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Today's Word 10-14-26 When They Don't Show Up, Keep Moving · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: It's your early morning praise party. I am Sherry Mackey
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  Speaker 1: and it's time right now for today's word. When they
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  Speaker 1: don't show up, keep moving. Matthew 26 and 45 in
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  Speaker 1: the living Bible says, then he came to the disciples
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  Speaker 1: and said, sleep on now and take your rest. Have
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  Speaker 1: you ever needed somebody to show up for you, but
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  Speaker 1: they weren't there? You needed encouragement, but nobody called. You
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  Speaker 1: needed somebody to stand beside you, but you looked around
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  Speaker 1: and found yourself standing alone. And what hurts the most
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  Speaker 1: is when the people who are absent are the very
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  Speaker 1: people who you thought would come running, the people that
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  Speaker 1: you thought.
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  Speaker 2: You could count on.
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  Speaker 1: In Matthew 26, Jesus was facing one of the most
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  Speaker 1: difficult moments of his earthly life. In the garden of Gethsemane,
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  Speaker 1: he was deeply troubled as he prepared for the suffering
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  Speaker 1: that lay ahead. He asked his disciples to stay awake
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  Speaker 1: and pray with him.
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  Speaker 2: But when he returned, they were sleeping. Imagine that. Jesus
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  Speaker 2: was facing.
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  Speaker 1: The cross and the people closest to him couldn't stay
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  Speaker 1: awake to support him in prayer. Yet Jesus did not
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  Speaker 1: allow their lack of support to distract him from his purpose.
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  Speaker 1: There's a lesson here for all of us. People may
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  Speaker 1: disappoint you, but their disappointment does not have to derail
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  Speaker 1: your destiny. See, sometimes the people you expect to understand
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  Speaker 1: your journey, they won't understand it. The people you expect
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  Speaker 1: to encourage you may be dealing with their own struggles.
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  Speaker 2: And the people you thought would be.
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  Speaker 1: There for every chapter may not be present for the
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  Speaker 1: chapters that matter most to you. That doesn't mean you're unloved.
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  Speaker 1: It doesn't mean you have to stop valuing relationship.
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  Speaker 2: We all need healthy support, encouragement, and people who will
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  Speaker 2: stand with us.
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  Speaker 1: But we must learn that people can't be our only
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  Speaker 1: source of strength. People have limitations. God does not abandon
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  Speaker 1: us when others fall short. So what do you do
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  Speaker 1: when they don't show up? You pray anyway. You keep believing.
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  Speaker 1: You keep working. You keep moving toward what God has
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  Speaker 1: called you to do. You stop exhausting yourself trying to
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  Speaker 1: make people understand your pain, recognize your value, or even
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  Speaker 1: give you the support they're unable or even unwilling to provide.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes you've got to release a disappointment and say, sleep on.
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  Speaker 1: I can't force you to be present, but I will
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  Speaker 1: not abandon my purpose because you're absent. Let God strengthen
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  Speaker 1: you in the places where you feel unsupported. Let him
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  Speaker 1: teach you how to stand without constantly seeking someone.
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  Speaker 2: Else's approval or reassurance.
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  Speaker 1: And remember, Jesus still went to the cross, y'all. The
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  Speaker 1: disciples' failure to wake up. did not cancel his assignment.
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  Speaker 1: So don't let somebody else's absence become the reason you
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  Speaker 1: abandon your assignment. When people fall short, lean on God.
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  Speaker 1: When support is missing, keep walking in faith. And when
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  Speaker 1: you feel alone, remember you are never beyond God's reach.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, Father God, thank you for being our strength.
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  Speaker 1: When people we depend on disappoint us, help us release
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  Speaker 1: resentment and stop allowing other people's absence to control our peace.
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  Speaker 1: Teach us to build healthy relationships while keeping our trust
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  Speaker 1: firmly rooted in you. God, when we feel unsupported, remind
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  Speaker 1: us that we are not abandoned.
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  Speaker 2: Give us the courage to keep praying, keep believing, and
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  Speaker 2: keep moving forward in purpose.
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  Speaker 1: God, we will not allow disappointment to distract us from
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  Speaker 1: what you've called us to do.
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  Speaker 2: Our confidence is in you in Jesus' name. Now that's
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  Speaker 2: your word for today. Take it, apply it to.
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  Speaker 1: Your everyday life, and you continue to be encouraged and inspired.
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  Speaker 1: It's your early morning praise party. I am Sherri Mackey.