Latest / The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey / Prayer 02-11-25
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- 0:00Speaker 1: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning. It is time for
- 0:02Speaker 1: us to go to God in prayer. I am Sherry Mackie.
- 0:06Speaker 1: And this morning, as we get ready to go to
- 0:08Speaker 1: God in prayer, you know, if we will be honest,
- 0:11Speaker 1: if we can just be honest with ourselves for a moment.
- 0:14Speaker 1: Sometimes we're our own worst problem. We are guilty and
- 0:20Speaker 1: our thoughts are negative. We self sabotage, We speak negativity
- 0:26Speaker 1: out of our mouths. Sometimes we're our own worst enemy
- 0:30Speaker 1: with our attitudes and our actions. Heavenly Father, in the
- 0:35Speaker 1: name of Jesus Christ, we come before you today, God,
- 0:39Speaker 1: just being honest before you, knowing that sometimes God, our
- 0:42Speaker 1: biggest battlem that we face every single day is with us. Lord,
- 0:47Speaker 1: we confess that at times we are our own hindrance God.
- 0:50Speaker 1: Our thoughts, our decisions, our fears, our choices, God have
- 0:55Speaker 1: created obstacles in our lives. God, we feel stuck, we
- 0:59Speaker 1: feel overwhelmed, we feel uncertain, and we need your help. God.
- 1:04Speaker 1: We want to be free. And you said whom the
- 1:06Speaker 1: son sets free is free. Indeed, Lord, you know our hearts,
- 1:10Speaker 1: You understand the battles that we fight with them. You
- 1:14Speaker 1: know our struggles with doubt, our tendencies to make mistakes
- 1:18Speaker 1: and our inability to let go of things that weigh
- 1:21Speaker 1: us down. But God, we trust that you are the
- 1:24Speaker 1: God who were deems, who were stores, who delivers You
- 1:26Speaker 1: are the God who makes all things new. Even us, God,
- 1:31Speaker 1: regardless of our hurts and our pains and our traumas
- 1:35Speaker 1: from the past. God, you know how to heal us
- 1:37Speaker 1: and make us hold God, we no longer want those
- 1:40Speaker 1: things to hold us captive and hold us bound and
- 1:43Speaker 1: keep us from living the lives God that you created
- 1:46Speaker 1: and destined us to live. God, we ask for your
- 1:49Speaker 1: forgiveness for the ways that we've allowed ourselves to become
- 1:52Speaker 1: entangled in our own shortcomings. God, we bring before you
- 1:56Speaker 1: all of our fears, all of our insecurities, God, all
- 2:00Speaker 1: of our doubts, those things that have held us back. Lord,
- 2:03Speaker 1: we've acts that you deliver us from our own self sabotage. God,
- 2:07Speaker 1: free us from negative patterns, from wrong thinking, and the
- 2:11Speaker 1: destructive behaviors that keep us bound. Father, give us the
- 2:15Speaker 1: strength to surrender our will to your will. Help us
- 2:18Speaker 1: God to trust your guidance. Even God, when in me
- 2:21Speaker 1: stepping outside of our comfort zone and letting go of control. God,
- 2:25Speaker 1: remove any pride, remove any stubbornness inside of us that
- 2:29Speaker 1: holds us back from fully embracing your deliverance. Help us,
- 2:32Speaker 1: God to see ourselves as you see us. Help us
- 2:35Speaker 1: to see ourselves as loved, as valued, as more than conquerors,
- 2:39Speaker 1: as over commerce. God, through your power, Lord, we pray
- 2:43Speaker 1: for healing in the areas of our lives where we've
- 2:46Speaker 1: caused our own self pain. Help us God to grow
- 2:49Speaker 1: in wisdom and self control and grace. Teach us God
- 2:52Speaker 1: how to walk in the freedom that only you can give. God,
- 2:55Speaker 1: with hearts that are surrendered to your perfect plan for
- 2:58Speaker 1: our lives. Thank you, Jesus for your mercy, for your
- 3:01Speaker 1: patience with us. Thank you for never giving up on us. God,
- 3:04Speaker 1: we trusted with you we can overcome anything, even ourselves. God,
- 3:08Speaker 1: we believe that You're going to lead us out of
- 3:11Speaker 1: this place of struggle and into the peace and victory
- 3:14Speaker 1: that You've prepared for us. In Jesus' name, Amen, Amen,