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Today's Word 01-12-26 Turn the Lens Toward God · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: It's Charley what he praise party. I am sharing Mackie,
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  Speaker 1: and it's time right now for today's word. Turn the
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  Speaker 1: lens toward God. Psalm thirty four to three says, all
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  Speaker 1: magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his
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  Speaker 1: name together. You know, every day, whether we realize it
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  Speaker 1: or not, we're magnifying something. We may say we're focused
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  Speaker 1: on faith, but our thoughts, our conversations, and even our
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  Speaker 1: emotions reveal what has our attention. The question isn't if
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  Speaker 1: you're magnifying something else, it's what are you magnifying. There's
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  Speaker 1: a story about a young boy who lived near a
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  Speaker 1: bully who terrified him. The bully seemed so big and
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  Speaker 1: intimidating that the boy felt helpless and afraid. One day,
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  Speaker 1: the boy picked up a telescope and accidentally looked through
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  Speaker 1: the wrong end. To his surprise, the bully suddenly looks
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  Speaker 1: small and powerless. The bully hadn't changed the perspective. Had
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  Speaker 1: that small shift change how the boy felt and how
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  Speaker 1: much fear he carried. Well, In the same way, many
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  Speaker 1: of us are looking at life through the wrong end
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  Speaker 1: of the lens. We're magnifying the diagnosis. We're magnifying the dead.
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  Speaker 1: We're magnifying the addiction, the criticism, or the opposition. We
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  Speaker 1: talk about it, we think about it, we rehearse it
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  Speaker 1: until it feels overwhelming. When problems are magnified, they drain
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  Speaker 1: our peace, they weaken our confidence, and they convince us
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  Speaker 1: that we're powerless. But Psalm thirty four doesn't tell us
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  Speaker 1: to magnify the problem. It tells us to magnify the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: When you magnify God, you're not pretending the problem doesn't exist.
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  Speaker 1: You're choosing to see it in light of who God is.
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  Speaker 1: You're declaring that his power is greater than your challenge,
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  Speaker 1: His promises are stronger than your fears, and his favor
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  Speaker 1: outweighs any opposition. When you turn the lands toward God,
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  Speaker 1: something shifts inside of you. You began to see yourself
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  Speaker 1: the way that God sees you, strong equipped, anointed in savor.
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  Speaker 1: The giants that once looked intimidating start to shrink. The
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  Speaker 1: obstacles that felt permanent lose their grip. You realize you're
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  Speaker 1: not fighting along the same God who parted the red seas,
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  Speaker 1: toppled walls, and defeated giants is on your side. Scripture
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  Speaker 1: reminds us that the forces are that are for us
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  Speaker 1: are greater than the forces against us. When you magnify
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  Speaker 1: the Lord, faith rises, peace returns, and courage is restored.
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  Speaker 1: Praise isn't just something we do. It's a weapon. It's
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  Speaker 1: a weapon that changes perspective and releases God's strengthen to
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  Speaker 1: our situation. So today, make a conscious decision to turn
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  Speaker 1: the lens. Stop enlarging what's trying to intimidate you, lift
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  Speaker 1: your eyes, speak words of praise, focus on God's goodness,
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  Speaker 1: has faithfulness and his and work in your life. When
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  Speaker 1: you magnify the Lord, everything else finds its proper signs. Father,
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  Speaker 1: thank you that you are the most high God, greater
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  Speaker 1: than every challenge we face. Thank you for being our protective.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for being our provider. Thank you for being
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  Speaker 1: our healer and source of strength. God, we choose today
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  Speaker 1: to stop magnifying our problems and to begin magnifying You.
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  Speaker 1: Help us, God, to see our lives through your perspective
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  Speaker 1: and walk in faith and confidence in Jesus' name. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: now that's your word for today. Take that apply to
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  Speaker 1: your every day life, and you continue to be encouraged
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  Speaker 1: and inspire. It's your early body praise party. I am
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  Speaker 1: Sherry Mackey,