Latest / The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey / Daily Prayer 01-14-26
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- 0:00Speaker 1: I am Sherry Mackey, and it's time for us to
- 0:03Speaker 1: go to God in prayer, and as always, I invite
- 0:06Speaker 1: you to join along with us in prayer. You know,
- 0:10Speaker 1: I pray something over my children all the time, even
- 0:14Speaker 1: though they're adults. I pray this over my children and
- 0:17Speaker 1: my grandchildren, and I need to start as today praying
- 0:22Speaker 1: it over myself as well. And that's that God would
- 0:24Speaker 1: surround us with godly friends and influences. Heavenly Father, in
- 0:29Speaker 1: the name of Jesus Christ, we come before you today
- 0:33Speaker 1: asking not for popularity, but for purposeful connection, not for crowds,
- 0:40Speaker 1: but for godly companions. Lord, you know how much influence
- 0:43Speaker 1: shapes our lives, our choices, and our direction. And today
- 0:48Speaker 1: we ask you to surround us, surround our children, God
- 0:52Speaker 1: with people who sharpen us, strengthen us, and draw us
- 0:55Speaker 1: closer to You. Father, plays godly friends in our lives,
- 0:59Speaker 1: friends who pray when we're we friends who speak truth
- 1:03Speaker 1: when we're drifting, and friends who love us enough to
- 1:07Speaker 1: correct us with grace. Remove relationships that pull us away
- 1:11Speaker 1: from Your will, and give us the courage to let
- 1:14Speaker 1: go of anything that compromises.
- 1:16Speaker 2: Our walk with You. Lord, help us to walk in wisdom.
- 1:21Speaker 1: Wisdom and what we say, wisdom and what we entertain,
- 1:25Speaker 1: Wisdom in the choices we make when no one is watching. God,
- 1:30Speaker 1: let it be led by deserning and not emotion. Teach
- 1:33Speaker 1: us God to seek your counsel above everything else. Father,
- 1:37Speaker 1: help us to walk in integrity and character in every
- 1:41Speaker 1: area of our lives. Let our faith be evident God
- 1:45Speaker 1: in our home, at our job, God in our.
- 1:48Speaker 2: Church, in our communities.
- 1:50Speaker 1: God, let our private lives match our public profession. Let
- 1:55Speaker 1: us be the same person on Sunday as we are
- 1:59Speaker 1: Monday through Saturday. God, our hearts and our minds from
- 2:03Speaker 1: influences that distort truth, that normalize sins or weaken conviction.
- 2:08Speaker 1: Help us God to stand firm even when it's uncomfortable,
- 2:12Speaker 1: and to choose righteousness even when it cost us something. Lord,
- 2:17Speaker 1: make us godly influences as well. Let our words bring life,
- 2:21Speaker 1: Let our actions reflect humility, and let our lives pour.
- 2:25Speaker 2: In others to you.
- 2:26Speaker 1: God, help us to encourage rather than to tear down.
- 2:29Speaker 1: Help us to build than to divide, and help us
- 2:32Speaker 1: to love without compromise. Oh Father, we declare that we
- 2:37Speaker 1: will walk with the wise, and that we will grow wise. God,
- 2:41Speaker 1: We choose relationships that produce fruit, faith that produces actions,
- 2:45Speaker 1: and character that honors you God. Surround us with godly friends,
- 2:50Speaker 1: anchor us in truth, lead us.
- 2:52Speaker 2: In wisdom, integrity and character.
- 2:54Speaker 1: Wherever we go in the faithful and righteous name of Jesus.
- 3:00Speaker 2: A man, a man and a man