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Welcome to the intercessor's corner where life's questions

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and topics are met with biblical truth and

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spirit led wisdom.

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Here's this week's work to fuel and fortify

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your prayer walk.

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Hello, and happy new year. Welcome to the

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year 2026.

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Today, we're gonna be starting a new

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podcast series this month

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entitled New Year, New Grace, where we'll be

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addressing renewal,

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restoration,

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deliverance, and healing.

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I wanna open up today's session by covering

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the key scripture,

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which comes from Romans twelve two.

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And

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I wanna start by saying

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that

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a new year or a new beginning

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starts

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with

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renewal.

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Before God restores, delivers, or heals,

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he renews.

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Renewal is the clearing away of old patterns,

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old mindsets,

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and old weights so God can breathe fresh

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life into us again.

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Paul tells us in Romans twelve two that

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we are to be transformed by the renewing

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of our mind.

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That renewal happens through the power

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of God's word.

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His word washes our thinking,

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reorders our priorities,

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and softens our hearts where life has made

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them hardened.

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But strongholds often resist renewal.

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A stronghold

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tells us this is just who we are

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or nothing will ever change

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or you're not good enough.

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But the word of God tells us that

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through him,

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all things are possible,

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and he makes all things new.

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Our part in this

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process

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is prayer.

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Praying the word over our lives,

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praying over our thoughts,

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and saying, lord, remove anything

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that keeps me from being renewed.

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This is where the journey starts,

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asking God to renew our minds,

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renew our strength,

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and renew our desire to seek him above

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everything else.

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And now

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allow me to pray for you.

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Lord,

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renew my mind,

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renew my spirit,

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and renew my hunger

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for you.

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Let your word break old patterns

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and shape new ones.

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I give you every stronghold,

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every

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thought,

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every secret place in my heart

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that needs

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fresh breath.

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Make all things new in me.

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In Jesus' name, amen.

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Thank you for joining me in the intercessor's

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corner. If today's word encouraged you, be sure

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