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Today's Word 08-21-26 What You've Received, Give Away · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: It's your early morning praise party.
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  Speaker 2: I am a Sherry Mackie at it's time for today's
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  Speaker 2: word what you've received. Giveaway Acts twenty thirty five says
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  Speaker 2: for we must always cherish the words of our Lord Jesus,
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  Speaker 2: who taught giving brings a far greater blessing than receiving.
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  Speaker 2: You know, there's something powerful about realizing that what God
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  Speaker 2: brought you through was never meant to be only for you.
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  Speaker 2: You have something to give because you've been through something.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you know what it feels like to be lonely.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe you've experienced disappointment, lost, rejection, sickness or financial struggle.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe there was a season when you were praying for
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  Speaker 2: a breakthrough and wondering if things could ever change. But
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  Speaker 2: look at you now. God brought you through it. He
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  Speaker 2: gave you strength when you were weak. He gave you
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  Speaker 2: peace when you were troubled. He encouraged you when you
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  Speaker 2: were discouraged. He opened doors when you couldn't see a
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  Speaker 2: way forward. And now that you've experienced His goodness, don't
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  Speaker 2: keep it to yourself. Somebody needs what you've learned. You
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  Speaker 2: may have once needed somebody to encourage you, and now
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  Speaker 2: you can become the encourageer.
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  Speaker 1: You may have once.
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  Speaker 2: Needed somebody to pray for you, and now you can
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  Speaker 2: stand in the gap for somebody else.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you needed someone to.
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  Speaker 2: Believe in you when you couldn't believe in yourself, and
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  Speaker 2: now you can speak faith into someone who's struggling to
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  Speaker 2: see their own potential. Perhaps you learn how to survive
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  Speaker 2: in a difficult season, raise your children, build a business,
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  Speaker 2: navigate a career, overcome disappointment, or simply keep.
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  Speaker 1: Going when life gets hard.
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  Speaker 2: Don't underestimate the value of your experience. There is somebody
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  Speaker 2: who needs a wisdom you almost threw away because you
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  Speaker 2: thought it.
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  Speaker 1: Came from a painful season.
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  Speaker 2: Your testimony may become somebody else's role man.
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  Speaker 1: Your encouragement may.
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  Speaker 2: Become somebody else's strength. Your general orosity may become somebody
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  Speaker 2: else's breakthrough.
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  Speaker 1: Your prayer may be the thing.
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  Speaker 2: That helps somebody keep on believing. Sometimes we think we
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  Speaker 2: need to have a lot before we can give a lot.
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  Speaker 2: But God isn't asking you to give what you don't have.
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  Speaker 2: He's asking you to release what you do have. Give
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  Speaker 2: your time, give your wisdom, give your kindness, give your encouragement,
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  Speaker 2: give your forgiveness, Give your resources, give your testimony, give
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  Speaker 2: somebody a reason to believe again. Remember, Jesus gave everything
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  Speaker 2: for us. He gave love, mercy, grace, forgiveness, and ultimately, y'all,
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  Speaker 2: Jesus gave his life so that we could live. So
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  Speaker 2: when God has blessed you, you become a blessing. Don't
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  Speaker 2: just celebrate what God has done for you. Look around
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  Speaker 2: and ask who can I help because of what God
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  Speaker 2: has done for me? Because there is a blessing attached
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  Speaker 2: to the blessing, Come on that.
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  Speaker 1: Father.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for every blessing, every lesson, every victory, and
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  Speaker 2: every experience you brought us through. Thank you for giving
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  Speaker 2: us what we need when we're hurting, discourage, confusing, and need.
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  Speaker 2: Help us to never become so focused on what we
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  Speaker 2: received that we forget to give Give us eyes to
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  Speaker 2: see the people around us who need encouragement, wisdom, come passion,
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  Speaker 2: the people who need prayer and generosity and hope. Let
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  Speaker 2: us and our testimony to become somebody else's encouragement. Let
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  Speaker 2: our hands become your hands, our words become words of life,
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  Speaker 2: and our hearts reflect your generous hearts.
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  Speaker 1: God.
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  Speaker 2: We want to be a blessed everywhere we go in
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  Speaker 2: Jesus' name.
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  Speaker 1: That's your word for today.
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  Speaker 2: Take an apply to your everyday life, and you continue
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  Speaker 2: to be encouraged and inspired. It's your early morning praise party.
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  Speaker 1: I am a Sherry Mackie