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Today's Word 05-05-26 Don't Settle in the Valley · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: It's your early morny prains party. I am Sherry Mackie.
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  Speaker 1: It's time right now for today's word. Don't you settle
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  Speaker 1: in the valley. Don't settle in the valley. Philippians three
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  Speaker 1: fourteen says I press all toward the goal for the
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  Speaker 1: prize of the upward calling of God in Christ Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: You know, life has a way of leading us through
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  Speaker 1: places we never plan to go, Valleys filled with uncertainty, disappointment.
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  Speaker 2: And delay.
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  Speaker 1: There are the moments what progress feels slow, when prayers
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  Speaker 1: seem unanswered. In what it's tempting to believe that where
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  Speaker 1: you are is where you'll always be. But the truth is,
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  Speaker 1: valleys are not destinations, they're passages. David reminds us in
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  Speaker 1: Psalms twenty three that even in the darkest valley he
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  Speaker 1: was walking through, he didn't stop, He didn't build a
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  Speaker 1: life there. He kept moving with confidence, knowing that God
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  Speaker 1: was with him every step of the way. See that's
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  Speaker 1: the posture we're called to have, not settling, not surrendering
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  Speaker 1: to discouragement, but pressing forward with faith. It's in the middle,
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  Speaker 1: you know, those in between seasons where many lose heart.
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  Speaker 1: You may have started with excitement and vision, and you
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  Speaker 1: believe in the promise of what's ahead. But the middle
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  Speaker 1: can feel like a test of endurance. It's where doubt
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  Speaker 1: whispers the loudest, and where giving up can seem like
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  Speaker 1: the easiest option. But God is not only present at
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  Speaker 1: the beginning of your journey or waiting at the finish line.
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  Speaker 1: He is actively walking in the middle with you. You
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  Speaker 1: may feel like your resources are low, the connections are
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  Speaker 1: not there, or the qualifications to reach what you've placed
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  Speaker 1: in God's hands are not there. But God has never
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  Speaker 1: been limited by what you don't have.
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  Speaker 2: He is the one that created you.
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  Speaker 1: He plays within you everything necessary to fulfill your purpose.
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  Speaker 2: The strength, the resilience, the wisdom.
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  Speaker 1: It's already there, and He will bring it out of
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  Speaker 1: you at just the right time. So when the pressure
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  Speaker 1: rises and the path feels long, you need to dig again,
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  Speaker 1: dig your heels in, remind yourself that this is not
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  Speaker 1: your final place.
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  Speaker 2: Speak life over your situation.
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  Speaker 1: Declare that the valley is temporary, but God's promise is permanent.
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  Speaker 1: Every challenge you face is not a road block, it's
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  Speaker 1: a stepping stone. It's shaping you, it's strengthening you. It's
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  Speaker 1: preparing you for what's ahead. So press so one, even
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  Speaker 1: when it's hard, even when you don't understand, keep moving forward.
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  Speaker 2: Trusting that God is God.
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  Speaker 1: In your steps and that the prize of his upward
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  Speaker 1: calling is still before you. Father, God, thank you that
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  Speaker 1: you are with us in every season, at the beginning,
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  Speaker 1: in the middle, and even at the finish line. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you for giving us to keep moving forward even when
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  Speaker 1: the path is difficult.
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  Speaker 2: Help us not to settle in.
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  Speaker 1: The valley, but to trust that you are leading us,
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  Speaker 1: that you are guiding us through the valley. God, we
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  Speaker 1: declare that no obstacle will stop us from reaching our
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  Speaker 1: purpose that you have for our lives.
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  Speaker 2: In Jesus' name. Now that's your word for today.
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  Speaker 1: I want you to take that apply to your everyday
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  Speaker 1: life and you continue to be encouraged at and inspired.
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  Speaker 1: Don't you dare sell it? Settle in the valley at
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  Speaker 1: Charley what he Praise Party? I am Sherry MACKI