Is there a Christian prayer for Breakthrough?

Q: Is there a Christian prayer for Breakthrough?

Prayer for Breakthrough is a Scripture-based prayer in the In the Valley series from Ambient Bible. When you've been pushing against the same wall for so long you've forgotten what the other side looks like. When faith feels more like stubbornness than belief. A prayer for the breakthrough you've almost stopped expecting.

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Prayer for Breakthrough

When you've been pushing against the same wall for so long you've forgotten what the other side looks like. When faith feels more like stubbornness than belief. A prayer for the breakthrough you've almost stopped expecting.

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Psalms 107

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¹O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

²Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

³And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.

⁴They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.

⁵Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

⁶Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.

⁷And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

⁸Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

⁹For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

¹⁰Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

¹¹Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

¹²Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.

¹³Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

¹⁴He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

¹⁵Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

¹⁶For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

¹⁷Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

¹⁸Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

¹⁹Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.

²⁰He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.

²¹Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

²²And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.

²³They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;

²⁴These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.

²⁵For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.

²⁶They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.

²⁷They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.

²⁸Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.

²⁹He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

³⁰Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

³¹Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

³²Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

³³He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

³⁴A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

³⁵He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

³⁶And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;

³⁷And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.

³⁸He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

³⁹Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

⁴⁰He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

⁴¹Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

⁴²The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

⁴³Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.

O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good. His mercy endureth for ever. For ever. Not until I mess up again. Not until I prove I don't deserve it. For ever. That's the foundation. That's what I'm standing on today.

They cried unto the Lord in their trouble. And he delivered them out of their distresses. That's the pattern. Trouble. Cry. Deliverance. I'm in the trouble part right now. Which means the cry part is now. Which means deliverance is coming.

Some wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way. They found no city to dwell in. Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. I've felt that. Lost. Without direction. The kind of tired that goes all the way down. Then they cried unto the Lord and he delivered them.

Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron. Some of us are bound by things we didn't choose. And some of us are bound by things we did choose. And he delivered them from both. Fools because of their transgression are afflicted. Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat. They draw near unto the gates of death. Lord, I've been there. The place where you've run out of options and the only place left to look is up. You have done this before. You will do it again. Psalm 107 says He sent his word and healed them. He sent his word. Not a miracle they could explain. Not a burning bush. A word. The same word that made the universe. Sent for one person. For one situation. For this one.

They that go down to the sea in ships that do business in great waters these see the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep. He commandeth and raiseth the stormy wind. Sometimes you raise the storm, Lord. Sometimes it's part of the plan. He maketh the storm a calm. And then you calm it. And then they are glad.

They cried unto the Lord in their trouble. And he bringeth them out of their distresses. I'm adding my name to that list today. I'm crying unto you. Out of this trouble. Out of this distress. Out of whatever this is.

O that men would praise the Lord for his goodness and for his wonderful works to the children of men. His goodness. His works. Not ours. Not what we accomplished. What he did. He is still doing it. Even now.

Thank you, Lord. For being the God who sends his word. Who calms the storm. Who delivers from the pit. Who is good. Whose mercy endures for ever.

In the name of Jesus, I pray.

Amen.

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