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Today's Word 03-20-26 There's a David Ahead · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: Answer early morning praise party. I am Sherry Mackie. In
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  Speaker 1: it's time before today's word. There's a David ahead. There's
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  Speaker 1: a David ahead. First Samuel sixteen and one says the
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  Speaker 1: Lord said to Samuel, how long will you mourn for Saul?
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  Speaker 1: Since I've rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your
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  Speaker 1: home with oil and be on your way. I'm sending
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  Speaker 1: you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of
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  Speaker 1: his sons to be king. You know, seasons of loss
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  Speaker 1: and disappointment can be difficult to move past. When something
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  Speaker 1: doesn't work out, whether it's a relationship and opportunity or
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  Speaker 1: a dream, we naturally want answers. We replay what happened,
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  Speaker 1: wondering what we could have done differently, questioning why things
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  Speaker 1: ended the way that they did. Well, that's exactly where
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  Speaker 1: the prophet Samuel found himself. He had invested time, energy
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  Speaker 1: and heart into care Saw. He believed in him, he
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  Speaker 1: anointed him. So when God rejected Saw because of his disobedience,
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  Speaker 1: it wasn't just a leadership change, it was personal. Samuel
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  Speaker 1: mourned deeply over what had been lost. But then God
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  Speaker 1: asked a powerful question, how long will you mourn. In
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  Speaker 1: other words, how long are you going to stay stuck
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  Speaker 1: in what used to be? When I have something new ahead.
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  Speaker 1: God wasn't dismissing Samuel's pain, He was redirecting his focus. See.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes in life God closes doors that we don't understand,
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  Speaker 1: and if we're not careful, we can spend too much
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  Speaker 1: time mourning what's behind us, holding on to what didn't work,
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  Speaker 1: what didn't last, and what we thought would be different.
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  Speaker 1: We keep revisiting the disappointment. We keep asking why we
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  Speaker 1: keep trying to reopen doors that God has already closed.
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  Speaker 1: But here's the truth. You can't step into what's if
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  Speaker 1: you're still holding on to what's over. Ah. See, God
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  Speaker 1: told Samuel to fill his horn with oil and be
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  Speaker 1: on his way. See that oil represented fresh purpose, fresh annointing,
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  Speaker 1: a new assignment. God was saying, I'm not finished with you.
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  Speaker 1: They're still more ahead and waiting. On the other side
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  Speaker 1: of Samuel's obedience was David, a new king, a new
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  Speaker 1: season and a new story. Well, the same is true
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  Speaker 1: for you. There may be a Saul in your life,
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  Speaker 1: a closed door, lost opportunity, a relationship that ended, or
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  Speaker 1: a season that didn't turn out The way you had hoped.
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  Speaker 1: It may have been painful, it may have made sense,
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  Speaker 1: not have made sense to you, But if God closed
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  Speaker 1: that door, it's because he has something better prepared. Don't
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  Speaker 1: put a question mark where God has already placed a period.
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  Speaker 1: Instead of staying stuck in what was, choose to move
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  Speaker 1: forward in faith. Fill your horn with oil, again your hope,
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  Speaker 1: restore your expectation, and prepare your heart for what's next. Because,
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  Speaker 1: just like Samuel, Oh, there's a day that ahead of you,
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  Speaker 1: a new opportunity, a new connection, a new season of
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  Speaker 1: joy and fulfillment that will exceed what you lost. So
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  Speaker 1: don't stay in mourning too long, get on up, move forward,
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  Speaker 1: and trust that what God has ahead of you is
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  Speaker 1: greater than what's behind. Father, thank you that even when
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  Speaker 1: we experience disappointment and loss, you are still working in
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  Speaker 1: our lives. Help us, God, to release what you've closed
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  Speaker 1: and to trust you with what's ahead. Give us the
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  Speaker 1: strength God to move forward in faith and to embrace
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  Speaker 1: the new season you have prepared for us. God, we
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  Speaker 1: believe that greater things are coming in Jesus' name. That's
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  Speaker 1: your word for today. Take an applied to your everyday life,
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  Speaker 1: and you continue to being couraged and inspired. Is your
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  Speaker 1: early morning praise party? I am Sherry Mackie