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Daily Prayer 02-23-26 · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: I am Sherry Mackie, and it's time right now for
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  Speaker 1: us to go to God in prayer, and as always
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  Speaker 1: I invite you to join along with me in prayer.
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  Speaker 1: And this morning, I want to talk about something that
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  Speaker 1: you know, we don't like to talk about in the church,
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  Speaker 1: we don't like to acknowledge in the church, and that
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  Speaker 1: of course, is church hurt and spiritual trauma, because it's real.
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  Speaker 1: People are hurt in the church, because the church has
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  Speaker 1: people in it, people with real problems, real issues, people
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  Speaker 1: that are in the process of being healed themselves. And
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  Speaker 1: y'all know hurt people, hurt people. Heavenly Father, in the
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  Speaker 1: name of Jesus Christ, we come before you carrying wounds
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  Speaker 1: that are hard to explain because they were inflicted in
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  Speaker 1: places that were supposed to be safe, places where we
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  Speaker 1: learned your name, places where we lifted our hands, places
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  Speaker 1: where we trusted leaders, we trusted community, we trusted love,
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  Speaker 1: and yet we were hurt. Lord, you saw it all.
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  Speaker 1: You saw words that cut deeper because they came from
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  Speaker 1: the pulpit. You saw betrayal that felt heavier because it
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  Speaker 1: came wrapped in scripture. You saw the manipulation, the judgment,
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  Speaker 1: the rejection, the silence you saw, the prayers that went unanswered,
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  Speaker 1: and the tears that fell in church pews and parking lots.
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  Speaker 1: And today, God, we bring that pain to you. Father,
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  Speaker 1: Heal the wolves left in sacred places. Heal the disappointments
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  Speaker 1: that made us question people all together. Heal the confusion
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  Speaker 1: that made us question even ourselves. And most of all,
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  Speaker 1: heal the pain that made us question you. Remind us
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  Speaker 1: that human failure is not your character. Remind us that
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  Speaker 1: spiritual abuse is not your heart. Remind us that contry, shame,
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  Speaker 1: and fear are not fruits of your spirit. Where trust
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  Speaker 1: has been shattered, began rebuilding gently, where faith has grown fragile,
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  Speaker 1: Breathe life again. Where we have pulled away to protect ourselves.
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  Speaker 1: Show us how to guard our hearts without closing our heart. Lord,
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  Speaker 1: Release us from bitterities, Release us from replaying that pain
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  Speaker 1: that hurt, that trauma over and over again. Release us
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  Speaker 1: from carrying offenses that are too heavy for us. God,
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  Speaker 1: we don't want pain to become our identity. We don't
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  Speaker 1: want trauma to silence our worship. We don't want disappointment
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  Speaker 1: to steal our identity, and destiny separate our experience. God,
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  Speaker 1: from your truth, help us to see you clearly, not
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  Speaker 1: through the lens of hurt, but through the lens of grace.
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  Speaker 1: Surround us God with safe people. Sin Wise counselors place
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  Speaker 1: come a should leaders in our path. Restore a healthy
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  Speaker 1: community in your timing. And for those who caused horme, God,
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  Speaker 1: replace them in your hands. You are just, You are righteous.
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  Speaker 1: You are the defender of the wounded. And today we
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  Speaker 1: choose healing. Today we choose freedom. Today we choose to
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  Speaker 1: believe that you are still good even if people were not.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for being the shepherd who does not wound
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  Speaker 1: the sheep. Thank you for binding up the broken hearted.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for restoring souls. Heal us, Lord, deeply, completely
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  Speaker 1: and gently in Jesus' name. Amen, Amen, and Amen.