Latest / The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey / Daily Prayer 08-20-26
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- 0:00Speaker 1: I am Sherry Mackie.
- 0:01Speaker 2: At it's time for us to go to God in prayer,
- 0:04Speaker 2: and as always I invite you to join along with
- 0:07Speaker 2: me in prayer. And today, if you don't mind, I
- 0:11Speaker 2: want to lift up the men today who are carrying
- 0:14Speaker 2: the weight of responsibility Heavenly Father, Today we lift up
- 0:19Speaker 2: every man today who's carrying the weight of responsibility on
- 0:23Speaker 2: his shoulders. Lord, you know the pressure that their brothers
- 0:26Speaker 2: carry the responsibility to provide, to protect, to lead, to
- 0:30Speaker 2: make decisions, to solve problems, and.
- 0:32Speaker 1: Be strong for the people who depend on them. Father.
- 0:36Speaker 2: Some men are carrying financial pressure. Some are trying to
- 0:40Speaker 2: keep their businesses to flow. Some are worried about their
- 0:42Speaker 2: children's future. Some are caring for aging parents. Some are
- 0:46Speaker 2: dealing with challenges in their marriages, their careers, health, or ministries.
- 0:50Speaker 2: And some are carrying burdens they haven't told anybody about. Lord,
- 0:54Speaker 2: you know the man who says I got it, when
- 0:57Speaker 2: deep down inside he's wondering how much long he can
- 1:00Speaker 2: keep going. Father, remind him today that he doesn't have
- 1:04Speaker 2: to carry everything by himself. You are his provider, You
- 1:08Speaker 2: are his strength, You are his wisdom, You are his refuge.
- 1:11Speaker 2: You are his defender. Lord, when he doesn't know what
- 1:15Speaker 2: to do. Give him wisdom when the pressure is too heavy.
- 1:18Speaker 2: Give him strength when the decisions are difficult. Give him
- 1:20Speaker 2: clarity when the money is type. Provide when his family
- 1:24Speaker 2: needs direction. Order his steps. God, Father, take away the
- 1:27Speaker 2: pressure to be perfect. Remind him that being a strong
- 1:30Speaker 2: man doesn't mean he never struggles. It means he knows
- 1:33Speaker 2: where to turn when he does. Teach him that it's
- 1:36Speaker 2: okay to say I need help. Give him the humility
- 1:40Speaker 2: to receive support and the wisdom to surround himself with
- 1:43Speaker 2: people who will pray for him, encourage.
- 1:45Speaker 1: Him, and speak truth and to his life.
- 1:47Speaker 2: Lord, he'll the places where disappointment has made him silent.
- 1:50Speaker 2: Heal the wounds he is hidden behind responsibility hell, the rejection,
- 1:54Speaker 2: the failure, the loss and frustration he may never have
- 1:58Speaker 2: talked about. Given permission, God to rest, Give him permission
- 2:01Speaker 2: God to Breathe. Give him permission to release what is
- 2:05Speaker 2: never his to carry. Father, Protect his mind from anxiety
- 2:09Speaker 2: and discouragement.
- 2:10Speaker 1: Protect his heart from bitterness. Protect him from.
- 2:13Speaker 2: The temptation to escape through unhealthy relationships and addictions or
- 2:17Speaker 2: destructive behaviors. Give him healthy ways to profess what he's carrying,
- 2:22Speaker 2: and Lord, remind him that his worth is not measured
- 2:25Speaker 2: by his paycheck, by his position, by his possessions.
- 2:28Speaker 1: Or how much he can accomplish.
- 2:29Speaker 2: His words comes from you today, God, we declare over
- 2:33Speaker 2: every man listening. You are not alone, You are not forgotten.
- 2:36Speaker 2: You are not a failure, You are not defeated.
- 2:39Speaker 1: You have not been abandoned. God is with you.
- 2:41Speaker 2: God is strengthening you. God is providing for you. God
- 2:44Speaker 2: is ordering yourselves. God is giving you wisdom for every decision.
- 2:48Speaker 2: And what you cannot handle in your own strength, God
- 2:52Speaker 2: can handle.
- 2:53Speaker 1: Father.
- 2:53Speaker 2: Let these men lead from a place of peace rather
- 2:56Speaker 2: than pressure. Let them provide without destroying themselves. Let them
- 3:00Speaker 2: protect without living in fear. Let them lead with humility, love, wisdom,
- 3:05Speaker 2: and integrity.
- 3:06Speaker 1: Strengthen their homes.
- 3:07Speaker 2: God, strengthen their marriages, Strengthen their relationships with their children.
- 3:11Speaker 2: Strengthen their businesses and their careers. Strengthen their faith. And
- 3:15Speaker 2: when they become weary, remind them.
- 3:17Speaker 1: Of your word.
- 3:18Speaker 2: Come to me, all you who are weary and burden,
- 3:21Speaker 2: and I will give you rest. Father, we place every
- 3:24Speaker 2: burden at your feet. Be their strength. When their strength
- 3:28Speaker 2: runs out, be their wisdom when they don't have the answers.
- 3:31Speaker 2: Be their provision God when there just simply isn't enough,
- 3:34Speaker 2: Be their peace when everything around them feels uncertain. And
- 3:39Speaker 2: let every man listening know that he doesn't have to
- 3:42Speaker 2: carry the weight of the world when he has a
- 3:44Speaker 2: God who holds the world in his hands in the
- 3:47Speaker 2: mighty strengthening providing in faithful name of Jesus.
- 3:50Speaker 1: We pray Amen, Amen and Amen.