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Today's Word 02-06-26 The Battle Before the Breakthrough · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: It's your early morning praise party. I am Sherry Mackie,
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  Speaker 1: and it's time right now for today's word. The battle
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  Speaker 1: before the breakthrough, The battle before the Breakthrough. First Samuel one,
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  Speaker 1: thirteen through fifteen says, seeing her lips moving but hearing
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  Speaker 1: no sound, he thought she had been drinking. Must you
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  Speaker 1: come here drunk? He demanded, throw away your wine? Oh no, sir,
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  Speaker 1: she replied, I haven't been drinking wine or anything stronger.
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  Speaker 1: But I am very discouraged, and I was pouring out
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  Speaker 1: my heart to the Lord. You know. In First Samuel one,
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  Speaker 1: Hannah was carrying an invisible burden. She was deeply wounded, misunderstood,
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  Speaker 1: and desperate for a miracle. For years, she had lived
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  Speaker 1: with the pain of barrenness, the ridicule of others, and
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  Speaker 1: the quiet questions in her own heart. When she finally
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  Speaker 1: poured out her soul to God, the very person who
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  Speaker 1: have encouraged her, the priest, misjudged her and spoke words
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  Speaker 1: that could have shut her down completely. This was not
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  Speaker 1: just an emotional moment for Hannah. It was a defining moment.
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  Speaker 1: We often celebrate her victory when she later gives birth
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  Speaker 1: to Samuel the Promise, but the real victory happened here.
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  Speaker 1: It happened long before the baby ever arrived. The real
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  Speaker 1: victory happened when she refused to accept the wrong interpretation
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  Speaker 1: of her situation. Come oh jeesus. She didn't let discouragement,
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  Speaker 1: she didn't let misunderstanding, she didn't let negative words pull
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  Speaker 1: her out of position. Before every breakthrough, there's usually a
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  Speaker 1: battle before every new level. There's a resistance. Before you
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  Speaker 1: give birth to your promise, someone or something will try
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  Speaker 1: to talk you out of it. There will always be
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  Speaker 1: an eli moment when the dream feels fragile, and voices
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  Speaker 1: trying to convince you that you're wasting your time, that
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  Speaker 1: you're it's too emotional, too hopeful, too unrealistic. Someone may
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  Speaker 1: tell you you'll never get well, you don't have what it takes,
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  Speaker 1: you'll never break that. Addition, you've waited too long. It's
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  Speaker 1: too late now. The devil is a liar. See. The
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  Speaker 1: real victory is not when the promise shows up. The
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  Speaker 1: real victory is when you refuse to let doubt take
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  Speaker 1: root in your mind. It's when you choose faith over fear.
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  Speaker 1: It's when you choose trust over frustration and hope over
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  Speaker 1: what looks impossible. Hannah didn't argue, she didn't try to
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  Speaker 1: defend herself or walk away offended. She calmly stood in
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  Speaker 1: her truth as she kept on believing. She won the
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  Speaker 1: battle in her heart before she ever held Samuel in
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  Speaker 1: her arms. Jesus, that's how it works for us to
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  Speaker 1: You must protect your peace and guard your faith when
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  Speaker 1: the promise is still invisible. If you don't receive the
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  Speaker 1: negative word, they can't stop you. If you don't let
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  Speaker 1: doubts settle in your spirit, it can't derail your death.
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  Speaker 1: To me, the moment you stay in faith when it
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  Speaker 1: would be easier to quit, that's when the real victory happens.
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  Speaker 1: Oh Father, thank you that we can be still and
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  Speaker 1: know that you are God. Help us to stand strong
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  Speaker 1: in the defining moments of our lives when things come
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  Speaker 1: against us and try to discourage us from what you
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  Speaker 1: promised us. God, we choose faith over fear and peace
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  Speaker 1: over pressure. God, we declare that we will not receive
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  Speaker 1: negative words, and we will trust you through every season
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  Speaker 1: of our lives. In Jesus' name. Hey, now that's your
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  Speaker 1: word for today. Take it apply to your everyday life,
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  Speaker 1: and you continue to be encouraged to and inspired. It
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  Speaker 1: is your early morning praise party. I am Sherry Knacky