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Daily Prayer 10-23-26 · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: I am Sherri Mackey, and it's time for us to
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  Speaker 1: go to God in prayer. And as always, I invite
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  Speaker 1: you to join along with me in prayer. I know sometimes, y'all,
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  Speaker 1: the burdens are real, but we don't have to carry
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  Speaker 1: our burdens alone. We can ask the Lord to lift
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  Speaker 1: this weight. Father God, in the name of Jesus, we
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  Speaker 1: come before you today asking one thing. Lord, lift the weight. Lord,
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  Speaker 1: some of us are carrying burdens. that have become too
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  Speaker 1: heavy for our hearts, too exhausting for our minds, and
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  Speaker 1: too overwhelming for our spirits. We're showing up for everybody else,
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  Speaker 1: smiling when people are watching and saying we're okay when
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  Speaker 1: deep down inside we're struggling to hold it all together.
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  Speaker 1: But Father, you see us, you see the tears we
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  Speaker 1: wipe away before anyone notices. You hear the prayers we
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  Speaker 1: whisper when we don't have the strength to say them
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  Speaker 1: out loud. You know the battles we're fighting, the decisions
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  Speaker 1: we're facing, and the burdens we're We're caring that we
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  Speaker 1: haven't shared with another soul. Lord, lift the weight of
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  Speaker 1: financial pressure, mounting bills, dead and wondering how we're going
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  Speaker 1: to make ends meet. Lift the weight of family problems,
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  Speaker 1: difficult relationships, broken trust, and trying to fix things we
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  Speaker 1: can't control. lift the weight of grief loneliness disappointment rejection
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  Speaker 1: and the pain of missing grandchildren our parents and the
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  Speaker 1: people that we love lift the weight god lift the
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  Speaker 1: weight of grief loneliness disappointment rejection and the pain of
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  Speaker 1: missing people who are no longer here Lift the weight
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  Speaker 1: of worrying about our children, our grandchildren, our parents, and
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  Speaker 1: the people we love. Lift the weight of sickness, of
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  Speaker 1: frightening diagnoses, caregiving responsibilities, and waiting for answers that have
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  Speaker 1: not yet come. Father, lift the weight of anxiety, depression,
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  Speaker 1: fear of failure, regret over past mistakes, guilt over things
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  Speaker 1: we can't change, and the pressure to always be strong.
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  Speaker 1: Lift the weight of trying to please everybody else, carrying
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  Speaker 1: everybody's problem, and feeling responsible for things you never know.
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  Speaker 1: asked us to carry your word declares in Matthew 11
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  Speaker 1: 28 come unto me all ye that labor and are
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  Speaker 1: heavy laden and I will give you rest so Lord
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  Speaker 1: today we come we come tired we come heavy we
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  Speaker 1: come weary we come overwhelmed God and we lay our
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  Speaker 1: burdens at your feet teach us to release what we
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  Speaker 1: can't control forgive what has wounded us stop rehearsing what
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  Speaker 1: has already happened and trust you with what has not
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  Speaker 1: yet come to pass Lord where there's confusion give us
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  Speaker 1: clarity where there's fear give us courage Where there's sadness,
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  Speaker 1: comfort us. Where there is exhaustion, renew our strength. And
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  Speaker 1: where our hearts have become heavy, breathe your peace into
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  Speaker 1: our souls. Father, remind us that we don't have to
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  Speaker 1: carry tomorrow's trouble today. Give us the wisdom to ask
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  Speaker 1: for help, the courage. to establish healthy boundaries in the faith,
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  Speaker 1: to believe that we are not alone in this journey. Lord,
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  Speaker 1: lift the weight of our minds. Lift the weight off
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  Speaker 1: our hearts. Lift the weight off our homes and our families, God.
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  Speaker 1: Help us to exchange worry for prayer, panic for peace,
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  Speaker 1: and heaviness for hope. God, we may still have responsibilities
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  Speaker 1: to manage and challenges to face, but we don't have
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  Speaker 1: to face them in our own strength. Today, we release
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  Speaker 1: the burden, God. We receive your peace and we trust
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  Speaker 1: your grace to sustain us. Lord, our shoulders are tired,
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  Speaker 1: our hearts are heavy, and our spirits need refreshing. So please, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: lift the weight and teach us how to rest in you.
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  Speaker 1: In the name of Jesus, amen, amen, and amen.