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Today's Word 04-08-26 Remember and Rise · 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. Remember and Rise,
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  Speaker 1: Remember and Rise. Psalm thirty one through three says I
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  Speaker 1: will exalt you Lord, for you rescued me. You refuse
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  Speaker 1: to let my enemies triumph over me. You restored my health.
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  Speaker 1: You kept me from falling into the pit of death.
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  Speaker 1: You know, if you take a moment to look back
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  Speaker 1: over your life, you'll begin to see something powerful. You're
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  Speaker 1: still here. There were situations that should have taken you out,
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  Speaker 1: seasons that should have broken you, moments that looked like
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  Speaker 1: they were going to overwhelm you completely. Maybe it was
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  Speaker 1: an illness and unexpected setback, a difficult childhood, or people
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  Speaker 1: who came against you. But somehow you made it through.
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  Speaker 1: You're still standing, still blessed, still moving forward, y'all. That's
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  Speaker 1: not love, that's not coincidence. That's the hand of God
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  Speaker 1: on your life. Just like the psalmons in the Bible declares,
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  Speaker 1: God has been your rescuer, he has been your protector.
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  Speaker 1: He's been the one who kept you from falling when
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  Speaker 1: life tried to push you down. And here's what's important
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  Speaker 1: to understand. Every victory you've experienced was not just that moment.
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  Speaker 1: It was meant to fuel your faith for the future.
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  Speaker 1: Too often we face new challenges and forget what God
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  Speaker 1: had already done. We look at the size of the
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  Speaker 1: current problem and think this is too big. I don't
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  Speaker 1: know how this is going to work out, but I
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  Speaker 1: need you to remember your history with God. Something shifts
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  Speaker 1: when you begin to say, God, have brought me through
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  Speaker 1: bad before, you can do it again. You made a
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  Speaker 1: way when I didn't see a way. You'll make a
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  Speaker 1: way right now. You showed me mercy when I didn't
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  Speaker 1: deserve it. You'll do it again. Your past victories become present. Confidence.
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  Speaker 1: Come on, Jesus. Every door God, God open, every prayer
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  Speaker 1: he answered, every time he protected you, every time he
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  Speaker 1: healed you, every time He provided for you. Y'all, that's fuel.
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  Speaker 1: Feel that strengthens your faith. Feel that reminds you who
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  Speaker 1: God is. Feel that keeps you moving forward when life
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  Speaker 1: gets difficult. So when you feel discouraged, don't just focus
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  Speaker 1: on what's in front of you. You need to go
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  Speaker 1: back and remember what's behind you. Go back to the
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  Speaker 1: moments where God showed up. Go back to the times
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  Speaker 1: when things worked out that shouldn't have Go back to
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  Speaker 1: the seasones where you doubt you wouldn't make it, but
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  Speaker 1: you did because the saying God, who was faithful dead,
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  Speaker 1: is still faithful. Now you're not starting from scratch, You're
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  Speaker 1: standing on a history of God's goodness. Come, oh Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: So whatever you're facing today, don't let fear take over
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  Speaker 1: and stay. Reach back and gather your feud and let
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  Speaker 1: the faith rise. Because if God did it before, he
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  Speaker 1: will certainly do it again. Oh Father, thank you for
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  Speaker 1: every time you've brought us through. Thank you for the victories,
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  Speaker 1: the protection, the mercy that you've shown in our lives.
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  Speaker 1: Help us to remember your faithfulness when we face new challenges.
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  Speaker 1: Let our past testimonies become fuel for our faith. Today, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: we trust that you are still with us. You're still working,
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  Speaker 1: and you're still making a way where there seems to
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  Speaker 1: be no way. In Jesus' name. Hey, now that's your
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  Speaker 1: word for today. I want you to take it apply
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  Speaker 1: to your everyday life and you continue to be encouraged
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  Speaker 1: and inspired. It is your early morning praise party. I
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  Speaker 1: am Sherry Mackie