WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.819 The house of prayer. The fervent prayer of a 00:00:03.819 --> 00:00:09.519 righteous. God, have mercy on me. A prayer for 00:00:09.519 --> 00:00:14.500 repentance, restoration, and purpose. If you 00:00:14.500 --> 00:00:17.980 are carrying the weight of a failure today. If 00:00:17.980 --> 00:00:21.059 you knew better, but still made the wrong decision. 00:00:21.379 --> 00:00:24.280 If you ignored the warning. If you crossed the 00:00:24.280 --> 00:00:27.039 boundary. If you are looking at your situation 00:00:27.039 --> 00:00:32.000 and saying, God, I did this. This prayer is for 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:36.500 you. Maybe you are wondering, can God still use 00:00:36.500 --> 00:00:40.600 me? Can God forgive me? Is there still purpose 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:44.100 after my failure? Listen to the words of David 00:00:44.100 --> 00:00:48.859 in Psalm 51. Have mercy upon me, O God, according 00:00:48.859 --> 00:00:53.000 to thy loving kindness. Let us pray. Lord, I 00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:56.320 come before you without excuses. I will not blame 00:00:56.320 --> 00:00:59.619 anyone else. I will not minimize what happened. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:03.159 I will not hide behind explanations. Where I 00:01:03.159 --> 00:01:07.739 was wrong, I was wrong. Where I sinned, I repent. 00:01:08.239 --> 00:01:11.879 Where I ignored your warning, forgive me. Where 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:15.700 pride controlled me, humble me. Where my words 00:01:15.700 --> 00:01:19.319 caused damage, forgive me. Where my decisions 00:01:19.319 --> 00:01:22.599 hurt others, show me how to make things right. 00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:27.989 God, have mercy on me. Like David, I pray, create 00:01:27.989 --> 00:01:31.590 in me a clean heart, oh God, and renew a right 00:01:31.590 --> 00:01:35.530 spirit within me. Don't simply remove the consequences, 00:01:36.010 --> 00:01:39.609 change me. Don't let me leave this fire as the 00:01:39.609 --> 00:01:42.870 same person who entered it. Remove the pride, 00:01:43.370 --> 00:01:47.189 remove the anger, remove the compromise, remove 00:01:47.189 --> 00:01:50.730 the weakness I kept hiding. Teach me discipline, 00:01:51.209 --> 00:01:54.730 teach me humility, teach me obedience. Teach 00:01:54.730 --> 00:01:58.409 me to recognize my boundaries and give me courage 00:01:58.409 --> 00:02:02.209 to repair what I can repair. God, where trust 00:02:02.209 --> 00:02:05.290 has been broken, give me patience to rebuild 00:02:05.290 --> 00:02:09.490 it. Where an apology is necessary, give me humility 00:02:09.490 --> 00:02:13.009 to make it. Where accountability is necessary, 00:02:13.490 --> 00:02:17.250 help me receive it. Where consequences remain, 00:02:18.090 --> 00:02:21.610 give me strength to walk through them. But God, 00:02:22.090 --> 00:02:26.229 Don't let me build a house in my shame. I refused 00:02:26.229 --> 00:02:28.770 to believe that the worst thing I ever did is 00:02:28.770 --> 00:02:32.349 the truest thing about me. Peter failed, but 00:02:32.349 --> 00:02:36.349 you restored him. David failed, but your mercy 00:02:36.349 --> 00:02:40.669 found him. John Mark walked away, but later became 00:02:40.669 --> 00:02:44.370 useful again. Paul carried a painful past, yet 00:02:44.370 --> 00:02:47.849 he declared, by the grace of God, I am what I 00:02:47.849 --> 00:02:52.189 am. So today, I receive your grace. I receive 00:02:52.189 --> 00:02:55.349 your forgiveness. I receive your correction. 00:02:55.729 --> 00:02:58.889 And I surrender myself again to your refining 00:02:58.889 --> 00:03:02.909 work. I declare, my failure will not have the 00:03:02.909 --> 00:03:06.449 final word. My shame will not have the final 00:03:06.449 --> 00:03:10.550 word. My past will not have the final word. God's 00:03:10.550 --> 00:03:14.289 mercy will have the final word. I may have failed, 00:03:14.409 --> 00:03:17.770 but I will not remain where I fell. I will get 00:03:17.770 --> 00:03:21.580 up humbly. I will get up wiser. I will get up 00:03:21.580 --> 00:03:24.800 accountable. I will get up prayerful. I will 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:28.979 get up dependent upon your grace. God, if the 00:03:28.979 --> 00:03:32.800 fire has my fingerprints on it, don't waste the 00:03:32.800 --> 00:03:36.139 fire. Teach me through it. Refine me through 00:03:36.139 --> 00:03:39.599 it. Transform me through it. And whatever purpose 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:43.199 you still have for my life, prepare me to carry 00:03:43.199 --> 00:03:47.340 it with humility and integrity. I cannot change 00:03:47.340 --> 00:03:51.189 yesterday, but by your grace. Yesterday will 00:03:51.189 --> 00:03:54.990 not keep reproducing itself in my tomorrow. God 00:03:54.990 --> 00:03:58.729 have mercy on me. Restore my heart. Renew my 00:03:58.729 --> 00:04:02.490 spirit. And let my testimony become. I failed. 00:04:02.710 --> 00:04:06.569 God confronted me. I repented. His mercy found 00:04:06.569 --> 00:04:09.569 me. And I did not remain the person who fell. 00:04:09.909 --> 00:04:13.389 The refiner is not finished with me. I am still 00:04:13.389 --> 00:04:17.089 being refined for a purpose. In the name of Jesus 00:04:17.089 --> 00:04:20.970 Christ, Amen. If you are walking through the 00:04:20.970 --> 00:04:24.269 consequences of a failure, remember, repent, 00:04:25.089 --> 00:04:28.829 repair what you can, receive God's grace, and 00:04:28.829 --> 00:04:33.870 keep walking. Always remember, you are not alone. 00:04:35.430 --> 00:04:38.189 Pamoja Ministry is your prayer partner.