Latest / The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey / Daily Prayer 07-24-26
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- 0:00Speaker 1: I am Sherry Mackie, and it's time right now for
- 0:03Speaker 1: us to go to God in prayer. And as always
- 0:06Speaker 1: I invite you to join along with me in prayer.
- 0:09Speaker 1: I thank God that he promises in our lives to
- 0:12Speaker 1: make all things brand new. Heavenly Father, Today we come
- 0:17Speaker 1: before you with hearts full of hope, believing in the
- 0:20Speaker 1: promise of your word that you are making all things new. Lord.
- 0:24Speaker 1: Some of us are standing in places that look nothing
- 0:27Speaker 1: like what we imagine. We've experienced loss, disappointment, heartbreak, failure, rejection,
- 0:35Speaker 1: and seasons that have left us wondering if we'll ever
- 0:38Speaker 1: feel whole again. But today, Father, we choose to believe
- 0:42Speaker 1: that our story is not over. Lord. You are the
- 0:45Speaker 1: God of restoration. You are the god who takes broken
- 0:48Speaker 1: pieces and creates something beautiful. You take ashes and you
- 0:52Speaker 1: bring beauty. You take mourning and you bring joy. You
- 0:55Speaker 1: take what looks like in ending and you use it
- 0:58Speaker 1: as the beginning of something new. Father, make all things
- 1:01Speaker 1: new in us. Make our hearts new. Where disappointment has
- 1:04Speaker 1: made us better, Give us hope again, where betrayal has
- 1:08Speaker 1: made us afraid to trust, Teach us to love again.
- 1:11Speaker 1: Where grief has left us empty, Who fill us with
- 1:15Speaker 1: your comforting presence where shame has kept us hiding. Remind
- 1:19Speaker 1: us that we are covered by your grace. Lord, make
- 1:23Speaker 1: our minds new, renew our thoughts, break the cycle of
- 1:26Speaker 1: negative thinking, fear, anxiety, and self doubt. Help us to
- 1:30Speaker 1: stop defining ourselves by what happened to us, and began
- 1:33Speaker 1: seeing ourselves through your eyes. Let us believe again that
- 1:37Speaker 1: we are worthy of love, capable of purpose, and still
- 1:40Speaker 1: call by you. Father. Make our families new. Restore broken relationships,
- 1:44Speaker 1: He'll old wolves. Rebuild trust where it's been damaged. Bring
- 1:48Speaker 1: reconciliation where it is your will. Let forgiveness flow through
- 1:53Speaker 1: our homes, and let peace replace conflict. Lord, make our
- 1:56Speaker 1: dreams new again. Revive the gifts and the desires you
- 1:59Speaker 1: place on the inside of us. Breathe life into our
- 2:02Speaker 1: dreams we buried because we were disappointed. Give us the
- 2:06Speaker 1: courage to believe again, in the wisdom to recognize the
- 2:09Speaker 1: new doors that You're opening in our lives. And Father,
- 2:12Speaker 1: we declare by faith. We declare that our past will
- 2:15Speaker 1: not have a final word. We declare that our failures
- 2:18Speaker 1: will not define us. We declare that our losses will
- 2:21Speaker 1: not destroy us. We declare that God is making all
- 2:25Speaker 1: things new. We declare that what was broken can be restored.
- 2:29Speaker 1: We declare that what was lost can be redeemed. We
- 2:32Speaker 1: declare that what looked like an ending can become a
- 2:36Speaker 1: new beginning. We declare that our best days are not
- 2:38Speaker 1: behind us, because our God is still writing our story. Father,
- 2:42Speaker 1: help us recognize the new things that you're doing, even
- 2:46Speaker 1: when it doesn't look like what we expect. Give us
- 2:49Speaker 1: faith to embrace new seasons, courage to release old ones,
- 2:52Speaker 1: and wisdom to trust your timing. Thank you, Lord that
- 2:56Speaker 1: you specialize in new beginnings. Thank you that your mercy
- 3:00Speaker 1: are new every morning. Thank you that, because of Jesus Christ,
- 3:03Speaker 1: we are new creations, the oldest passed away, and you're
- 3:06Speaker 1: doing something new. Oh God, Today we surrender our past,
- 3:10Speaker 1: our pain, and our disappointment, and even our fears. We
- 3:13Speaker 1: make room for what you're bringing next. We believe your Lord,
- 3:17Speaker 1: We trust your Lord, and we declare with confidence that
- 3:20Speaker 1: You're making all things new and a mighty, restoring and
- 3:23Speaker 1: matchless name of Jesus. Amen, Amen, and Amen,