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Today's Word 11-13-25 Called by Name · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: It's your early body praise party. I am Sherry Mackie,
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  Speaker 1: and it's time right now. Four Today's word called by name,
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  Speaker 1: Called by name, Luke nineteen and five says in the
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  Speaker 1: New Living Translation. When Jesus came by, he looked at
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  Speaker 1: Zachaus and called him by name, Zakaz. He said, quick,
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  Speaker 1: come down, I must be a guest in your home today.
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  Speaker 1: Zachaus wasn't the kind of man most people liked. He
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  Speaker 1: was a chief tax collector who had become wealthy by
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  Speaker 1: taking advantage of other people. He lived with labels crook, trader, sinner.
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  Speaker 1: But the day Jesus came to town, something stirred in
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  Speaker 1: his heart. Maybe he thought, if I could just see him,
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  Speaker 1: So he climbed up a sycamore tree to get a glimpse.
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  Speaker 1: What zach Chaas didn't realize was that Jesus already knew
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  Speaker 1: where he was and what he needed. Out of the
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  Speaker 1: whole crowd, Jesus stopped, looked up and called him by name, Zachaz.
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  Speaker 1: Come down. Imagine his shock. Jesus not only saw him,
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  Speaker 1: he knew him. He didn't call him by his reputation,
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  Speaker 1: He didn't call him by his mistakes or failures. He
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  Speaker 1: called him by name, not just any name, but a
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  Speaker 1: name that meant pure one. See, that's what grace looks like.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus doesn't label us by our failures, our past or
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  Speaker 1: what others say about us. He calls us by what
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  Speaker 1: He created us to be. He speaks identity where others
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  Speaker 1: speak shame. Maybe today you feel unsafe, you feel overlooked,
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  Speaker 1: you feel unworthy. But God knows your name, he knows
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  Speaker 1: your story, he knows the pain that you've endured. He
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  Speaker 1: knows your hopes and dreams, and you know what. He
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  Speaker 1: knows your potential. He knows what he placed on the
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  Speaker 1: inside of you. Well, just like Zachaus came down from
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  Speaker 1: that tree and welcomed Jesus joyfully, you too, can open
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  Speaker 1: your heart and you can let him in today. When
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  Speaker 1: you do, transformation will begin in your life. The same
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  Speaker 1: Savior who calls zachchaius peer one calls you his beloved.
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  Speaker 1: He calls you forgiven, He calls you chosen, he calls
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  Speaker 1: you redeemed. Don't let the crowd's opinion of you define you.
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  Speaker 1: Let the voice of Jesus do that. Oh Father God,
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  Speaker 1: thank you for knowing us by name and calling us
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  Speaker 1: according to who you created us to be. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: for seeing past our flaws and failures, and for calling
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  Speaker 1: us forgiven and free. Who will help us to walk
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  Speaker 1: in that truth and to live as the people you
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  Speaker 1: see we are in Jesus' name. That's your word for today.
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  Speaker 1: Take it, apply it to your everyday life, and you
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  Speaker 1: continue to be encouraged and inspired with me, your girls,
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  Speaker 1: Sherry Mackie, it's your early morning praise party, reminding you
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  Speaker 1: that He calls you by name.