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Today's Word 06-15-26 When God Says Not This Door · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: It's your early body praise party. I am Sherry Mackie.
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  Speaker 1: It's time right now for today's word. When God says,
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  Speaker 1: not this door Psalms one, nineteen seventy one says, my
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  Speaker 1: troubles turned out all for the best. They forced me
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  Speaker 1: to learn from your textbook. Few things are more difficult
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  Speaker 1: than dealing with a closed door. We pray, we believe,
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  Speaker 1: we work hard, and expect things to unfold a certain way.
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  Speaker 1: Then suddenly the opportunity disappears, the relationship ends, the promotion
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  Speaker 1: doesn't happen, the dream seems delayed. In those moments, is
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  Speaker 1: easy to become discouraged and wonder God, why did this happen.
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  Speaker 1: What we often fail to realize is that a closed
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  Speaker 1: door is not always a sign of God's disfavor. Sometimes
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  Speaker 1: it is one of the highest acts of protection and direction.
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  Speaker 1: Looking back over your life, there have probably been things
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  Speaker 1: you desperately wanted that never happened. At the time, you
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  Speaker 1: may have been disappointed or even heartbroken. But now, with
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  Speaker 1: the benefit of hindsight, you can see God's wisdom. Had
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  Speaker 1: that door opened, you might have missed something far better.
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  Speaker 1: God sees what we can't see. We see the immediate opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: He sees the long term impact. We see today's disappointment,
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  Speaker 1: he sees tomorrow's breakthrough. We see what we're losing. He
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  Speaker 1: sees what we're about to gain. See the Psalm Is
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  Speaker 1: understood this when he wrote that this trouble turned out
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  Speaker 1: for the best because they taught him lessons he could
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  Speaker 1: not have learned any other way. See, some lessons only
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  Speaker 1: come through waiting. Some growth only comes through disappointment. Some
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  Speaker 1: doors have to close so that we discover strength, gifts,
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  Speaker 1: and opportunities we never knew existed. The challenge is trusting
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  Speaker 1: God while the door is still close. Faith says, even
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  Speaker 1: though I don't understand this season, I trust the one
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  Speaker 1: who is leading me through it. If a relationship ended,
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  Speaker 1: God is not run out of the people. If an
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  Speaker 1: opportunity disappeared, God is not run out of opportunities. If
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  Speaker 1: a dream has been delayed, God is not abandoned what
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  Speaker 1: he purpose for your life. So remember God is the
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  Speaker 1: doorkeeper of your destiny. No person can permanently block what
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  Speaker 1: God is or dane for you, and no closed door
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  Speaker 1: can stop his plan from being fulfilled. So don't spend
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  Speaker 1: your energy trying to force open what God has closed.
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  Speaker 1: Instay it trusts that He is God in your steps.
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  Speaker 1: What feels like a setback today may become one of
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  Speaker 1: the greatest blessings of your life tomorrow. Stay in faith,
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  Speaker 1: stay hopeful, stay open to God's leading. One day you'll
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  Speaker 1: look back and think him for the doors he didn't
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  Speaker 1: let you walk through. O Father, thank you for being
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  Speaker 1: the doorkeeper of our lives, even when we don't understand
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  Speaker 1: why certain doors close, that you are directing our steps
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  Speaker 1: according to your perfect plan. Help us to release disappointments,
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  Speaker 1: let go of what was not meant for us in
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  Speaker 1: the first place, and believe that you have something better ahead.
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  Speaker 1: Oh God, we trust that every closed door is making
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  Speaker 1: way for the right door in your perfect timing in
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  Speaker 1: our lives. In Jesus' name, Now 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. It's your early what he
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  Speaker 1: praise Farnie. I am Sherry Mackie.