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Today's Word 01-22-26 Forged in the Fire · 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
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  Speaker 1: at its time, right now for today's word forged in
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  Speaker 1: the fire, Forged in the fire. Psalms one O five
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  Speaker 1: eighteen says in the Amplified Joseph was laid in chains
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  Speaker 1: of iron, and his soul entered into the iron. You know,
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  Speaker 1: there are seasons in life when it feels as though
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  Speaker 1: everything is working against us, when the doors closed, the
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  Speaker 1: accusations come, and the waiting seems endless. Joseph knew that
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  Speaker 1: feeling all too well. Falsely accused and forgotten. In prison
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  Speaker 1: for thirteen long years, he wore chains of iron on
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  Speaker 1: his body. But scripture tells us something even deeper happened.
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  Speaker 1: His soul entered the iron. God was doing a work
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  Speaker 1: beneath the surface. While Joseph was confirmed physically, his character
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  Speaker 1: was being strengthened spiritually. The iron that seemed to restrain
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  Speaker 1: him was actually refining him. See God often uses pressure
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  Speaker 1: to prepare us for promotion. Let me say that again
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  Speaker 1: for the people in the back. God often uses pressure
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  Speaker 1: to prepare us for promotion. Joseph couldn't have led a nation,
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  Speaker 1: interpreted dreams with clarity, or handled sudden authority without first
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  Speaker 1: developing endurance, humility, and integrity in the dark place. See
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  Speaker 1: what looked like a set that was actually a set up.
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  Speaker 1: The present was not punishment, it was preparation. Come own, Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: You see this pattern all through the scripture. See because
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  Speaker 1: Estra lost her parents and lived as a foreigner in
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  Speaker 1: a strange land, feeling isolated and unseen. Yet God used
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  Speaker 1: her courage to save an entire nation. Elijah, after calling
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  Speaker 1: down fire from heaven, fell into deep discouragement and fair
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  Speaker 1: Still God met him there, restored him, and then established
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  Speaker 1: him as one of the greatest prophets of faith. None
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  Speaker 1: of them would have become who God called them to
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  Speaker 1: be without walking through those difficult, hidden seasons. So if
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  Speaker 1: you're in a dark place today, don't assume God has
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  Speaker 1: abandoned you. The darkness is not the end of your story.
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  Speaker 1: It's part of the process. Their quality is being forged
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  Speaker 1: in you right now That cannot be developed in comfort. Strength, perseverance, compassion,
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  Speaker 1: and faith are often born in places of pain and uncertainty.
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  Speaker 1: Our position doesn't mean you're failing. It often means you're
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  Speaker 1: actually growing. So resist the temptation to complain about how
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  Speaker 1: unfair it feels, or who wronged you. God is using
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  Speaker 1: what was meant to break you to actually build you.
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  Speaker 1: The iron you're carrying today is shaping your soul for
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  Speaker 1: tomorrow's responsibility. So you stay faithful, you stay humble, you
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  Speaker 1: continue to trust in God. When the time is right,
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  Speaker 1: God will lift you out and you'll see that every
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  Speaker 1: moment was preparing you for something greater than you imagine.
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  Speaker 1: Other Thank you that even in the dark and difficult
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  Speaker 1: places you're working in our lives. Thank you that what
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  Speaker 1: feels heavy is strengthening our soul in preparing us for
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  Speaker 1: what's ahead. Help us God to trust you in the
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  Speaker 1: process and believe that you're using every challenge for our good. God.
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  Speaker 1: We declare that we're being made stronger and more prepared
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  Speaker 1: for your purpose in Jesus' name. Now that's your word
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  Speaker 1: for today. Take it, apply it to your everyday life,
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  Speaker 1: and you continue to be encouraged and inspired. It's early
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  Speaker 1: body praise party. I am Sherry Mackie.