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Today's Word 03-27-26 Guard Your Ground · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: It's your early morny praise party. I am a Sherry
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  Speaker 1: Mackey at its time for today's word, God Your ground,
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  Speaker 1: God Your Ground. Mark four twenty says the seed that
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  Speaker 1: fell on gut ground represents those who hear and accept
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  Speaker 1: God's word and produce a harvest of thirty sixty and
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  Speaker 1: even one hundred times as much as had been planted.
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  Speaker 1: You know, and Jesus is parable of the sore. He
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  Speaker 1: makes it clear that the real issue isn't the seed,
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  Speaker 1: it's the soil. The seed is always good, The word
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  Speaker 1: of God is always powerful, always full of life, always
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  Speaker 1: capable of producing something greater than we imagine. But the
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  Speaker 1: question is what kind of soil is it?
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  Speaker 2: Falling on your heart? Is the soil?
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  Speaker 1: Just in case you didn't know your heart is that soil.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus warns us about rocky ground where the word can't
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  Speaker 1: take deep root, in forny ground, where it gets choked
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  Speaker 1: out before it can fully grow. And if we're honest,
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  Speaker 1: we've all experienced a moment where our soul wasn't in
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  Speaker 1: right condition. Hello, somebody, Life happens, Disappointments come, people say
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  Speaker 1: things that stick with us, Environments shape us, and before
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  Speaker 1: we know it what God planet.
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  Speaker 2: In us is struggling to survive.
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  Speaker 1: See, that's why we have to be intentional about what's
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  Speaker 1: around us. The thorns in your life may not look
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  Speaker 1: dangerous at first. They could be relationships that constantly pull
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  Speaker 1: you in to compromise, people who normalize negativity, who make
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  Speaker 1: excuses for staying stuck, or who subtly discourage your growth.
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  Speaker 1: The weeds might be voices you hear every day, coworkers
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  Speaker 1: who complain, social circles filled with gospel, and even the
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  Speaker 1: constant noise of media, that fear comparison, doubt. And then
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  Speaker 1: they're those rocks, those hard places for and by past hurts, rejections,
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  Speaker 1: and limited beliefs. Maybe it's the voice of someone who
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  Speaker 1: told you that you never be successful, never be enough,
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  Speaker 1: never rise above where you are. Those words can harden
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  Speaker 1: your heart even if you're not careful, making it difficult
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  Speaker 1: for God's truth to take root. But here's the truth.
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  Speaker 1: Anything that chokes your growth has.
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  Speaker 2: To be addressed. You cannot expect.
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  Speaker 1: A harvest while holding on to what's poisoning your soul.
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  Speaker 1: Growth requires courage, the courage to evaluate your environment, your relationships,
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  Speaker 1: your habits, and even your thoughts. What are you allowing
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  Speaker 1: in your space? What are you entertaining that God is
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  Speaker 1: asking you to release? Because what you're not willing to
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  Speaker 1: walk away from is often where you're stopping your own growth.
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  Speaker 1: God is placed gifts, purpose, and potential inside of you.
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  Speaker 2: There is a harvest attached.
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  Speaker 1: To your life, one that can bless not only you,
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  Speaker 1: but the emirations after you. But that harvest is dependent
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  Speaker 1: on the condition of your heart. Good soil doesn't happen
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  Speaker 1: by accident. It's cultivated, it's protected, it's pruned when necessary.
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  Speaker 1: So I need you to be selective. Protect your peace, God,
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  Speaker 1: your mind. Surround yourself with people who speak life, who
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  Speaker 1: challenge you to grow, who remind you of who God
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  Speaker 1: called you to be. Fill your heart with truth, with faith,
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  Speaker 1: with things that strengthen you instead of draining you. And
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  Speaker 1: when you do that, you create an environment where God's.
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  Speaker 2: Word can take root deeply.
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  Speaker 1: And when it does, the harvest will come not just
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  Speaker 1: a little, but thirty sixty, even one hundredfold.
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  Speaker 2: Who Now that's the power of good soil.
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  Speaker 1: Father, Thank you for the gifts and the potential that
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  Speaker 1: you placed inside of us. Thank you for reminding us
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  Speaker 1: that our growth is connected to the condition of our hearts.
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  Speaker 1: Give us the wisdom, give us the boldness to evaluate
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  Speaker 1: what's around us and let go of anything that is
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  Speaker 1: choking what you planted on the inside of us. Surround
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  Speaker 1: us with people and influences that have strengthened our faith
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  Speaker 1: and help us grow. God, we choose to be good soil,
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  Speaker 1: ready for the harvest that You've prepared for our lives
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  Speaker 1: in Jesus' name. Now that's your word for today. Take
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  Speaker 1: it applied to your everyday life, and you continue to
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  Speaker 1: be encouraged and inspired. It is your early morning praise party.
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  Speaker 1: I am Sherry Mackie.