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Today's Word 08-26-25 Choosing Joy in Every Season · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: It's your early morning praise party. I am Sherry Mackie
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  Speaker 1: in its time for today's word, choosing joy in every season,
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  Speaker 1: choosing joy in every season. Philippians says, rejoice in the
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  Speaker 1: Lord allways. I will say it again, rejoice. You know,
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  Speaker 1: when the apostle Paul wrote today's scripture, he wasn't sitting
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  Speaker 1: in comfort, enjoying the good life, or surrounded by ease. No,
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  Speaker 1: Paul had been falsely accused, unfairly in prison and left
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  Speaker 1: waiting for years without justice. On top of that, on
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  Speaker 1: his way to Rome, he had survived a storm at
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  Speaker 1: sea and even a shipwreck by every natural measure, Paul
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  Speaker 1: had plenty of reasons to complain, to be bitter, to
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  Speaker 1: feel forgotten by God. Yet instead his letter resounds with joy.
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  Speaker 1: He says, not once but twice, Rejoice in the Lord always. Again,
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  Speaker 1: I say rejoice. Paul is teaching us something so powerful.
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  Speaker 1: Joy is not dependent on what is happening around us.
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  Speaker 1: Joy is a choice rooted in what's happening within us.
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  Speaker 1: If our happiness is tied to circumstances, we'll live on
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  Speaker 1: an emotional roller coaster. Up when things are good, down
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  Speaker 1: when things are not. But when joy is anchored in
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  Speaker 1: God's presence, his promises, and his goodness. Nothing can shake it.
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  Speaker 1: So the truth is anyone can complain. Anyone can rehearse
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  Speaker 1: the disappointments. Anyone can rehearse the delays, the difficulties. But
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  Speaker 1: complaining never changes anything. It only drains your strength. Paul
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  Speaker 1: reminds us to lift our focus higher, to keep praising
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  Speaker 1: when we like pouting, to thank God in the middle
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  Speaker 1: of the storm, and to believe for victory even when
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  Speaker 1: defeat sings closer. What are your feeding your thoughts today?
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  Speaker 1: Are you filling your mind with discouragement. I'll never get well,
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  Speaker 1: I'll never get ahead. I can't be happy after this loss?
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  Speaker 1: Or are you filling your heart with faith? God is
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  Speaker 1: still on the throne, He's ordering my steps. Greater is
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  Speaker 1: he who is in me than he who is in
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  Speaker 1: the world. Paul goes on to tell us think on
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  Speaker 1: things that are true, noble, right here, lovely, admirable. If
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  Speaker 1: anything is excellent or praiseworthy, think about such things. See,
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  Speaker 1: that's the key to living with joy. When you set
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  Speaker 1: your mind on hope instead of fear, of gratitude, instead
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  Speaker 1: of complaints, you position yourself to rise above the storm
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  Speaker 1: to make the decision. No matter what comes, I will rejoice.
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  Speaker 1: I will choose joy, not because everything is perfect, but
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  Speaker 1: because I serve a God who is Father. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: for being our source of true joy. No matter what
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  Speaker 1: our circumstances look like, we choose to lift our eyes
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  Speaker 1: to You. Help us to guard our thoughts, to focus
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  Speaker 1: on what is good, what is hopeful and full of
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  Speaker 1: your promises. God, we will rejoice today because we know
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  Speaker 1: you are in control and working all things out for
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  Speaker 1: our good. In Jesus name, that's your word for today.
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  Speaker 1: I want you to take that apply to your everyday life.
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  Speaker 1: Can you continue to be encouraged and inspire choosing joy
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  Speaker 1: in every season with your Early Whatry Praise Party? I
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  Speaker 1: am Sherry Mackie