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Today's Word 12-02-25 Hold Your Ground in the Dry Season · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: And it's time right now for today's word. Hold your
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  Speaker 1: ground in the dry season, Hold your ground in the
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  Speaker 1: dry season. Psalms twenty seven thirteen says, I remain confident
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  Speaker 1: of this. I will see the goodness of the Lord
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  Speaker 1: in the land of the living. You know, there are
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  Speaker 1: moments in life when the dream God placed in your
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  Speaker 1: heart feels like it's drifting farther away instead and coming closer.
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  Speaker 1: You pray, you believe, you do what's right, and yet
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  Speaker 1: nothing seems to change. That's what makes Psalms. Twenty seven
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  Speaker 1: thirteen so powerful. David says, I remain confident. Not confident
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  Speaker 1: because everything looked good, not confident because the timing made
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  Speaker 1: since but confident in spite of the dry season around him.
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  Speaker 1: Joseph understood this kind of confidence. God gave him a
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  Speaker 1: dream of leadership, influence, and purpose. The seed of greatness
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  Speaker 1: was and it deep inside of him. But what followed
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  Speaker 1: didn't look.
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  Speaker 2: Anything like the promise.
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  Speaker 1: He was betrayed by his brothers, He was sold into slavery,
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  Speaker 1: he was falsely accused and thrown into prison.
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  Speaker 2: Thirteen years past.
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  Speaker 1: Years of disappointment, years of waiting, years where the dream
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  Speaker 1: looked completely impossible, Joseph could have allowed bitterness to take root.
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  Speaker 2: He could have.
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  Speaker 1: Concluded that God had forgotten him, But instead, he held
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  Speaker 1: his ground. He stayed confident in God's character even when
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  Speaker 1: he couldn't understand God's timing. And because he stayed faithful
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  Speaker 1: in the dry season, God positioned him for an unprecedented breakthrough.
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  Speaker 1: And one single day, one morning, Joseph went from prisoner
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  Speaker 1: to prime minister. See that's how quickly God can turn
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  Speaker 1: things around for you. Maybe today you're in your own long,
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  Speaker 1: difficult season. You're believing for healing, but the symptoms haven't changed.
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  Speaker 1: You're praying over your children, but you haven't seen the
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  Speaker 1: shift yet. You're working hard, but the promotion seems delayed.
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  Speaker 1: The enemy loves to whisper It's never gonna happen. God
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  Speaker 1: forgot about you. Just settle where you are. But I
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  Speaker 1: want you to hear this, and hear it clearly. Your
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  Speaker 1: dry season is not a dead season. God is still
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  Speaker 1: working behind the scenes. He's still arranging connections, aligning opportunities,
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  Speaker 1: and preparing you for your next level. One touch of
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  Speaker 1: his favor can launch you into a place you could
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  Speaker 1: never have gotten on your own. So don't you lose
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  Speaker 1: your confidence now, No, no, no, don't you give up
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  Speaker 1: right before your breakthrough. You keep honoring God, you keep
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  Speaker 1: being faithful, You keep your heart right when it's the
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  Speaker 1: right time, when you're prepared, and when the promises will
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  Speaker 1: bring home or God the best glory. God's gonna unveil
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  Speaker 1: what he's been doing all along, behind the scenes, and Joseph,
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  Speaker 1: you'll look back and you'll say, I.
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  Speaker 2: Didn't see it at the time, but God was directing
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  Speaker 2: every step.
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  Speaker 1: So you hold your ground in the dry season because
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  Speaker 1: goodness is coming to meet you in the land or
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  Speaker 1: the living.
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  Speaker 2: Come.
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  Speaker 1: Oh Jesus Father, thank you that you are our deliverer,
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  Speaker 1: You're our vindicator when negative things come against us. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you that we can remain confident in knowing that you
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  Speaker 1: are faithful and that you never forget the promises that
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  Speaker 1: you've made.
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  Speaker 2: Help us to stay strong, Help us to.
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  Speaker 1: Stay faithful and stay expected even in the dry seasons. God,
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  Speaker 1: we believe we will see your goodness in our lives.
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  Speaker 2: In Jesus' name.
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  Speaker 1: And now that's your word for today. Take it apply
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  Speaker 1: to your everyday life, and you continue to be encouraged
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  Speaker 1: and inspired it she ear everybody praise party.
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  Speaker 2: I am Sherry Mackie,