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Today's Word 08-06-26 God is Still Working in the Silent Seasons · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: No, buddy, and I do mean nobody does it like
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  Speaker 1: your early well he praise party. I am Sherry Mackie.
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  Speaker 1: It is time right now for today's word. God is
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  Speaker 1: working in the silent seasons. God is still working in
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  Speaker 1: the silent seasons. Psalms thirty seven seven says be still
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  Speaker 1: in the presence of the Lord and wait patiently for
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  Speaker 1: him to act. You know, one of the most difficult
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  Speaker 1: seasons in life is the season when it seems like
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  Speaker 1: nothing is happening. You've prayed, you've believed, you remain faithful,
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  Speaker 1: Yet Heaven feels quiet, the opportunities having come, the doors
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  Speaker 1: haven't opened, the answers haven't arrived. It can leave you wondering, God,
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  Speaker 1: have you forgotten about me? David understood what that felt
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  Speaker 1: like long before he wore a crown. He wore a
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  Speaker 1: shepherd's robe, before he led a nation. He led sheep.
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  Speaker 1: Even after the prophet Samuel anointed him to become the
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  Speaker 1: next king of Israel, David didn't immediately step into that palace. No,
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  Speaker 1: he went right back to the shepherds field. Day after
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  Speaker 1: day he faithfully cared for his father's sheep while the
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  Speaker 1: promise God had spoken seemed to be standing still. But
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  Speaker 1: see those quiet years, they were not wasted. The shepherd's
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  Speaker 1: field became David's classroom. It was there that he learned
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  Speaker 1: to trust God when no one was watching. It was
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  Speaker 1: there that he developed courage to fight lions and bears.
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  Speaker 1: It was there that he learned to worship, to pray,
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  Speaker 1: to write the psalms that continue to encourage millions of
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  Speaker 1: people today. While David sought he was tending sheep, God
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  Speaker 1: was developing a king. Come on, Jesus, the same is
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  Speaker 1: true for me and you. If you're in a silent
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  Speaker 1: season today, don't mistake God's silence for God's absence. Just
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  Speaker 1: because you don't see him moving doesn't mean he's not working.
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  Speaker 1: Every prayer you prayed has been heard, every tear you
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  Speaker 1: cried has been collected. Every act of obedience has been
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  Speaker 1: noticed by your heavenly Father. God is never late, and
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  Speaker 1: he's never idle. Often we think God is preparing the
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  Speaker 1: blessing for us, But many times the blessing is already prepared,
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  Speaker 1: and he's preparing us. The greater work is that God
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  Speaker 1: is preparing us to handle what we've been praying for.
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  Speaker 1: He's building your character before he increases your influence. He's
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  Speaker 1: strengthening your faith before he expands your territory. He's teaching
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  Speaker 1: you to trust him in private before he promotes you
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  Speaker 1: in public. So don't despise the quiet season. Stay faithful
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  Speaker 1: when no one is applauding, Keep serving when no one
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  Speaker 1: is recognizing you. Keep worshiping when your circumstances having changed.
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  Speaker 1: Keep believing when the promises seemed delayed. The silence is
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  Speaker 1: not a sign that God has forgotten about you. It
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  Speaker 1: is often the place where God does his deepest work.
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  Speaker 1: Your season of preparation is leading to your season of promotion.
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  Speaker 1: And when a God's upoint in time arrives what He
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  Speaker 1: has prepared for you will be worse every moment you
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  Speaker 1: spend waiting. Stay patient, stay faithful, stay expectant. Your quiet
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  Speaker 1: season is producing a glorious future. Come on, Jesus Father,
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  Speaker 1: thank you that even when life seems quiet, you're always
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  Speaker 1: at work on our behalf. Thank you that every delay
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  Speaker 1: has a purpose. In every season of waiting, it's preparing
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  Speaker 1: us for what you have planned. To help us. God
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  Speaker 1: not to become discouraged when we don't see immediate results.
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  Speaker 1: Teach us to trust your time and to remain faithful
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  Speaker 1: in the ordinary, and to keep our hearts anchored in
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  Speaker 1: your promises. Oh God, we believe that you're developing our characters,
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  Speaker 1: strengthening our faith, in preparing us for blessings greater than
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  Speaker 1: we can imagine. We will be still, we will wait patiently,
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  Speaker 1: and we will trust that you're always right on time.
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  Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, that's your word for today, and take
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  Speaker 1: it applied to your everyday life and you continue to
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  Speaker 1: be encouraged to and inspired. It's your early what it
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  Speaker 1: Praise Party? I am Sherry Nacky