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Today's Word 08-14-26 Get Your Heart Ready First · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: It's your early body praise party. I am Sherry Mackie,
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  Speaker 1: and it is time right now for today's word. Getting
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  Speaker 1: your heart ready first, Psalm's fifty nine sixteen says, But
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  Speaker 1: as for me, I will sing about your power each morning.
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  Speaker 1: I will sing with joy about your unfelling love, for
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  Speaker 1: you have been my refuge, a place of safety when
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  Speaker 1: I'm in distress. Every morning. Most of us have a
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  Speaker 1: routine for getting ready. We shower, we fix our hair,
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  Speaker 1: we choose our clothes, We check the mirror before we
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  Speaker 1: walk out the door. We make sure the outside looks
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  Speaker 1: presentable with because we know we're gonna face people, responsibilities, conversations,
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  Speaker 1: and challenges throughout the day. But here's something worth asking,
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  Speaker 1: what are you doing to get your inside ready? Because
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  Speaker 1: you can have your hair perfectly styled and still have
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  Speaker 1: a troubled mind. You can have on the best outfit
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  Speaker 1: and still feel insecure. You can look confident on the
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  Speaker 1: outside while secretly battling fear, discouragement, rejection, and feelings that
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  Speaker 1: you're not enough. That's why your morning routine shouldn't stop
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  Speaker 1: with getting your physical appearance ready before you face the world,
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  Speaker 1: take a few moments to prepare your heart in your mind.
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  Speaker 1: Remind yourself who you are, and more importantly, whose you are,
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  Speaker 1: before the negative voices of the day start speaking. You
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  Speaker 1: speak God's truth over yourself. Say i am blessed, I
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  Speaker 1: am loved, I am forgiven, I am redeemed, I am valuable,
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  Speaker 1: I am equipped, I'm capable, I'm chosen. I'm a child
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  Speaker 1: of God. I am fearfully and wonderfully made. I am
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  Speaker 1: a masterpiece. You may not feel all those things when
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  Speaker 1: you first say them, and that's okay. You're not speaking
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  Speaker 1: based on how you feel. You're speaking based on what
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  Speaker 1: God says, and when you consistently fill your mind with truth,
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  Speaker 1: those words begin to change the way you see yourself,
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  Speaker 1: the way you respond to challenges, and the way you
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  Speaker 1: walk through your day. Imagine starting every morning with ten
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  Speaker 1: minutes of prayer, scripture, worship, and positive declarations of faith.
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  Speaker 1: Before your phone tells you what's happening in the world,
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  Speaker 1: let God's word tell you what's happening in you, before
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  Speaker 1: social media tells you what you're supposed to be. Remind
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  Speaker 1: yourself of who God created you to be before somebody
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  Speaker 1: criticizes you. Remind yourself that God approves you. Before the
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  Speaker 1: day gives you a reason to worry. Remind yourself that
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  Speaker 1: God is your refuge and your strength. What you repeatedly
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  Speaker 1: think about eventually shapes how you live. So don't wait
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  Speaker 1: another day. Don't you spend time being discouraged. You start
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  Speaker 1: speaking life. Get your heart ready before the battle begins.
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  Speaker 1: Every morning. Put on your clothes, but don't forget to
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  Speaker 1: put on your faith. Fix your hair, but also fix
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  Speaker 1: your focus. Take care of your appearance, but take care
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  Speaker 1: of your spirit. Because when you know God and you
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  Speaker 1: invite Him into your day, Oh my goodness, your whole
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  Speaker 1: day improves. But it all starts on the inside. Oh Father, God,
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  Speaker 1: thank you for giving us a new day and another
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  Speaker 1: opportunity to become everything that you created us to be.
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  Speaker 1: Before we face the responsibilities and challenges of the day,
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  Speaker 1: help us to prepare our hearts and minds with your truth.
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  Speaker 1: Silence every voice that tells us that we're not enough,
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  Speaker 1: that we're not worthy, and that our past has disqualified us. God,
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  Speaker 1: we choose to believe what you say about us. We
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  Speaker 1: are blessed, we are redeemed, we are forgiven, we are valuable,
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  Speaker 1: we are equipped, we are chosen. We are your children.
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  Speaker 1: We're fearfully and wonderfully made. We are your masterpiece, created
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  Speaker 1: by your hands. Help us to guard our thoughts, our hearts,
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  Speaker 1: in our minds. God, We'll choose to think on what's true, pure, lovely,
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  Speaker 1: and worthy of praise. Let our words build up rather
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  Speaker 1: than tear down. We declare that we will walk into
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  Speaker 1: this day with confidence, peace, joy, and faith because we
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  Speaker 1: know who we are. Who's we are in Jesus' name.
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  Speaker 1: That's your word for today, taken apply to your everyday
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  Speaker 1: life and you continue to be encouraged and inspired. It's
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  Speaker 1: your early morning praise party. I am Sherry Mackie.