Dear heavenly Father, I come before You today in surrender. I come before You with a humble heart, broken and contrite, surrendering every fear of failure and past defeat. Please remove the doubt from my soul and replace it with faith, courage, and perseverance. Where I’ve stumbled, help me rise up in victory and not fall into the trap of the enemy again. Where I’ve failed, redeem my efforts with purpose and focus. Let no setback define me, but transform every challenge into a stepping stone to be closer to You. Sometimes my failures threaten to crush my spirit so remind me  by Your Holy Spirit that I am never defeated for Jesus has overcome this world. Please direct my steps and lead me in Your ways everlasting. Lord, I thank you for your presence when I know I’ve failed to fulfill my word to others but more so to You. Help me hear your voice encouraging me to endure to the end. Please give me confidence through your Holy Spirit and wisdom to know that what I see as failure could be the next step in your plan for my life, and while in the midst of that giving me purpose to encourage others. Thank you for accepting my efforts as an offering. Lord Jesus, help me, I beg You. When my heart is cast down by failure, and seeing no good come from my efforts in the moment, help me to rise and wait expectantly to see the work You are doing behind the scenes. When I feel impatient and my cross irritates me, Lord, help me… In spite of my weakness, failures, shortcomings, and character defects of every kind, Lord Jesus, help me and never forsake me. Heavenly Father, help me let go of my fear of failure. Forgive me for not living in faith, and help me from this moment on to live with bold confidence in You, for You, and to glorify You. Help me to stop comparing myself to others around me, understanding that I have my own race to run. Help me to keep my eye on You and what You want me to do. Transform me into a new person by changing the way I think and the way I speak. Help me give myself grace for the mistakes I’ve made and to move forward confidently knowing that you will go before me to clear the way, stand beside me to offer companionship and comfort, and are watching behind me to protect me from any dangers. Thank You for always being with me, and helping me find joy every day in the moments of time with family and friends which I have come to cherish. Please keep me from chronic negativity and despair and help me to pursue You with my whole heart, mind, strength, soul, my entire life. I know You can help, and I trust that You hear me. So please help me to act on the thoughts and desires that turn me closer to You and away from this world. And please forgive me for all the times my actions and behavior made Jesus look bad. In Jesus’ precious and powerful name I pray, Amen.  My BeLoved, may the grace of the Lord Jesus, and the love of God the Father, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen. In Christ Love, douglas. HE>i. pastord.blog

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