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Today's Word 08-20-25 Test the Spirit · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: I am Sherry mackew of your early mody praise party,
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  Speaker 1: and it's time right now for today's word.
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  Speaker 2: Test the spirit. Test the spirit. First.
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  Speaker 1: John four and one says, dear friends, do not believe
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  Speaker 1: every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they
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  Speaker 1: are from God, because many false prophets have gone out
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  Speaker 1: into the world. When God has given you direction for
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  Speaker 1: your life, don't let people talk you out of it.
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  Speaker 1: If God wants you to do something, he'll tell you.
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  Speaker 1: And once he tells you, you don't have to go
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  Speaker 1: and act someone else' their opinion or thought about what
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  Speaker 1: God has clearly instructed you to do. You don't have
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  Speaker 1: to rely on someone else to hear from God for you.
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  Speaker 1: He'll speak to you directly and clearly. He said in
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  Speaker 1: John ten twenty seven twenty eight. My sheep listened to
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  Speaker 1: my voice.
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  Speaker 2: I know them.
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  Speaker 1: They follow me. I give them eternal life, and they
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  Speaker 1: will never perish. No one can notch them away from me.
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  Speaker 2: Here's the key.
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  Speaker 1: Everyone is not who they say they are. That's why
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  Speaker 1: desernment is so important, and that's where deserment comes in.
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  Speaker 1: Today's scripture says, to test the spirits, look at their life.
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  Speaker 1: What is a track record. Do they have good fruit?
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  Speaker 1: Are there other people who can vouch for them? Is
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  Speaker 1: their life going in the direction you want yours to
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  Speaker 1: go in or the way that the Lord is leading You.
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  Speaker 1: Don't get caught up in titles, don't get caught up
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  Speaker 1: in their charisma or how they articulate.
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  Speaker 2: You have to go beyond face value.
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  Speaker 1: Listen to what you're feeling on the inside, that Holy
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  Speaker 1: Spirit inner knowing that functioning from God. You know how
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  Speaker 1: people say I just felt something, you know something on
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  Speaker 1: me inside said, that's the Holy Spirit. I know. I
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  Speaker 1: know they may look and sound the part. But if
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  Speaker 1: you feel an uneasiness and unrest, something saying it's not right,
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  Speaker 1: that's the Holy Spirit warning you, so don't ignore it.
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  Speaker 1: That's the spirit of desertmed helping you to know things
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  Speaker 1: that you can't see in the natural. In the natural,
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  Speaker 1: you can't see motives. In the natural, you can't see intentions.
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  Speaker 1: But you know what your Heavenly Father can, so be
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  Speaker 1: led by him. Test their spirit to see if it's
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  Speaker 1: of God. When you put your trust in God, when
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  Speaker 1: you seek wisdom, and God is from him. Because of
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  Speaker 1: the integrity of your heart, God will keep you from
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  Speaker 1: making a mistake. Father, God, thank you for giving us
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  Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit to be our helper, our counselor, and
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  Speaker 1: our God.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you that you've promised to lead us on the
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  Speaker 2: right path.
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  Speaker 1: Help us, God, to be descerning of any distracting voices.
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  Speaker 1: Help us to be sensitive to hear how you're speaking
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  Speaker 1: to us.
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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 to and inspired.
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  Speaker 1: It's your early morning praise party. I am Sherry Mackie.