Latest / The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey / Prayer 02-12-25
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- 0:00Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning, good morning. It's time for us
- 0:02Speaker 1: to go to God in prayer. And as always I
- 0:04Speaker 1: ask said, you join along with me in prayer. And
- 0:07Speaker 1: I know, I know, I get it. I've had so
- 0:11Speaker 1: many people to say, sheery, Valentine's Day is on the way.
- 0:14Speaker 1: I just wanted to come and go. I just child, listen,
- 0:17Speaker 1: that's another day that the Lord has made, and we're
- 0:19Speaker 1: gonna rejoice and be glad in it. People are hurting
- 0:23Speaker 1: and they're grieving, whether they're single and want to be married,
- 0:26Speaker 1: they're divorced and still hurting from the divorce and wanna
- 0:30Speaker 1: be married and wan companionship, or somebody who's grieving the
- 0:33Speaker 1: loss of a loved one for various reasons. People are hurting.
- 0:36Speaker 1: As we're leading up to Valentine's Day, it becomes very,
- 0:41Speaker 1: I guess, overwhelming. If you will trust me, I understand
- 0:47Speaker 1: I've been there before. But you know what I've learned.
- 0:49Speaker 1: I can love me. You know what I've learned. I
- 0:52Speaker 1: can date me. You know what I've learned. I can
- 0:54Speaker 1: send myself some flowers. Stop playing. Come on, Jesus, oh
- 0:58Speaker 1: Heavenly Father, we come to you right now with open hearts.
- 1:02Speaker 1: Acknowledging God the weight of loneliness that some may feel
- 1:06Speaker 1: in this season. God, for those who are single and
- 1:10Speaker 1: want to be married, those who are navigating the pain
- 1:14Speaker 1: the devastation of divorce, for those that are grieving the
- 1:18Speaker 1: loss of their spouse. God, we ask Lord that your
- 1:23Speaker 1: loving arms would surround them. God, help them to feel
- 1:28Speaker 1: your presence, that you never leave them, You never forsake them. Lord,
- 1:32Speaker 1: you know the deaths of our hearts and the silence
- 1:35Speaker 1: struggles and even the tears God that no one else sees. God,
- 1:40Speaker 1: we pray for healing where wounds are still raw, for
- 1:44Speaker 1: peace where there's restlessness, and for strength to carry on. God,
- 1:48Speaker 1: even in the midst of hurt, pain and heartache. God,
- 1:52Speaker 1: remind us God that you never leave us, that you
- 1:59Speaker 1: never forget, so we are never truly alone. God, You're
- 2:03Speaker 1: always with us. God, You're there to comfort, yourure, there
- 2:07Speaker 1: to love. You're there to give hope. God in peace,
- 2:12Speaker 1: even God that transcends our earthly circumstance or understanding, help
- 2:18Speaker 1: us God to feel your presence and God profound and
- 2:22Speaker 1: tangible ways, especially in moments of quiet reflection. God. Is
- 2:28Speaker 1: Valentine's Day approaches, we ask that you turn their lowliness
- 2:34Speaker 1: God into longing for your love. Let them know, in
- 2:37Speaker 1: the deepest parts of their hearts, God, that they are
- 2:40Speaker 1: loved more deeply than they can even imagine or think.
- 2:44Speaker 1: Not just by their friends, not just by their loved ones,
- 2:47Speaker 1: not just by those that are around them, God, but
- 2:50Speaker 1: by You, their creator, their comforter. God. We ask for
- 2:54Speaker 1: your blessing and your companionship when the time is right,
- 2:58Speaker 1: for courage to embrace our self worse for the reminder
- 3:02Speaker 1: that our value is not defined God by our relationship status,
- 3:07Speaker 1: but by the love that you pour it into our lives. God,
- 3:10Speaker 1: give us peace and the assurance that you're preparing a
- 3:14Speaker 1: future full of grace, full of purpose, full of love.
- 3:18Speaker 1: Let our hearts be filled with your love, the greatest
- 3:21Speaker 1: love of all, in Jesus' name. Amen. A man