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Daily Prayer 10-22-26 · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: I am Sherri Mackey, and it's time for us to
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  Speaker 1: go to God in prayer. And as always, I invite
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  Speaker 1: you to join along with me in prayer. You know,
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  Speaker 1: so often we're pouring out, pouring out, pouring out, and
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  Speaker 1: we need God to restore us from what we poured out.
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  Speaker 1: Father God, in the mighty name of Jesus, we come
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  Speaker 1: before you today asking for restoration. Lord, restore the places
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  Speaker 1: in us that have become empty from constantly pouring into others.
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  Speaker 1: Restore our strength, God. Restore our joy. Restore our peace.
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  Speaker 1: Restore our hope. God, restore even our desire to keep going. Father,
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  Speaker 1: some of us have spent so much time encouraging everybody
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  Speaker 1: else that we haven't taken the time to acknowledge our
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  Speaker 1: own weariness. And we've been strong enough. We've been the
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  Speaker 1: strong one for everybody else, the dependable one, the prayer warrior,
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  Speaker 1: the listening ear and the shoulder everybody leans on. We
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  Speaker 1: celebrated others through their victories and carried them through their valleys.
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  Speaker 1: But Lord, sometimes we need somebody to pour into us.
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  Speaker 1: And today, Father, we admit that we need replenishing. Your
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  Speaker 1: word declares in Acts 319 that... Times of refreshing come
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  Speaker 1: from the presence of the Lord. So, Father, refresh us.
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  Speaker 1: Breathe fresh life into our weary spirits. Renew our minds, God.
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  Speaker 1: Restore our passion. Reignite our faith. Remind us that we
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  Speaker 1: can't continually pour from an empty vessel and expect to
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  Speaker 1: remain whole. Lord, teach us that receiving is not weakness
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  Speaker 1: and needing help does not mean we have failed. Give
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  Speaker 1: us the humility, God, to admit when we're tired, encouraged
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  Speaker 1: to ask for support, the discernment to recognize the people
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  Speaker 1: you've assigned to encourage, strengthen, and pour into us. Send
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  Speaker 1: us people who will pray for us when we don't
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  Speaker 1: have the strength, God, to pray for ourselves. Send us
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  Speaker 1: people who will speak life when our hearts are discouraged.
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  Speaker 1: Remind us, God, of our worth when we've forgotten it
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  Speaker 1: and offer genuine love without expecting us to always be
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  Speaker 1: the strong one. And Father, help us recognize that sometimes
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  Speaker 1: the blessing we're praying for comes through another person's hands,
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  Speaker 1: another person's words, another person's willingness to simply show up. Lord,
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  Speaker 1: restore what's been depleted by disappointment, drained by difficult relationships,
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  Speaker 1: weakened by grief, and exhausted, God, by responsibility. Restore the
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  Speaker 1: joy that sorrow tried to steal. Restore the confidence that
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  Speaker 1: rejection tried to destroy. Restore the peace that worry has disturbed.
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  Speaker 1: And God... Restore the hope that has been battered by
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  Speaker 1: unanswered prayers. Your word declares in Joel 2.25 that you
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  Speaker 1: will restore the years that have been lost. Father, we
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  Speaker 1: trust you with everything that's been broken, delayed, diminished, or
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  Speaker 1: poured out. Help us, God, establish healthy boundaries so that
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  Speaker 1: we can serve others without abandoning ourselves. Teach us, God,
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  Speaker 1: to rest without guilt, receive without shame, and recognize when
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  Speaker 1: we need to step away and sit, God, in your presence. Lord,
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  Speaker 1: refill us until we have something healthy and life-giving to
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  Speaker 1: pour out again. Oh, God, let us never be so
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  Speaker 1: busy being a blessing to everybody else that we refuse
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  Speaker 1: to receive the blessing you have for us. God, we
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  Speaker 1: declare that emptiness is not our final condition. Exhaustion is
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  Speaker 1: not our permanent identity. By your grace, we can be renewed, replenished, restored,
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  Speaker 1: and strengthened again. In the mighty name of Jesus, we
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  Speaker 1: pray amen, amen, and amen.