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Today's Word 09-03-26 Celebrate Who You're Becoming · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: It's your early morning praise party. I am Sherri Mackey,
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  Speaker 1: and it's time right now for today's word. Celebrate who
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  Speaker 1: you're becoming. Celebrate who you're becoming. Romans 12 and 2 says,
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  Speaker 1: do not be conformed to the pattern of this world,
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  Speaker 1: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then
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  Speaker 1: you will be able to test and approve what God's
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  Speaker 1: will is, his good, pleasing, and perfect will. You know,
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  Speaker 1: one of the greatest gifts God gives us is the
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  Speaker 1: opportunity to change. Sometimes we look back over our lives
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  Speaker 1: and we focus on all the things we wish we
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  Speaker 1: had done differently. We remember mistakes we made, wrong attitudes
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  Speaker 1: we had, poor decisions, unhealthy habits, and moments when we
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  Speaker 1: failed to respond the way we should have. Y'all, it
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  Speaker 1: can be easy to become discouraged and think, I should
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  Speaker 1: be further along by now. Why am I struggling with this?
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  Speaker 1: But God does not want you to live in condemnation
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  Speaker 1: over the areas where you still need to grow. Instead,
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  Speaker 1: he invites you in to transformation. The beautiful thing about
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  Speaker 1: walking with God is that you don't have to stay
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  Speaker 1: the way you are. You may not be where you
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  Speaker 1: want to be, but thank God you're now where you
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  Speaker 1: used to be. There may be a time when you
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  Speaker 1: reacted in anger, but now you're learning to respond with patience.
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  Speaker 1: Perhaps you once held grudges, but God is teaching you
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  Speaker 1: how to forgive. Maybe fear used to control your decisions,
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  Speaker 1: but now you're learning to step out in faith. Don't
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  Speaker 1: overlook those changes, celebrate them. Growth is not always dramatic.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes it happens quietly, little by little, choice by choice.
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  Speaker 1: You may not notice the transformation every day, but as
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  Speaker 1: you continue to submit yourself to God, read his word, pray,
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  Speaker 1: and follow the leading of the Holy Spirit, something is
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  Speaker 1: happening inside of you. Your mind is being renewed. Your
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  Speaker 1: heart is changing. Your perspective is growing. The things that
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  Speaker 1: once controlled you are becoming new. less and less powerful.
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  Speaker 1: They're losing their power. When God shows you an area
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  Speaker 1: that needs to change, don't punish yourself or spend your
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  Speaker 1: day feeling guilty. No, no, no. Simply agree with God
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  Speaker 1: and say, Lord, I see it. Help me to grow
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  Speaker 1: in this area. See, conviction draws us closer to God
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  Speaker 1: and leads us toward change. Condemnation tries to make us
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  Speaker 1: hide from him. So don't run from God when he
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  Speaker 1: reveals a weakness. Run to him. Change can sometimes feel
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  Speaker 1: uncomfortable because it requires us to let go of old
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  Speaker 1: way of thinkings and familiar patterns. But don't be afraid
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  Speaker 1: of the process. The God who saved you is still
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  Speaker 1: shaping you. The God who began a good work in
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  Speaker 1: you is still working. So instead of criticizing yourself on
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  Speaker 1: how far you still have to go, take a moment
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  Speaker 1: to thank him for how far he's already brought you.
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  Speaker 1: Celebrate the growth. Celebrate the healing. Celebrate the renewed mind.
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  Speaker 1: Celebrate the new attitude. You are becoming who God created
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  Speaker 1: you to be. And transformation is something you need. can
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  Speaker 1: be thankful for. Father, thank you that we don't have
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  Speaker 1: to remain the same. Thank you for loving us enough
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  Speaker 1: to continue to work through our lives, transforming us from
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  Speaker 1: the inside out. Help us to be open to your
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  Speaker 1: leading and willing to change wherever change is needed. When
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  Speaker 1: you reveal our weaknesses, help us not to fall into
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  Speaker 1: guilt or condemnation, but to receive your grace and allow
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  Speaker 1: you to teach us to grow, renew our minds, change
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  Speaker 1: our hearts, and help us to become more like you
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  Speaker 1: every day. We celebrate the progress you've already made in
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  Speaker 1: our lives and trust you to work. still in us
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  Speaker 1: to make us better in jesus name now that's your
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  Speaker 1: word for today take that apply to your everyday life
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  Speaker 1: and you continue to be encouraged and inspired it's your
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  Speaker 1: early morning praise party i am sherry mackie