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Today's Word 03-09-26 Start Your Day with Joy · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: I'm praising on your early morning praise party. I am
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  Speaker 1: Sherry Macket. It's time right now for today's word. Start
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  Speaker 1: your day with joy. Start your day with joy. Psalm
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  Speaker 1: thirty and five says weeping may endure for a night,
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  Speaker 1: but joy comes in the morning. You know every morning
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  Speaker 1: is more than just the start of another day. It's
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  Speaker 1: the beginning of a new opportunity. When you wake up,
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  Speaker 1: before your feet even touches the floor, a quiet battle
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  Speaker 1: often is already taking place in your mind. Thoughts begin
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  Speaker 1: to rush in, and many times they're not positive ones.
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  Speaker 1: The enemy loves to work early, trying to set the
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  Speaker 1: tone for your day before you even get started. You
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  Speaker 1: may wake up with reminders of yesterday's mistakes. Maybe you
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  Speaker 1: feel guilty over something you said or did, perhaps discouraged
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  Speaker 1: with crepsy and whispering that nothing is changing or that
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  Speaker 1: things will never get better. Sometimes bitterness shows up, replaying
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  Speaker 1: how someone hurt you or treated you unfairly. Other times
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  Speaker 1: it's self pity, telling you that everyone else seems to
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  Speaker 1: move forward while you're just stuck. But here's a powerful truth.
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  Speaker 1: You don't have to accept those thoughts. You have the
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  Speaker 1: ability to choose something different. The Scripture says the joy
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  Speaker 1: comes every morning. That means God has already prepared a
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  Speaker 1: fresh supply of joy for you today. It's like a
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  Speaker 1: gift rating at your doorstep when you wake up. The
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  Speaker 1: question is whether you will receive it or not. See.
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  Speaker 1: Negative emotions may show up, but they don't have to stay.
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  Speaker 1: Just because you feel discouraged doesn't mean you have to
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  Speaker 1: live discouraged. Just because doubt tries to settle in doesn't
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  Speaker 1: mean you have to let it take contry. Feelings are powerful,
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  Speaker 1: but they are not in charge you are. Choosing joy
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  Speaker 1: doesn't mean your life is perfect. It doesn't mean there
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  Speaker 1: aren't challenges. It doesn't mean there aren't disappointments or difficult
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  Speaker 1: situations ahead. Choosing joy means you decide that those things
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  Speaker 1: will not control your outlook. It means you decide that
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  Speaker 1: faith will speak louder than fear, and hope will rise
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  Speaker 1: above the doubt. See. Sometimes the easiest thing to do
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  Speaker 1: is simply follow your emotions. If you feel frustrated, you
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  Speaker 1: stay frustrated. If you feel discouraged, you stay discouraged. But
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  Speaker 1: a victorious life requires something deeper. It requires the decision
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  Speaker 1: to rise above what you feel and stand on what
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  Speaker 1: you believe. You can wake up and say today is
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  Speaker 1: going to be a great day. God has ordering my steps,
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  Speaker 1: His favor is on my life. His joy is strengthened
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  Speaker 1: in me. When you begin your day that way, you're
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  Speaker 1: setting the tone before the enemy has a chance to
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  Speaker 1: do it for you. See, joy is not just a feeling,
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  Speaker 1: it's a choice. And when you choose joy, you position
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  Speaker 1: yourself to see God's goodness throughout the day. Doors that
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  Speaker 1: you did not expect can open, Peace can settle in
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  Speaker 1: your heart. Strength can rise up when you needed most.
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  Speaker 1: So when the morning comes, remember this, God has already
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  Speaker 1: sent joy. You have to do is choose that joy.
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  Speaker 1: A Father, thank you for every morning you providing a
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  Speaker 1: fresh supply of joy for our lives. Thank you that
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  Speaker 1: we don't have to live discouraged to feed it or
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  Speaker 1: controlled by our emotions. Today, God, we choose faith over fear,
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  Speaker 1: joy over negativity, and we believe that you're guiding our
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  Speaker 1: steps and filling our hearts with your peace in Jesus' name.
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  Speaker 1: Now that's your word for today. Take it applied to
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  Speaker 1: your everyday life, and you continue to be encouraged at inspired.
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  Speaker 1: It's your early morning praise party. I am Sherry MACKI