Latest / The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey / Today's Word 02-20-25 Let God Refine You
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- 0:00Speaker 1: I am Sherry Mackie at his time, right now. For
- 0:03Speaker 1: today's word, let God refine you. Two Timothy two twenty says,
- 0:10Speaker 1: but in a great house there are not only vessels
- 0:13Speaker 1: of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay,
- 0:17Speaker 1: some for honor and some for dishonor. And today's scripture,
- 0:23Speaker 1: the apostle Paul says that we can be and stay
- 0:26Speaker 1: vessels of wood and clay. That's fine, We're still God's creation.
- 0:32Speaker 1: We can live with these impurities and still make it
- 0:35Speaker 1: through life. But why in the world would we just
- 0:40Speaker 1: settle for good enough living within purities. M h. We
- 0:44Speaker 1: shouldn't be trying to make it through life or just
- 0:48Speaker 1: make it through life. God created us as masterpieces. We
- 0:52Speaker 1: should desire to be great, to see the greatness of
- 0:56Speaker 1: God put in that He put in our lives, become
- 0:59Speaker 1: vessel of gold use for his highest purpose. See that
- 1:05Speaker 1: happens when we keep letting God refine us, when we
- 1:09Speaker 1: keep dealing with what He brings to light in our lives.
- 1:13Speaker 1: You can't pray away every problem. You can't pray away
- 1:16Speaker 1: every mean person that's wronged you. You can't pray away
- 1:21Speaker 1: the delays in your schedule or the loved one who
- 1:23Speaker 1: gets on your last nerve. Those are test Guess what
- 1:31Speaker 1: they may not change, but guess what you can. You
- 1:34Speaker 1: can change A kid to becoming God's best is staying pliable,
- 1:39Speaker 1: to walk in humility, to be willing to change, to
- 1:42Speaker 1: allow Him to refine you. What can you do to
- 1:48Speaker 1: get along better in your relationships? What improvements can you
- 1:52Speaker 1: make in you? Don't pray for God to change somebody
- 1:57Speaker 1: else like your spouse, your boss, without first praying God,
- 2:02Speaker 1: show me where I need to change. Let God refine you. Father,
- 2:09Speaker 1: God to the name of Jesus, thank you for calling
- 2:13Speaker 1: us to be the best that we can be and
- 2:16Speaker 1: for the privilege of representing us vessels for your highest purpose.
- 2:21Speaker 1: Thank you that we can dedicate every area of our
- 2:25Speaker 1: lives to you and always be our best. Keep showing
- 2:29Speaker 1: us the things that we need to change, and give
- 2:32Speaker 1: us grace to do the changing. In Jesus' name. Now
- 2:36Speaker 1: that's your word for today. I want you to take
- 2:39Speaker 1: that word, apply it to your everyday life, and you
- 2:41Speaker 1: continue to be encouraged to and inspired. It's your early
- 2:44Speaker 1: morning praise party. I am Sherry Mackie