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Today's Word 11-20-25 Grow Through It · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: Ed your early morning praise party. I am Sherry Mackie
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  Speaker 1: and it's time right now for today's word. I'm encouraging
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  Speaker 1: you today, grow through it, Grow through it. If Esian
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  Speaker 1: six and ten says, be strong in the Lord and
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  Speaker 1: in the power of His might. You know there are
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  Speaker 1: moments in life when the same frustrations keep circling back around,
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  Speaker 1: like the same offense, the same person getting under your skin,
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  Speaker 1: the same habit pulling you backwards, the same trial draining
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  Speaker 1: you year after year. And if we're honest, it's easy
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  Speaker 1: to slip into negativity. It's easy to rehearse the hurt,
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  Speaker 1: to live in self pity, and to treat people the
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  Speaker 1: same way they treated us. It's easy to say, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: I'm tired of this. Why won't this situation change? But
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  Speaker 1: what if the real question is why don't you? What
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  Speaker 1: if the situation hasn't shifted because God is waiting to
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  Speaker 1: see how you respond to the situation. What if the
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  Speaker 1: challenge is not just an irritation but an invitation, an
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  Speaker 1: invitation to grow, an invitation to mature, an invitation to
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  Speaker 1: rise higher in strength and patience and spiritual power. Ephesians
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  Speaker 1: six and ten reminds us to be strong in the
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  Speaker 1: Lord and in his mighty power, which means his strength
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  Speaker 1: is not something we wait for, it's something that we
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  Speaker 1: walk in. Strength is a choice. Growth is a choice.
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  Speaker 1: Maturity is a choice. You know, sometimes God allows the
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  Speaker 1: same test to reappear because He's given us another chance
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  Speaker 1: to pass that test, another chance to respond differently, another
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  Speaker 1: chance to rise above what used to break us. Instead
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  Speaker 1: of reacting with anger, you could respond with grace. Instead
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  Speaker 1: of getting offended, you could choose peace. Instead of shrinking
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  Speaker 1: into self pity, you could step into victory and declare
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  Speaker 1: I am strong in the Lord. Instead of letting toxic
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  Speaker 1: behavior drag you down, you could let God lift you up.
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  Speaker 1: What if the breakthrough you've been praying for is on
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  Speaker 1: the other side of your growth. What if the blessing
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  Speaker 1: is waiting for you to mature beyond the things that
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  Speaker 1: used to steal your joy. You're not weak, you're not fragile,
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  Speaker 1: you're not defeated. You are a warrior in the spirit.
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  Speaker 1: You are equipped, you are empowered. You are backed by
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  Speaker 1: the strength of Heaven. You can do all things through Christ,
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  Speaker 1: who strengthens you. Not because everything around you changes, but
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  Speaker 1: because everything within you is changing. God wants to entrust
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  Speaker 1: you with more, more influence, more favor, more responsibility, more
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  Speaker 1: open doors. But favor and growth reques require character. They
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  Speaker 1: require discipline. They require the willingness to say, Lord, grow me,
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  Speaker 1: change me, strengthen me. I want to respond in your
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  Speaker 1: way and in a way that honors you. So instead
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  Speaker 1: of asking when will this stop? Ex Lord, what are
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  Speaker 1: you trying to grow me in this situation? When you
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  Speaker 1: make the choice to grow rather than to complain, to rise,
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  Speaker 1: rather than to react, to trust rather than to crumble,
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  Speaker 1: you step into a new level of spiritual strength. And
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  Speaker 1: that's when God says, now I can use you, Now
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  Speaker 1: I can bless you, Now I can promote you. This
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  Speaker 1: is your season, not just to go through it, but
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  Speaker 1: to grow through it. Father, God, thank you that we
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  Speaker 1: have the power to remain strong when circumstances and people
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  Speaker 1: try to defeat us. Thank You that we can change
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  Speaker 1: and grow through the challenges we face. Strengthen us God
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  Speaker 1: to respond in ways that honor you. God. We made
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  Speaker 1: up our minds that we can do all things through Christ,
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  Speaker 1: who strengthens us. In Jesus' name, that's your word for today,
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  Speaker 1: Take an applied to your everyday life, and you continue
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  Speaker 1: to be encouraged and inspired with me, your girl, Sherry
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  Speaker 1: Mackie