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Today's Word 09-23-26 Believe God Beyond What You See · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: It's your early morning praise party. I am Sherri Mackey
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  Speaker 1: and it's time right now for today's word. Believe God
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  Speaker 1: beyond what you see. Luke 1 42 and then 45
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  Speaker 1: in the New Living Translation says, Elizabeth gave a glad
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  Speaker 1: cry and exclaimed to Mary, God has blessed you above
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  Speaker 1: all women and your child is blessed. You are blessed
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  Speaker 1: because you believe that the Lord would do what he said. Y'all,
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  Speaker 1: there is power in believing God, even when he has
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  Speaker 1: promised something that seemed impossible. When the angel Gabriel appeared
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  Speaker 1: to Mary, he told her that she was highly favored
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  Speaker 1: and that she would give birth to the Savior of
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  Speaker 1: the world. Now, I want you to think about that thing.
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  Speaker 1: Mary was given a promise that was bigger than her understanding,
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  Speaker 1: bigger than her circumstances, and bigger than anything she could
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  Speaker 1: have planned for herself. And what did she do? She
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  Speaker 1: believed God. She could have questioned the promise. She could
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  Speaker 1: have focused on the impossibility. She could have allowed fear, doubt,
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  Speaker 1: or the opinions of others to talk her out of
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  Speaker 1: what God has spoken. But instead, Mary surrendered her will
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  Speaker 1: and said, in essence, God, I agree. Let it happen
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  Speaker 1: according to your word. And when Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth,
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  Speaker 1: Elizabeth declared, you are blessed. Because you believe that the
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  Speaker 1: Lord would do what he said. Oh, what a powerful reminder.
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  Speaker 1: Mary's blessing was connected to her willingness to believe God
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  Speaker 1: before she could see the promise fulfilled. Now, I want
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  Speaker 1: to encourage you today. Don't allow your circumstances to talk
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  Speaker 1: you out of trusting God. You may be facing a
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  Speaker 1: situation that looks impossible. You may be waiting for a breakthrough,
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  Speaker 1: praying for restoration, believing for provision, or trusting God for direction.
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  Speaker 1: And while you wait, doubt may try to convince you
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  Speaker 1: that nothing is going to change, but your circumstances are
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  Speaker 1: not greater than God's power. Faith doesn't mean you ignore reality.
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  Speaker 1: Faith means you refuse to believe that what you see
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  Speaker 1: is the final word when God is still working. So
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  Speaker 1: you dare to pray bold prayers, dare to believe that
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  Speaker 1: God can open doors that you can't open, dare to
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  Speaker 1: trust him with your dreams, your opportunities, your healing, your restoration,
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  Speaker 1: and your purpose. And remember, believing God does not mean
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  Speaker 1: that everything will happen according to our preferred timelines or
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  Speaker 1: in the exact way that we imagine. It means that
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  Speaker 1: we trust God's character. We trust his wisdom. We trust
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  Speaker 1: his promises even while we wait. Y'all, God is faithful.
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  Speaker 1: His word is trustworthy and you can place your future
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  Speaker 1: in his hands. So lift your head, strengthen your faith
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  Speaker 1: and keep on praying. Keep on believing. You may not
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  Speaker 1: know how, you may not know when, but you can
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  Speaker 1: trust God to accomplish his purpose, his way and in
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  Speaker 1: his time. Don't let Fear make you abandon your faith.
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  Speaker 1: Believe God beyond what you see. Oh, Father God, thank
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  Speaker 1: you for your promises and for the example of Mary
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  Speaker 1: who believed you even when she couldn't understand everything you
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  Speaker 1: were doing. Help us to trust your word when circumstances
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  Speaker 1: challenge our faith. Remove doubt, God. Remove fear and discouragement
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  Speaker 1: from our hearts. Teach us to pray boldly, wait patiently,
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  Speaker 1: and surrender our plans to your wisdom. Oh, God, help
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  Speaker 1: us to believe that no word from you will fail.
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  Speaker 1: Strengthen our faith in God, our steps, according to your will,
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  Speaker 1: in Jesus' name. Now, that's your word for today. Take it,
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  Speaker 1: apply it to your everyday life, and you continue to
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  Speaker 1: be encouraged and inspired. It is your early morning praise party.
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  Speaker 1: I am Sherri Mackey.