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Today's Word 02-09-26 When God Writes the Comeback · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: It's your early morning praise party. I am a Sherry
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  Speaker 1: Mackie at its time, right now. Four Today's word. When
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  Speaker 1: God writes the comeback. When God writes the comeback, two
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  Speaker 1: Timothy four and eleven says, get Mark and bring him
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  Speaker 1: with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry.
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  Speaker 1: You know, one of the most beautiful truths in scripture
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  Speaker 1: is that God is not a god of cancelation.
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  Speaker 2: He's a God of restoration.
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  Speaker 1: In Acts thirteen, during Paul's first missionary journey with Barnabas,
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  Speaker 1: a young man named John Mark was chosen to travel
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  Speaker 1: with them. This was no small assignment. God had entrusted
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  Speaker 1: Mark with something sacred. Yet somewhere along the way, Mark
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  Speaker 1: grew discouraged, afraid, or overwhelmed, and he deserted them and
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  Speaker 1: went back to Jerusalem. That one decision nearly cost him dearly.
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  Speaker 1: Paul was deeply disappointed, and the situation became so tense
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  Speaker 1: that it eventually caused a sharp disagreement between Paul and Barnabas.
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  Speaker 1: A calling was interrupted, relationships were damaged, and trust was broken.
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  Speaker 1: Mark had every reason to believe he had ruined his future.
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  Speaker 1: Imagine the weight Mark must have carried regret playing in
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  Speaker 1: his mind, shame, whispering that he wasn't reliable, fear telling
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  Speaker 1: him that he would never be trusted again. He probably
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  Speaker 1: throw I blew my chance, I fel the people who
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  Speaker 1: believed in me.
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  Speaker 2: It's over.
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  Speaker 1: Oh but God never writes the final chapter in Moments
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  Speaker 1: of Failure. Years later, we find something remarkable near the
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  Speaker 1: the end of Paul's life. He writes from prisident says,
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  Speaker 1: get Mark and bring him with you, because he is
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  Speaker 1: helpful to me in my ministry.
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  Speaker 2: This very man, the very.
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  Speaker 1: Man who once walked away, is now described as helpful, valuable,
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  Speaker 1: and trusted. That's restoration, y'all. God didn't just heal the relationship.
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  Speaker 1: He elevated Mark beyond his past. Mark went on to
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  Speaker 1: write the Gospel of Mark, one of the most influential
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  Speaker 1: books in.
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  Speaker 2: The New Testament.
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  Speaker 1: The same person who once quit is now shaping generations.
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  Speaker 1: This is a word for anyone who feels like they've
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  Speaker 1: mishandled opportunities, who feels like they've damaged relationships, are failed
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  Speaker 1: in important moments. Maybe you said something you can't take back.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you walked away when you should have stayed. Maybe fear,
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  Speaker 1: pride or insecurity.
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  Speaker 2: Cost you something precious. But here's the good news.
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  Speaker 1: Your mistakes don't cancel your destiny. Come on, Jesus, God
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  Speaker 1: is not intimidated by your past. He specializes in compacts.
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  Speaker 1: He knows how to restore trust, rebuild character, and reopen
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  Speaker 1: doors you thought were permanently closed. What looks like a
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  Speaker 1: dead end to you is just a turn around in
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  Speaker 1: God's hand. If you'll stop rehearsing your failures and start
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  Speaker 1: believing again, God will do what only he can. He'll
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  Speaker 1: redeem the story, He'll heal relationships. He'll give you another chance,
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  Speaker 1: not just to try again, but to finish stronger than
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  Speaker 1: you started. Father, thank you that you are the God
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  Speaker 1: of restoration and second chances. Thank you that no mistake,
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  Speaker 1: no failure, no broken relationship.
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  Speaker 2: Is beyond your power to heal.
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  Speaker 1: God, we release the guilt and shame of the pass
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  Speaker 1: and choose to believe again. We trust you to restore
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  Speaker 1: what was lost and redeem what was broken.
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  Speaker 2: In Jesus' name, that's your word for today.
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  Speaker 1: Take it applied to your everyday life, and you continue
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  Speaker 1: to be encouraged and inspire this Shirley Morning Praise Party.
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  Speaker 1: I am Sherry Mackie