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Today's Word 08-07-25 Serve Now and Lead Later · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: And it's time right now for today's word. Serve now
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  Speaker 1: and lead later. Serve now and lead later. Matthew twenty
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  Speaker 1: three eleven. In the message translation says, do you want
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  Speaker 1: to stand out, then step up, be a servant now.
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  Speaker 1: If we can be honest, Sometimes we don't serve because
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  Speaker 1: it seems small and it's significant. We want the large platform,
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  Speaker 1: we want the big crowd, we want the celebration. But
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  Speaker 1: on the way to the big things God has in
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  Speaker 1: store for us, he will test us with small things.
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  Speaker 1: You have to first serve where you are with a
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  Speaker 1: good attitude. If you'll excel in that small position, if
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  Speaker 1: you'll operate with integrity, if you operate with character, do
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  Speaker 1: more than you have to. God will open something bigger
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  Speaker 1: in your life. So serve now and then worry about
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  Speaker 1: leading later. Don't discount early arrivals at work, staying later,
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  Speaker 1: helping a coworker. Don't talk yourself out of going the
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  Speaker 1: extra mile in your home, serving your family with a
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  Speaker 1: glad heart, getting up early, making sure everything is right.
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  Speaker 1: Nobody may say thank you, and it feels thankless, and
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  Speaker 1: it may look like it goes unnoticed. But as they say,
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  Speaker 1: God says hi, and he looks low. God sees your sacrifice.
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  Speaker 1: That sacrifice, that good attitude, that servant's heart is what
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  Speaker 1: leads to new levels. Where you're serving may feel small
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  Speaker 1: right now, but it's the key to you rising higher.
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  Speaker 1: It may not be the main thing that God has
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  Speaker 1: put in your heart. You have a greater vision for
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  Speaker 1: your life. But serve right now. Serving now where you
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  Speaker 1: are is leading to the main thing. You can't skip
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  Speaker 1: that step and reach your destiny success. It's not an elevator,
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  Speaker 1: it's a set of stairs. God leads you step by step.
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  Speaker 1: Will you serve even though it feels insignificant. Let me
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  Speaker 1: encourage you. Serve now and then lead later. Father, God,
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  Speaker 1: thank you that Jesus came not to be served, but
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  Speaker 1: to serve others and give his life as a ransom
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  Speaker 1: for many. God, help us to be like him and
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  Speaker 1: keep our eyes open for the people and the opportunities
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  Speaker 1: that you bring to serve and bless with a glad heart. God,
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  Speaker 1: we believe that you're taking us higher and higher and higher,
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  Speaker 1: from faith to faith and glory to glory in Jesus' name.
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  Speaker 1: Now that's your word for today. I want you to
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  Speaker 1: take it apply it to your everyday life, and you
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  Speaker 1: continue to be encouraged and inspired. It is your early
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  Speaker 1: morning praise party. I am Sherry Mackie.