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Today's Word 10-12-26 Double for Your Trouble · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: It's your early morning praise party. I am Sherri Mackey
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  Speaker 1: and it's time right now for today's word. Double for
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  Speaker 1: your trouble. Zechariah 9 and 12 says, return to the stronghold,
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  Speaker 1: you prisoners of hope. Even today, I declare that I
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  Speaker 1: will restore double to you. Have you ever gone through
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  Speaker 1: something that just wasn't fair? Somebody walked away from a
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  Speaker 1: relationship you thought would last forever. You experienced a financial
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  Speaker 1: setback you never saw coming. Maybe a dishonest coworker made
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  Speaker 1: you look bad, took credit for your work, or received
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  Speaker 1: the promotion you had been praying about. And you found
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  Speaker 1: yourself asking, God, how could you allow this to happen?
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  Speaker 1: Here's what I want you to remember today. What happened
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  Speaker 1: to you may have been unfair, but it does not
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  Speaker 1: have to define your future. See, God sees every tear
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  Speaker 1: you cried, every disappointment you've endured, and every battle you
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  Speaker 1: fought in silence. Even when people misunderstand you, overlook you,
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  Speaker 1: or mistreat you, you're never outside the reach of God's care.
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  Speaker 1: Today's scripture calls us to be prisoners of hope. I
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  Speaker 1: love that phrase, y'all. A prisoner is held captive, but
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  Speaker 1: when you're a prisoner of hope, you're held captive by
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  Speaker 1: the expectation that God is still able to work in
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  Speaker 1: your life. You refuse to let disappointment convince you that
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  Speaker 1: your best days are behind you. You refuse to let
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  Speaker 1: betrayal make you bitter. You refuse to let one closed
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  Speaker 1: door persuade you that there are no more doors to open.
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  Speaker 1: You remain hopeful because... You trust God not because you
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  Speaker 1: know exactly how everything is going to work out, but
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  Speaker 1: because you know that God can be trusted. Now, being
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  Speaker 1: hopeful doesn't mean pretending that trouble doesn't hurt. It doesn't
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  Speaker 1: mean every loss will be repaid in the exact same
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  Speaker 1: way you expect or that every situation will change overnight.
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  Speaker 1: It means believing that hardship does not have to be
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  Speaker 1: the end of your story. That job you lost may
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  Speaker 1: lead you to discover a new opportunity. That painful relationship
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  Speaker 1: may teach you to establish healthier boundaries. That financial setback
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  Speaker 1: may push you to seek wisdom, make new plans, and
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  Speaker 1: rebuild with greater understanding. God can bring purpose out of
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  Speaker 1: painful seasons you never would have chosen. So don't waste
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  Speaker 1: your energy trying to get revenge on the people who
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  Speaker 1: hurt you. Don't abandon your dreams because somebody mistreated you.
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  Speaker 1: And don't let yesterday's disappointment steal today's expectation. Your trouble
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  Speaker 1: is real, but guess what? So is your hope. So
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  Speaker 1: you keep praying, keep growing, keep trusting God, keep moving forward,
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  Speaker 1: even when you can't see the whole picture. You may
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  Speaker 1: have taken a hit, but you're not counted out. You
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  Speaker 1: may have experienced a loss, but your life is not over.
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  Speaker 1: With God, there's still room for restoration, renewed joy, fresh opportunities,
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  Speaker 1: and a future filled with purpose. So stay. a prisoner
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  Speaker 1: of hope. What hurts you does not get to write
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  Speaker 1: the final chapter. Come on, Jesus. Father, thank you for
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  Speaker 1: being our stronghold when life feels unfair. When disappointment comes,
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  Speaker 1: keep us from becoming bitter, discouraged, or hopeless. Help us
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  Speaker 1: to trust you with every loss, every betrayal, and every setback.
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  Speaker 1: Give us wisdom to learn from difficult seasons and courage
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  Speaker 1: to keep moving forward. Restore our joy, God. Strengthen our faith.
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  Speaker 1: and open our eyes to new opportunities you place before us. God,
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  Speaker 1: we refuse to let trouble steal our joy. We believe
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  Speaker 1: you can bring purpose out of our pain and lead
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  Speaker 1: us into a future filled with your goodness in Jesus' name. Now,
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  Speaker 1: that's your word for today. Take it, apply it to
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  Speaker 1: your everyday life, and you continue to be encouraged and inspired.
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  Speaker 1: It's your early morning praise party. I am Sherri Mackey.