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Today's Word 03-05-26 Prepare in the Process · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: Nobody does it like your early morning praise party. I
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  Speaker 1: am a Sherry Mackie. It's time right now for today's word.
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  Speaker 1: Prepared in the process. Psalms one five nineteen says, until
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  Speaker 1: the time came to fulfill his dreams, the Lord tested
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  Speaker 1: Joseph's character. It's exciting when God gives you a dream,
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  Speaker 1: when he whispers promises about your future, greater influence, new opportunities,
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  Speaker 1: expanded territory.
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  Speaker 2: It fills you with hope.
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  Speaker 1: Like Joseph, you can almost see it, you can feel it,
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  Speaker 1: you know deep down that something.
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  Speaker 2: Significant is ahead.
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  Speaker 1: Joseph was just a teenager when God showed him that
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  Speaker 1: he would rise to leadership and that even his family
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  Speaker 1: would one day bow before him. It was a powerful
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  Speaker 1: glimpse into his destiny. But what Joseph didn't realize was
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  Speaker 1: that between the dream and the fulfillment would be a
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  Speaker 1: long season of testing. After the promise came the process,
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  Speaker 1: Joseph was portrayed by his own brothers, thrown into a pitch,
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  Speaker 1: sold into slavery, falsely accused.
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  Speaker 2: And imprisoned.
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  Speaker 1: Thirteen years passed before he stepped into that palace. Thirteen
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  Speaker 1: years of silence, thirteen years where it looked like the
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  Speaker 1: dream had died. But Psalms one O five tells us
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  Speaker 1: something so profound. The Lord tested Joseph's character. The testing
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  Speaker 1: wasn't random, It wasn't punishment. It was preparation, y'all. See,
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  Speaker 1: God will often test your character before he releases your calling.
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  Speaker 1: He'll test your integrity. Will you do the right thing
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  Speaker 1: when no one's watching. He'll test your endurance. Will you
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  Speaker 1: stay faithful when progress feels slow? He'll test your attitude?
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  Speaker 1: Will you become bitter when life feels unfair? He'll test
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  Speaker 1: your love? Will you treat people well even when they
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  Speaker 1: mistreat you. See, we love the dream, but we don't
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  Speaker 1: always like the development.
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  Speaker 2: Here's the truth.
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  Speaker 1: If God gave you the promise too soon without refining
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  Speaker 1: your character, the weight of it could crush you. See
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  Speaker 1: Influence without humility leads to pride. Oh my, I'm gonna
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  Speaker 1: say that one again. Influence without humility leads to pride.
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  Speaker 1: See favor without integrity leads to compromise. Success without endurance
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  Speaker 1: leads to collapse. See the testing season is God's mercy.
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  Speaker 1: He's strengthening you for what you prayed for. Maybe you're
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  Speaker 1: in your own thirteen years so to speak. It feels
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  Speaker 1: like you're doing the right thing, but nothing is moving.
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  Speaker 1: Doors aren't opening, Recognition isn't coming. It seems like you're
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  Speaker 1: overlooked and misunderstood. But don't mistake the silence for God's absence.
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  Speaker 1: God is working behind the scenes. He's shaping you into
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  Speaker 1: the kind of person who can sustain the blessing. Joseph
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  Speaker 1: didn't let the pit poison him. He didn't let the
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  Speaker 1: prison define him. He stayed faithful in small assignments. He
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  Speaker 1: was managing Potiphar's house, serving in the prison long.
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  Speaker 2: Before he managed a whole nation. And when the.
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  Speaker 1: Appointed time came, y'all, he was ready. See your response
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  Speaker 1: in this season. It matters how you handle delays, how
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  Speaker 1: you handle disappointments and detours. It's gonna determine how far
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  Speaker 1: you can go. If you stay faithful in the test,
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  Speaker 1: God will entrust you with the promise. The dream is
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  Speaker 1: still alive. But right now God may be more focused
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  Speaker 1: on who you are becoming than where you're going. Oh Father, God,
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  Speaker 1: thank you that you're testing seasons of our faith.
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  Speaker 2: They're not wasted.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for refining our character and strengthening our faith.
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  Speaker 1: Help us God to respond with integrity. Help us God
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  Speaker 1: to respond with patience and the right attitude. And even
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  Speaker 1: when we don't understand the process, God, we trust that
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  Speaker 1: you're preparing us for the fulfillment of every promise you
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  Speaker 1: placed in our hearts.
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  Speaker 2: In Jesus' name, that's your word for today.
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  Speaker 1: Take it applied to your everyday life, and you continue
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  Speaker 1: to be encouraged and inspired.
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  Speaker 2: It is your early morning praise party. I am Sherry Mackie.