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Today's Word 09-14-26 Greater Levels, Greater Faith · 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, greater levels,
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  Speaker 1: greater faith. Philippians 1 and 6 says, he who began
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  Speaker 1: a good work in you continue until the day of
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, perfecting and bringing it to full completion in you.
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  Speaker 1: You know, one thing you can count on in life
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  Speaker 1: is that you will not stay where you are. God
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  Speaker 1: is constantly growing us, stretching us, developing us, and moving
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  Speaker 1: us into new seasons. Every new level brings new responsibilities,
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  Speaker 1: new opportunities, new relationships, new challenges, and sometimes... new opposition.
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  Speaker 1: You may have noticed that just when you finally get comfortable,
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  Speaker 1: something changes. You step into a new position and suddenly
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  Speaker 1: everybody has an opinion. You start a new business and
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  Speaker 1: obstacles show up. You make a decision to grow spiritually
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  Speaker 1: and distractions seem to multiply. Why? Because progress often attracts resistance.
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  Speaker 1: The Apostle Paul understood this. In 1 Corinthians 16 and 9,
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  Speaker 1: he said that a wide door of opportunity had opened
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  Speaker 1: for him and there were many adversaries. Notice that the
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  Speaker 1: opposition didn't mean the opportunity wasn't from God. Hello, somebody.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes we make the mistake of thinking if God opened
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  Speaker 1: this door, everything should be easy. Well, not necessarily. A
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  Speaker 1: God-ordained opportunity can still come with opposition. But here's the
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  Speaker 1: good news. If God brought you to this new level,
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  Speaker 1: he will give you the grace, the wisdom, the strength,
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  Speaker 1: and the courage necessary to stand at this new level.
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  Speaker 1: So don't allow resistance to make you question your calling.
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  Speaker 1: Don't allow criticism to make you abandon your assignment. Don't
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  Speaker 1: allow a difficult season to convince you that God has
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  Speaker 1: forgotten you. Philippians 1 and 6 reminds us that God
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  Speaker 1: who started the work in you is committed to completing it.
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  Speaker 1: That means you're still under construction. You may not be
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  Speaker 1: where you want to be, but thank God you're not
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  Speaker 1: where you used to be. You're growing, you're learning, you're
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  Speaker 1: becoming stronger. And sometimes the pressure you're experiencing is developing
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  Speaker 1: the faith you'll need for the next level. So when
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  Speaker 1: opposition comes, you stand firm. Pray harder, stay focused, keep
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  Speaker 1: your heart right. Keep doing what God has called you
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  Speaker 1: to do. And remember Romans 8, 37, we are more
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  Speaker 1: than conquerors through him who loved us. The opposition may
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  Speaker 1: be real, but so is your God. New level, new opposition,
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  Speaker 1: but also new grace, new strength, new wisdom, and new victory.
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  Speaker 1: God didn't bring you this far to leave you now. Lord,
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  Speaker 1: thank you for every new opportunity and every new level
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  Speaker 1: you're bringing us into. When opposition comes, keep us from
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  Speaker 1: becoming discouraged or afraid. Give us wisdom to navigate every challenge,
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  Speaker 1: strength to keep moving forward, and courage to stand firm.
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  Speaker 1: Remind us, God, that you're still completing the good work
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  Speaker 1: you started in us. We will not allow opposition to
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  Speaker 1: make us abandon our assignment, and we trust you. We
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  Speaker 1: believe you, and we declare that through Christ, we are
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  Speaker 1: more than conquerors. 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 is.
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  Speaker 1: The Early Morning Praise Party. I am Sherri Mackey.