Latest / The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey / Daily Prayer 07-15-25
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- 0:00Speaker 1: I am Sherry Mackie, and it's time for us to
- 0:02Speaker 1: go to God in prayer, and as always I ask
- 0:06Speaker 1: that you join along with me in prayer. You know
- 0:09Speaker 1: I was thinking about Hezekiah Walker's song second Chance. He's
- 0:13Speaker 1: a God of a second chance. That's what I want
- 0:17Speaker 1: to pray about it. Heavenly Father, thank you for being
- 0:19Speaker 1: the God who sees beyond our failures in our flaws,
- 0:23Speaker 1: the God who meets us in the middle of our mess,
- 0:26Speaker 1: not to condemn us, but to lift us, to love us,
- 0:29Speaker 1: to lead us back to life. Lord, when we've fallen,
- 0:33Speaker 1: when we miss the mark, when we've said things we
- 0:36Speaker 1: can't take back, when we make choices God that we regret,
- 0:39Speaker 1: wander too far from where we should have been, You
- 0:42Speaker 1: still remain faithful. When others give up on us. You don't.
- 0:47Speaker 1: When we almost gave up on ourselves. God, you stepped
- 0:51Speaker 1: in with your grace and with your mercy. Father, you
- 0:54Speaker 1: are the God of another chance, not just a second chance.
- 0:59Speaker 1: When denied you three times, you didn't discard him. You
- 1:03Speaker 1: restored him. When Jonah ran in the opposite direction, you
- 1:07Speaker 1: redirected him. When David messed up big, you still called
- 1:12Speaker 1: him a man. After your own heart, and today that
- 1:16Speaker 1: same grace riches us. Lord. Thank you, Thank you that
- 1:21Speaker 1: our past doesn't disqualify us from your presence. Thank you
- 1:25Speaker 1: that your mercy is new every morning, not just once,
- 1:29Speaker 1: but every single day. Thank you that even in our brokenness, God,
- 1:33Speaker 1: you still see beauty, you still see purpose, you still
- 1:37Speaker 1: see us. God, we confess we don't deserve your kindness,
- 1:42Speaker 1: But you don't love us based on what we deserve.
- 1:45Speaker 1: You love us based on who you are, and you
- 1:48Speaker 1: are love, You are grace, You are redemption. When people
- 1:52Speaker 1: try to define us by our worst moments, God remind
- 1:57Speaker 1: us that you define us by the Cross. You'll see
- 2:00Speaker 1: us through the eyes of redemption. And where others see ruins, God,
- 2:04Speaker 1: you see rebuild where others see shame. You see story.
- 2:08Speaker 1: Where others see a mistake, God, you see ministry. You
- 2:11Speaker 1: said in your words that if we confess our sins,
- 2:14Speaker 1: you are faithful, You are just to forgive us and
- 2:17Speaker 1: cleanse us of all unrighteousness. So Father, today we receive
- 2:21Speaker 1: your forgiveness, and we forgive ourselves. We let go of shame,
- 2:26Speaker 1: and we hold fast to hope. Thank you for rewriting
- 2:29Speaker 1: the scripts of our lives. Thank you for breathing fresh
- 2:32Speaker 1: wind into tire dreams. Thank you for every door you'll open,
- 2:36Speaker 1: for every heart you'll heal it, and for the testimony
- 2:39Speaker 1: you're creating. Because you are the God of a second chance. God,
- 2:43Speaker 1: let us walk boldly in this grace, not just for ourselves,
- 2:47Speaker 1: but to offer it to others. God, let us be
- 2:50Speaker 1: a reflection of your mercy. Let our lives shout to
- 2:54Speaker 1: the world that is not over, because as long as
- 2:58Speaker 1: God is still writing, the story isn't finished. God, in
- 3:02Speaker 1: the name of Jesus, you are our redeemer, You are
- 3:05Speaker 1: our restore, You are a reset on. We thank you
- 3:09Speaker 1: for it in Jesus' name. Amen, Amen, Amen,