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Today's Word 09-16-25 Choosing to Believe the Best · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: It's your early morning praise party.
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  Speaker 2: I am Sherry Mackie, and it's time right now for
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  Speaker 2: today's word.
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  Speaker 1: Choosing to believe the best.
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  Speaker 2: First Corinthians thirteen and seven says love bears up under
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  Speaker 2: anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe
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  Speaker 2: the best of every person. It hopes are fadeless under
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  Speaker 2: all circumstances, and it endures everything without weakening.
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  Speaker 1: Believing the best about people.
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  Speaker 2: Is one of the most powerful steps that we can
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  Speaker 2: take in the process of forgiveness.
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  Speaker 1: When someone hurts or.
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  Speaker 2: Offends us, our natural reaction is often to assume the worst,
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  Speaker 2: and as human beings, we can be quick to judge,
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  Speaker 2: quick to imagine motives, and quick to take offense. But
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  Speaker 2: many times the hurt we feel is not because someone
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  Speaker 2: deliberately mental wound us, is because we misinterpreted their actions
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  Speaker 2: or assumed intent that was not there. Scripture reminds us
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  Speaker 2: in First Corinthians thirteen that love always protect, love always trust,
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  Speaker 2: love always hopes, love always perseveres, Love gives the benefit
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  Speaker 2: of the doubt. Love chooses to believe the best. When
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  Speaker 2: we discipline our minds to focus on what is good, noble,
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  Speaker 2: and true, we began to see others through the lens
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  Speaker 2: of grace rather than suspicion. Choosing to believe the best
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  Speaker 2: doesn't mean pretending people never make mistakes. It means recognizing
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  Speaker 2: that we all have flaws, but we also all have value.
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  Speaker 1: It means remembering.
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  Speaker 2: That just as we hope others will extend grace to
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  Speaker 2: us when we fall short, we should extend that same
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  Speaker 2: grace to them. Instead of letting negative thoughts spiral and
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  Speaker 2: create division, we can choose thoughts that lead to peace, unity,
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  Speaker 2: and stronger relationships. Yes, there will still be times when
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  Speaker 2: people disappoint us, but in those moments we have a choice.
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  Speaker 2: We can hold on to a fence, or we can
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  Speaker 2: get over it by releasing it to God.
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  Speaker 1: We can believe the worst.
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  Speaker 2: And walk in bitterness, or we can believe the best
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  Speaker 2: and keep our joy. When we choose the latter, not
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  Speaker 2: only do our relationships improve, but our hearts remain free
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  Speaker 2: and our days are filled with greater peace. Lord Jesus,
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  Speaker 2: help us to believe the best about others.
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  Speaker 1: Even when it's hard.
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  Speaker 2: Teach us to see people through the eyes of love,
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  Speaker 2: through the eyes of grace. Renew our minds with your truth,
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  Speaker 2: and free us God from suspicion from offense and negative thinking.
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  Speaker 2: Let our hearts remain us at peace as we walk
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  Speaker 2: and forgiveness and choose to extend the same mercy that
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  Speaker 2: you've shown to us in Jesus' name.
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  Speaker 1: That's your word for today.
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  Speaker 2: Take it applied to your everyday life, and you continue
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  Speaker 2: to be in cursed and inspired. It's your early morning
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  Speaker 2: praise party. I am Sherry Mackie.