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Today's Word 12-10-25 Leave it at the Door · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: It's 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. Leave it
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  Speaker 1: at the door, Leave it at the door. Psalm thirty
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  Speaker 1: four to six says this poor man cried, and the
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  Speaker 1: Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.
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  Speaker 1: You know, life brings stress, deadlines, frustrations, and moments that
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  Speaker 1: weigh heavily on our hearts. We deal with people who
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  Speaker 1: misunderstand us, responsibilities that stretch us, and circumstances that seem
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  Speaker 1: beyond our control. But God never intended for us to
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  Speaker 1: carry the weight of the world on our shoulders, especially
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  Speaker 1: not in the place that should refresh and restore us,
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  Speaker 1: our homes. Your home is meant to be a refuge,
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  Speaker 1: a safe place, a sanctuary where God's peace dwells. Yet
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  Speaker 1: many of us walk through the front door carrying every
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  Speaker 1: thing we picked up throughout the day, the pressure, the offense,
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  Speaker 1: the irritation, the disappointment, the worry, and without meaning to,
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  Speaker 1: we allow what happened out there to steal the joy,
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  Speaker 1: the harmony, and the rest within our own walls. There's
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  Speaker 1: a story of a man who kept a small potted
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  Speaker 1: tree beside his back door. Every evening, just before he
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  Speaker 1: walked inside, he would pause and he would touch the
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  Speaker 1: branches of the tree. One day, a friend asked the man,
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  Speaker 1: why were you doing that. The man smiled and he said,
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  Speaker 1: this is my trouble tree. I leave all my troubles
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  Speaker 1: on this tree before I walk into my house. I
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  Speaker 1: refuse to let the stress of the world follow me inside.
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  Speaker 1: I hang it here and then God handles it. Oh
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  Speaker 1: what a powerful picture. It doesn't mean the problems magically disappear.
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  Speaker 1: Means we make a choice to trust God with whatever
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  Speaker 1: we can't fix, and protect the atmosphere of our home
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  Speaker 1: with intentional joy. Come on, Jesus, are you carrying things
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  Speaker 1: you were never meant to carry? Are you bringing home
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  Speaker 1: frustrations that steal peace from your family? Are you allowing
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  Speaker 1: daily stress to shape your mood, your words, or your environment.
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  Speaker 1: You may not have a physical tree outside your door,
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  Speaker 1: but you can have a spiritual one, a place where
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  Speaker 1: you prayerfully leave every burden with God. Before you walk
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  Speaker 1: into your home, you need to pause and say, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: I release the stress, the worry, the heaviness, and the frustration.
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  Speaker 1: I leave it with you. My home is my place
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  Speaker 1: of peace. I will have peace in my home. Psalms
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  Speaker 1: thirty four reminds us that when we cry out, the
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  Speaker 1: Lord hears and saves us out of all of our troubles,
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  Speaker 1: not some, not the ones we can fix, all of
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  Speaker 1: our troubles. He's your burden bearer, he's your problem solver.
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  Speaker 1: He is your rest and your refuge. So today make
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  Speaker 1: a decision to leave it at the door, leave your home,
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  Speaker 1: and let your home be a place where joy lives,
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  Speaker 1: love flows, and God's peace rules and rains. Oh Father God,
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  Speaker 1: thank you that no matter our circumstances, we don't have
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  Speaker 1: to live stressed out or carrying our burdens into the
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  Speaker 1: place where our family needs our best. Thank you that
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  Speaker 1: you are a very present help in trouble, and that
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  Speaker 1: we can leave every worry and concern with you. We
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  Speaker 1: choose joy, we choose peace and gratitude. You are our
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  Speaker 1: refuge and our strength. In Jesus' name. Hey, that's your
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  Speaker 1: word for today. Take it applied to your everyday life,
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  Speaker 1: and you continue to be encouraged and inspired. Here on
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  Speaker 1: your early morning praise party with me, your girl, Sherry Mackie.
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  Speaker 1: As you leave it at the door,