> 00:09:06.659 no can contain protection. Sometimes your interruption 00:09:06.659 --> 00:09:10.220 can contain mercy. Sometimes your correction 00:09:10.220 --> 00:09:14.220 can contain preparation. And sometimes correction 00:09:14.220 --> 00:09:18.759 is rescue. Lord, I surrender my pride. I surrender 00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:23.039 my excuses. I surrender my defensiveness. I surrender 00:09:23.039 --> 00:09:27.019 my need to always be right. I surrender my reputation. 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:31.500 I surrender the image I try to protect. I surrender 00:09:31.500 --> 00:09:35.419 my character to your refining work. Teach me, 00:09:35.740 --> 00:09:40.620 correct me, discipline me, restore me, transform 00:09:40.620 --> 00:09:44.220 me, and when you have corrected me, don't let 00:09:44.220 --> 00:09:47.860 me remain trapped in the past. Don't let me continue 00:09:47.860 --> 00:09:50.240 punishing myself for what you have forgiven. 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:54.139 Don't let yesterday's failure become today's 00:09:54.139 --> 00:09:58.789 identity. Let correction produce wisdom. Let 00:09:58.789 --> 00:10:02.809 correction produce humility. Let correction produce 00:10:02.809 --> 00:10:06.909 discipline. Let correction produce self -control. 00:10:07.710 --> 00:10:11.230 Let correction produce compassion. Let correction 00:10:11.230 --> 00:10:15.029 produce maturity. Let correction produce righteousness. 00:10:16.070 --> 00:10:19.509 Let correction produce peace. And let me walk 00:10:19.509 --> 00:10:22.129 differently because you loved me enough to confront 00:10:22.129 --> 00:10:26.980 me. Today, I declare Correction is not rejection. 00:10:27.600 --> 00:10:31.279 Conviction is not condemnation. Discipline is 00:10:31.279 --> 00:10:34.720 not abandonment. Consequences do not automatically 00:10:34.720 --> 00:10:38.379 mean my purpose is cancelled. God is still working 00:10:38.379 --> 00:10:42.200 on me. God is still refining me. God is still 00:10:42.200 --> 00:10:45.960 teaching me. God is still transforming me. And 00:10:45.960 --> 00:10:49.460 by His grace, I will not run from the refiner 00:10:49.460 --> 00:10:53.940 while He is refining me. God. If you see something 00:10:53.940 --> 00:10:56.440 in me that could destroy what you are preparing 00:10:56.440 --> 00:11:01.259 to place in my hands, deal with it. If you see 00:11:01.259 --> 00:11:03.600 something in me that could damage the people 00:11:03.600 --> 00:11:08.240 I am called to serve, deal with it. If you see 00:11:08.240 --> 00:11:11.320 something in me that could compromise my testimony, 00:11:11.879 --> 00:11:15.779 deal with it. If you see something in me that 00:11:15.779 --> 00:11:19.240 could become tomorrow's collapse, deal with it 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:22.879 today. Because I understand now Sometimes the 00:11:22.879 --> 00:11:26.279 God who loves me will comfort me. Sometimes he 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:29.860 will carry me. Sometimes he will restore me. 00:11:30.059 --> 00:11:33.879 And sometimes he will correct me. And when he 00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:37.700 does, I will remember. Correction is not always 00:11:37.700 --> 00:11:43.120 rejection. Sometimes correction is rescue. God, 00:11:43.340 --> 00:11:46.220 correct me without letting me run from you. Keep 00:11:46.220 --> 00:11:49.620 me close while you change me. Keep me humble 00:11:49.620 --> 00:11:52.750 while you teach me. Keep me surrendered while 00:11:52.750 --> 00:11:56.070 you refine me and make me into the person who 00:11:56.070 --> 00:11:58.690 can faithfully carry what you are preparing for 00:11:58.690 --> 00:12:02.690 my future I am still being refined for a purpose 00:12:02.690 --> 00:12:10.330 in the name of Jesus Christ Amen If God is correcting 00:12:10.330 --> 00:12:13.450 something in your life today don't immediately 00:12:13.450 --> 00:12:18.009 run from the discomfort Ask him God. What are 00:12:18.009 --> 00:12:20.679 you trying to teach me? What are you trying to 00:12:20.679 --> 00:12:24.820 preserve? Receive his conviction. Receive his 00:12:24.820 --> 00:12:28.580 grace. Make the correction. And keep walking. 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:34.200 The refiner is not finished with you. Always 00:12:34.200 --> 00:12:38.960 remember, you are not alone. Pomoja Ministry 00:12:38.960 --> 00:12:40.659 is your prayer partner.