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Today's Word 10-23-26 Release the Hurt, Refuse the Revenge · 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. Release the hurt,
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  Speaker 1: refuse the revenge. Genesis 50, 15 and then verse 19.
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  Speaker 1: When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said,
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  Speaker 1: what if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays
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  Speaker 1: us back for all the wrongs we did to him?
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  Speaker 1: But Joseph said to them, don't be afraid. Am I
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  Speaker 1: in the place of God? Have you ever been hurt
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  Speaker 1: so deeply that you thought one day they're going to
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  Speaker 1: get what they deserve? Maybe somebody betrayed you, lied on you,
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  Speaker 1: took advantage of your kindness or tried to sabotage something
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  Speaker 1: God was doing in your life. And if we're honest,
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  Speaker 1: sometimes the hardest part isn't what they did. It's watching
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  Speaker 1: them go on with their lives while you're still trying
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  Speaker 1: to heal from what happened. But today, I want to
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  Speaker 1: remind you of a powerful lesson from Joseph. You don't
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  Speaker 1: have to get even when God is teaching you how
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  Speaker 1: to Joseph knew what betrayal felt like. His own brother
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  Speaker 1: sold him into slavery and he endured years of hardship
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  Speaker 1: far away from his family. Imagine the pain, the disappointment,
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  Speaker 1: and the questions he must have carried. The very people
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  Speaker 1: who should have protected him were responsible for his suffering.
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  Speaker 1: But Joseph's story didn't end up in a pit or
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  Speaker 1: a prison. God elevated him to a position of authority
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  Speaker 1: in Egypt. And during a famine, the same brothers who
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  Speaker 1: betrayed him came before him needing food. Now, Joseph had
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  Speaker 1: the power to retaliate. He could have humiliated them, punished them,
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  Speaker 1: and made them suffer the way that he had suffered.
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  Speaker 1: But instead, he chose a different response. He recognized that
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  Speaker 1: he was not God and he refused to take God's place.
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  Speaker 1: As the judge, Joseph understood something we all need to learn.
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  Speaker 1: Forgiveness is not pretending the hurt never happened. It's choosing
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  Speaker 1: not to let the hurt control what happens next. See,
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  Speaker 1: forgiveness doesn't mean what they did was acceptable. It doesn't
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  Speaker 1: mean trust must be restored overnight. And it doesn't require
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  Speaker 1: you to remain in a harmful situation. You can forgive
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  Speaker 1: someone and still establish boundaries. you can release bitterness while
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  Speaker 1: allowing people to be responsible for their actions. The truth
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  Speaker 1: is holding onto resentment can keep you emotionally tied to
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  Speaker 1: the very people you're trying to move beyond. But when
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  Speaker 1: you place the hurt in God's hand, you make room
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  Speaker 1: for him to work in your heart. Joseph didn't allow
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  Speaker 1: his brother's betrayal to destroy the purpose God had for
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  Speaker 1: his life. And you don't have to allow someone else's
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  Speaker 1: wrongdoing to determine your future either. Maybe today the hardest
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  Speaker 1: thing God is asking you to do is to forgive.
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  Speaker 1: You may have to do it one prayer at a time,
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  Speaker 1: one day at a time. Start by asking God to
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  Speaker 1: help you release what you can't change and to heal
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  Speaker 1: what you can't fix on your own. Don't let the
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  Speaker 1: people who hurt you take up permanent residence in your heart.
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  Speaker 1: Release the revenge, surrender the bitterness, and trust God with
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  Speaker 1: the justice. Your healing matters, your peace matter, and your
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  Speaker 1: future is too important to remain chained to yesterday's pain.
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  Speaker 1: Come on, Jesus. Father, you know the people. who have
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  Speaker 1: hurt us in the wounds we still carry. Give us
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  Speaker 1: the strength to forgive even when forgiveness feels unfair. Help
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  Speaker 1: us to release the desire for revenge and trust you
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  Speaker 1: with what we can't control. God, heal our hearts, restore
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  Speaker 1: our peace, and teach us to establish healthy boundaries without bitterness.
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  Speaker 1: Don't allow someone else's wrongdoing to poison the purpose you
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  Speaker 1: have for our lives. Help us to walk in love, wisdom,
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  Speaker 1: and freedom in Jesus' name. That's your word for today.
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  Speaker 1: Take it, apply it to your everyday life, and you
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  Speaker 1: continue to be encouraged and inspired. It's your early morning
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  Speaker 1: praise party. I am Sherri Mackey.