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Today's Word 10-21-26 Don't Let the World Rename You · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: It's your early morning praise party. I am Sherri Mackie
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  Speaker 1: and it's time right now for today's word. Don't let
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  Speaker 1: the world rename you. Don't let the world rename you.
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  Speaker 1: Isaiah 43 one says, do not be afraid for I
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  Speaker 1: have ransomed you. I've called you by name. You are
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  Speaker 1: mine today. Let me ask you something today. Who told
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  Speaker 1: you who you are? Was it the people who rejected you,
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  Speaker 1: the person who walked away, the mistake you made, or
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  Speaker 1: the circumstances that made you feel like you weren't good enough?
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  Speaker 1: Because sometimes we allow people and painful experiences to give
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  Speaker 1: us a name that God never called us. But Isaiah 43...
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  Speaker 1: One reminds us that God knows us personally. He calls
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  Speaker 1: us by name and declares that we belong to him.
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  Speaker 1: So before the world ever formed an opinion about you,
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  Speaker 1: God knew you. He knows your strengths. He knows your weaknesses.
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  Speaker 1: He knows your history, your potential, and he sees more
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  Speaker 1: than you may see in yourself. So look at Gideon.
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  Speaker 1: When God called him to deliver Israel, Gideon didn't see
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  Speaker 1: himself as a mighty warrior. He saw his limitations and
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  Speaker 1: questioned whether he was qualified. But God addressed him according
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  Speaker 1: to what he was calling him to do, not simply
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  Speaker 1: according to how he felt in that moment. See, David
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  Speaker 1: was a shepherd before he became a king. Paul went
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  Speaker 1: from persecuting Christians to becoming a powerful king. messenger of
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  Speaker 1: the gospel see their beginnings did not tell the whole
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  Speaker 1: story of what God would do through their lives and
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  Speaker 1: the same is true for you and me see you
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  Speaker 1: may see your current situation but God sees the possibilities
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  Speaker 1: ahead you may see the doors that have closed but
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  Speaker 1: God can lead you toward new opportunities you may remember
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  Speaker 1: every time you fail but God can use those lessons
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  Speaker 1: to develop wisdom character and perseverance in you Now, that
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  Speaker 1: doesn't mean every dream will happen exactly like you imagine it.
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  Speaker 1: It means you don't have to let fear, rejection, or
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  Speaker 1: past mistakes convince you that your future is limited. You
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  Speaker 1: are not who your critics say you are. You are
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  Speaker 1: not your worst mistakes, and you are not disqualified simply
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  Speaker 1: because you're still growing. So, what has God placed in
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  Speaker 1: your heart that you've been afraid to pursue? What gift
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  Speaker 1: have you been hiding because someone made you feel inadequate?
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  Speaker 1: What steps of faith have you delayed because you keep
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  Speaker 1: questioning whether you're enough? Stop waiting until you feel completely
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  Speaker 1: confident to take the next step. Trust God, prepare yourself,
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  Speaker 1: and move forward in faith. You don't have to know
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  Speaker 1: every detail of where he's taking you to obey him today. Remember,
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  Speaker 1: God knows your name. He knows your story and he's
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  Speaker 1: not finished working in your life. Don't let the world
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  Speaker 1: rename you when God has already called you his name. own. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: Father God, thank you for knowing me by name and
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  Speaker 1: reminding us that we belong to you. Help us to
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  Speaker 1: see ourselves through the truth of your word rather than
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  Speaker 1: through rejection, disappointment, and past mistakes. God, give us the
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  Speaker 1: courage to use the gifts that you place on the
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  Speaker 1: inside of us and the faith to pursue The purpose
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  Speaker 1: of you set before us when doubt tries to silence us,
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  Speaker 1: remind us of your presence and faithfulness. God, we refuse
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  Speaker 1: to let the world define our worth. We are yours
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  Speaker 1: and we trust you to lead us forward in Jesus name.
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  Speaker 1: Now that's your word for today. Take it, apply it
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  Speaker 1: to your everyday life and you continue to be encouraged
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  Speaker 1: and inspired. It's your early morning praise party. I am
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  Speaker 1: Sherri Mackey.