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Today's Word 07-01-26 Stay Anchored · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: It's your early morning praise party. I am Sherry Mackie Inn.
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  Speaker 1: It's time right now for today's word. Stay anchored, Stay anchored.
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  Speaker 1: Hebrews two and one says, so we must listen very
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  Speaker 1: carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may
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  Speaker 1: drift away from it. You know, one of the most
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  Speaker 1: dangerous things about drifting is that it happens so quietly
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  Speaker 1: that you hardly notice it. If you've ever watched children
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  Speaker 1: playing in the ocean, you've probably seen it happen. They're laughing,
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  Speaker 1: they're splashing in the waves, completely enjoying themselves in. After
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  Speaker 1: a while, they look up and realize they're nowhere near
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  Speaker 1: the shore.
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  Speaker 2: They didn't intentionally move down the beach.
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  Speaker 1: There wasn't a violent storm or a powerful wave that
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  Speaker 1: swept them away. It was simply the constant pulling of
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  Speaker 1: the current. Well, the same thing can happen spiritually. Most
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  Speaker 1: people don't wake up one morning and decide to drift
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  Speaker 1: away from God. It happens little by little, a mist, prayer, here,
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  Speaker 1: elected time in God's word, There, a worship service, skift,
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  Speaker 1: a compromise that seemed insignificant. Before long, what once felt
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  Speaker 1: vibrant begins to feel distant life has a current of
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  Speaker 1: its own. The pressures of work, family responsibilities, disappointments, distractions,
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  Speaker 1: social media, financial concerns, and unexpected challenges can slowly pull
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  Speaker 1: our hearts away from the things that matter most. Perhaps
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  Speaker 1: you've drifted from the joy you once had. You used
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  Speaker 1: to wake up expecting God to do great things, but
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  Speaker 1: now you've settled into a routine. Maybe you've drifted into
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  Speaker 1: discouragement after unanswered prayers. Maybe you've drifted into worry because
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  Speaker 1: of circumstances you can't control.
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  Speaker 2: Or perhaps you've drifted.
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  Speaker 1: Into unforgiveness because someone deeply hurts you. The encouraging news
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  Speaker 1: is this, if you can drift away, you can also return.
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  Speaker 1: God never moves away from us. His love remains constant.
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  Speaker 1: His eye always opens the moment we return back to him.
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  Speaker 1: He meets us with grace, He meets us with mercy,
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  Speaker 1: He meets us with fresh strength. The writer of Hebrews
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  Speaker 1: reminds us to pay careful attention to the truth we received. Why,
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  Speaker 1: because truth becomes the anchor that keeps us steady when life's.
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  Speaker 2: Currents are trying to pull us off course.
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  Speaker 1: An anchored ship may be rocking back and forth by
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  Speaker 1: the waves, but it doesn't drift away when your heart
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  Speaker 1: is anchored in God's promises. Disappointments won't steal your hope,
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  Speaker 1: Delays won't destroy your faith, and difficulties won't define your future.
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  Speaker 1: Make it a daily priority to stay connected to God
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  Speaker 1: through prayer, through worship, through His words. God your heart,
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  Speaker 1: feed your faith. Surround yourself with people who encourage you
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  Speaker 1: to grow spiritually. Don't let the ordinary currents of life
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  Speaker 1: carry you away from the extraordinary purpose that God has
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  Speaker 1: for you. Today is a wonderful day to check your
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  Speaker 1: spiritual comfass, reset your course, and anchor yourself once again
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  Speaker 1: in the faithfulness of God. Oh Father, God, thank you
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  Speaker 1: for being our firm foundation and our unshakable ancher. Forgive
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  Speaker 1: us for the times we've allowed the distractions and pressures
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  Speaker 1: of life to pull our attention away from you. Oh God,
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  Speaker 1: draw our hearts close to yours again. Renew our passion
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  Speaker 1: for your word, strength and our faith, and restore our joy.
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  Speaker 1: Help us to remain anchored in your promises, so that
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  Speaker 1: no circumstance, no disappointment, no distraction can cause us to
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  Speaker 1: drip from.
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  Speaker 2: Your purpose for our lives.
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  Speaker 1: Oh God, we place our hope completely in you, knowing
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  Speaker 1: that you are faithful and you will never let us
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  Speaker 1: go in Jesus name. Come on, Jesus now, that's your
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  Speaker 1: work for today. Take it applied to your everyday life,
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  Speaker 1: and you continue to be encouraged and inspired.
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  Speaker 2: It's your Early What He Praise Party. I am Sherry
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  Speaker 2: Mackie