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Today's Word 12-18-25 Ready for the Unexpected · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: It's your early what he praise party. I am Sherry Mackie,
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  Speaker 1: and it's time right now for today's word, Ready for
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  Speaker 1: the unexpected. Two Timothy four and two says be prepared
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  Speaker 1: in season and out of season. You know when the
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  Speaker 1: apostle Paul encouraged Timothy to be prepared in season and
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  Speaker 1: out of season, he was speaking about preaching the word faithfully.
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  Speaker 1: But the principle reaches far beyond ministry. It speaks to
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  Speaker 1: how we live while we're waiting on God. There are
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  Speaker 1: seasons when everything is flowing, doors are opening, and prayers
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  Speaker 1: seem to be answered quickly. Then there are out of
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  Speaker 1: season moments when the medical report doesn't look good, when
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  Speaker 1: the job market tightens up, when relationships are strained, or
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  Speaker 1: progress feels painfully slow. Being prepared doesn't mean pretending everything
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  Speaker 1: is fine. It means keeping your heart anchored in faith
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  Speaker 1: regardless of the season, and you stay grateful and humble.
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  Speaker 1: Out of season, you stay hopeful and expectant. You don't
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  Speaker 1: let discouragement talk you into lowering your expectation or shrinking
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  Speaker 1: your faith. You don't put God in a box and
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  Speaker 1: decide how, when or through whom He has to work
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  Speaker 1: too often we think God can only bless us when
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  Speaker 1: conditions are right, but or we think that when the
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  Speaker 1: economy is strong, will be blessed when we feel confident
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  Speaker 1: when resources are abundant. But God specializes in showing a
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  Speaker 1: battle season. He brings provision and famine. He brings peace
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  Speaker 1: and chaos, healing and weakness, and favor. When the odds
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  Speaker 1: are stacked against you, what looks like delay to you
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  Speaker 1: is often preparation in God's hands. In numbers eleven, the
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  Speaker 1: Lord acts Moses. A powerful question is the Lord's arm
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  Speaker 1: too short? In other words, do you really think anything
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  Speaker 1: can limit me? Seasons don't limit God. Statistics don't limit God.
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  Speaker 1: Your past doesn't limit God. The only thing that can
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  Speaker 1: restrict what God does is our unwillingness to have faith
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  Speaker 1: and believe beyond what we can see. So I want
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  Speaker 1: you to stay prepared in your mindset, keep speaking the
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  Speaker 1: words of faith, keep doing the right thing when it
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  Speaker 1: feels unrewarded, Keep praising when nothing appears to be changing.
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  Speaker 1: Get up every morning with quiet expectancy, believing that God
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  Speaker 1: can interrupt your routine at any moment with his goodness.
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  Speaker 1: When you live this way, you won't be shocked. When
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  Speaker 1: God suddenly turns things around, you'll say I was ready.
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  Speaker 1: I knew he could do it out of season. As
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  Speaker 1: often when God does his best work come own. Jesus, Father,
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  Speaker 1: thank you that you're not limited by seasons. You're not
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  Speaker 1: limited by circumstances or conditions. Help us to stay prepared
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  Speaker 1: in faith when things are going well and when they're not. God,
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  Speaker 1: we choose to trust you beyond what we can see
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  Speaker 1: and expect you to move in unexpected ways. God, we
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  Speaker 1: believe your power is at work in our lives right now.
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  Speaker 1: In Jesus' name. Hey, now that's your word for today.
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  Speaker 1: Take it haha. Apply it to your everyday life. You
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  Speaker 1: get ready for the unexpected. On the party, your early
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  Speaker 1: wedding praise party with me, your girls. Sherry Mackie