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Daily Prayer 12-17-25 · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: I am Sherry Mackie. It's time for us to go
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  Speaker 1: to God in prayer, and as always I ask that
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  Speaker 1: you join along with me in prayer. You know, I
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  Speaker 1: think about all the time we call ourselves Christians. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: I'm a Christian and we like to brag about it.
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  Speaker 1: But when we say that we are Christian, we're saying
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  Speaker 1: that we are christ like and are we really loving
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  Speaker 1: like He loves? I'm constantly prayer. God, search my heart.
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  Speaker 1: Teach me how to love like you, Teach me how
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  Speaker 1: to live like you. Heavenly Father, we come before you,
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  Speaker 1: humbled by your words, your words that say a new commandment.
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  Speaker 1: I give to you that you love one another justice
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  Speaker 1: I have loved you. Lord. That kind of love is
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  Speaker 1: higher than our human understanding. It is patient when we
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  Speaker 1: want to react. It's forgiving when we want to hold
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  Speaker 1: a grudge. It's merciful when we feel justified in our anger.
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  Speaker 1: Yet you call us to it, not by our own strengths,
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  Speaker 1: but through your grace. So Father, we first ask for forgiveness.
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  Speaker 1: Forgive us for the times we mishandled your people, when
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  Speaker 1: our words cut instead of healed, when our silence wounded
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  Speaker 1: instead of protecting, when our pride spoke louder than compassion.
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  Speaker 1: Forgive us for loving conditionally, for choosing comfort over obedience,
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  Speaker 1: and for failing to see others through your eyes. Lord,
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  Speaker 1: we confess that sometimes we've judged too quickly. Sometimes we've
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  Speaker 1: assumed the worst, and we've forgotten how much grace you've
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  Speaker 1: shown to us. God, we've held on to a fence.
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  Speaker 1: We've replayed hurt over and over again in our minds,
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  Speaker 1: in our hearts, and even out of our mouths, and
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  Speaker 1: we've allowed bitterness to take root in our hearts. Today, God,
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  Speaker 1: we lay those things at your feet. Clans Us. God,
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  Speaker 1: heal us, renew our hearts. Jesus, teach us to love
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  Speaker 1: like you loved, with humility, with sacrificing, with truth. God,
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  Speaker 1: you loved us when we were broken, You loved us
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  Speaker 1: when we were undeserving. You loved us all the way
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  Speaker 1: to the cross. Help us to reflect that same love
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  Speaker 1: in our homes, in our churches, in our communities, and
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  Speaker 1: even towards those who have hurt us. Father, give us
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  Speaker 1: grace when emotions run high, mercy when relationships feel straight,
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  Speaker 1: and wisdom when we don't know what to say or
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  Speaker 1: how to respond. Let our love be guided by your spirit,
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  Speaker 1: not our feelings. Help us to speak with gentleness, to
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  Speaker 1: listen with understanding, and to forgive as freely as you've
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  Speaker 1: forgiven us. Lord. Where relationships are fractured, you bring healing
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  Speaker 1: where trust has been broken. God, you bring restoration where
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  Speaker 1: love has grown cold, God rekindling with your divine fire. God,
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  Speaker 1: let the way we love be the evidence that we
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  Speaker 1: belong to you. We don't want to just quote your commandments.
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  Speaker 1: We want to live it. Shape our hearts until love
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  Speaker 1: becomes our first response, not our last result. God, Let
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  Speaker 1: our lives declare that we are your disciples, not by
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  Speaker 1: our words alone, but by the way we love one another,
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  Speaker 1: entreat one another. Thank you, Father, God, for loving us
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  Speaker 1: perfectly and patiently. Thank you for never giving up on us. God,
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  Speaker 1: we receive your grace today, and we choose to extend
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  Speaker 1: that same grace to everybody else around us. In Jesus'
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  Speaker 1: mighty name, we pray, Amen, Amen, Amen,