Latest / The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey / Daily Prayer 01-01-26
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- 0:00Speaker 1: Time for us to go to God in prayer, and
- 0:02Speaker 1: as always I ask that you join along with me
- 0:06Speaker 1: in prayer. And as we begin this brand new year,
- 0:11Speaker 1: I want to encourage you to have new beginnings with God.
- 0:16Speaker 2: And that's what I want to pray about.
- 0:18Speaker 1: Make sure all of your new beginnings begin with God,
- 0:21Speaker 1: having a father in the name of Jesus Christ. As
- 0:24Speaker 1: we step into this brand new year, we come before
- 0:27Speaker 1: you with grateful hearts and hopeful spirits. Thank you, God
- 0:31Speaker 1: for carrying us through every moment of the year, behind
- 0:33Speaker 1: us the joys we celebrated, the tears we cried, the
- 0:37Speaker 1: lessons God we learned, and even the strength you gave
- 0:41Speaker 1: when we didn't think.
- 0:42Speaker 2: We could make it.
- 0:43Speaker 1: Lord, We're still standing because of your grace.
- 0:47Speaker 2: Father.
- 0:48Speaker 1: As this new year begins, we place it wholly, completely, fully.
- 0:52Speaker 2: In your hands. God.
- 0:53Speaker 1: We surrender our plans, We surrender our expectations, We surrender
- 0:58Speaker 1: our fears and even our desire. We ask you to
- 1:01Speaker 1: go before us, ordering our steps, guarding our hearts, and
- 1:04Speaker 1: guiding our decisions. Let this year be marked not by
- 1:08Speaker 1: our own strength, but by our complete dependence on You. Lord,
- 1:13Speaker 1: heal what is still hurting from last year. Man broken relationships. God,
- 1:19Speaker 1: restore weary souls. Close doors God that no longer serve
- 1:23Speaker 1: Your purpose, and open doors in our lives.
- 1:25Speaker 2: God that only you can open.
- 1:27Speaker 1: Where there's been loss, Bring comfort, God where there's been disappointment,
- 1:32Speaker 1: Bring hope where there's been uncertainty. You bring peace. God, Father,
- 1:36Speaker 1: give us fresh vision for.
- 1:38Speaker 2: This new year.
- 1:39Speaker 1: Help us to walk in obedience, Help us to walk
- 1:41Speaker 1: in humility, Help us to walk in faith. Teach us
- 1:45Speaker 1: to trust You more deeply, love You God more freely,
- 1:49Speaker 1: forgive others more quickly, and live more intentionally. Let this
- 1:54Speaker 1: be a year God where our faith grows stronger. Let
- 1:57Speaker 1: this be a year God where our joy runs do.
- 2:00Speaker 1: Let this be a year where our lives reflect your
- 2:04Speaker 1: goodness to everyone we encounter. Lord, we thank you that
- 2:09Speaker 1: new beginnings are your specialty. Your word says your mercies
- 2:14Speaker 1: are new every morning, and today God, we receive those
- 2:17Speaker 1: mercies with open hearts. We step forward believing that the
- 2:21Speaker 1: same God who brought us through yesterday is already walking
- 2:26Speaker 1: with us.
- 2:27Speaker 2: Into our tomorrow.
- 2:28Speaker 1: So today, Father, we commit this brand new year to you.
- 2:32Speaker 2: God.
- 2:32Speaker 1: Let it be filled with your presence, guided by your wisdom,
- 2:35Speaker 1: and covered by your grace. No matter what comes God,
- 2:38Speaker 1: we're gonna trust you, we're gonna praise you, or we're
- 2:40Speaker 1: gonna follow you because our future is safe in your hands.
- 2:44Speaker 2: Thank you God that.
- 2:45Speaker 1: The steps of the righteous are ordered by you, and
- 2:49Speaker 1: we are the righteousness of God through Christ Jesus.
- 2:54Speaker 2: Thank you for ordering our steps.
- 2:55Speaker 1: God in Jesus' name, Amen, Amen, and Amen.