Latest / The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey / Daily Prayer 09-02-26
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- 0:00Speaker 1: I am Sherri Mackey, and it's time for us to
- 0:03Speaker 1: go to God in prayer. And as always, I invite
- 0:07Speaker 1: you to join along with me in prayer today. We're
- 0:10Speaker 1: just going to pray. God told us to cast our
- 0:12Speaker 1: cares on him. That means those worries, those fears, all
- 0:16Speaker 1: the doubts. We're going to cast it on the Father.
- 0:18Speaker 1: Heavenly Father, today we come before you with open hearts.
- 0:21Speaker 1: laying down every worry, every fear, every doubt that has
- 0:25Speaker 1: been weighing heavily on our hearts, on our minds. Lord,
- 0:28Speaker 1: you know the thoughts that we don't say out loud.
- 0:30Speaker 1: You know the concerns that keep us awake at night
- 0:32Speaker 1: and the questions we keep asking ourselves. Father, today we
- 0:36Speaker 1: choose to give them all to you. We give you
- 0:39Speaker 1: our worries. We give you our fears. We give you
- 0:41Speaker 1: our doubts. Lord, we've spent so much time, too much time,
- 0:46Speaker 1: Worrying about things that we can't control. We've imagined the worst.
- 0:50Speaker 1: We've replayed the past. We try to predict the future.
- 0:53Speaker 1: But today, we're reminded that tomorrow is already in your hands. Father,
- 0:57Speaker 1: your word tells us not to be anxious about anything,
- 1:01Speaker 1: but to bring everything to you in prayer. So we're
- 1:03Speaker 1: bringing everything to you right now. We're bringing our family.
- 1:07Speaker 1: We're bringing our finances. We're bringing our health. We're bringing
- 1:10Speaker 1: our relationships. We're bringing our careers, our dreams, our future.
- 1:15Speaker 1: We're bringing every situation that we don't understand. Lord, where
- 1:19Speaker 1: there's fear, release your peace. Where there's uncertainty, give us assurance.
- 1:24Speaker 1: Where there is confusion, give us clarity. Where there is doubt,
- 1:27Speaker 1: strengthen our faith. Father, remind us that fear is not
- 1:31Speaker 1: our master. We don't have to know how everything will
- 1:34Speaker 1: work out because we know the one who holds everything
- 1:37Speaker 1: in his hands. Lord, when we don't see a way,
- 1:40Speaker 1: remind us that you are the way maker. When we
- 1:44Speaker 1: don't have enough, remind us that you're our provider. When
- 1:48Speaker 1: we feel weak, remind us that you are our strength.
- 1:50Speaker 1: When we feel alone, remind us that you promise to
- 1:54Speaker 1: never leave us or forsake us. When we're afraid of
- 1:57Speaker 1: what tomorrow may bring, remind us that you are already
- 2:01Speaker 1: in our tomorrow. Father, help us to stop allowing our
- 2:05Speaker 1: circumstances to speak louder than your promises. Help us to
- 2:08Speaker 1: remember every time you brought us through before. You've never
- 2:13Speaker 1: failed us. You've never abandoned us. You never stopped being God.
- 2:17Speaker 1: So today we declare we will not be ruled by worry.
- 2:21Speaker 1: We will not be controlled by fear. We will not
- 2:23Speaker 1: be controlled by fear. We will not allow doubts to
- 2:25Speaker 1: steal our faith. We will not allow anxiety to rob
- 2:29Speaker 1: us of today's peace because we're worried about tomorrow. We
- 2:33Speaker 1: choose faith. We choose peace. We choose trust. We choose
- 2:36Speaker 1: to believe that God is working even when we can't
- 2:39Speaker 1: see it. Father, guide our minds, guide our thoughts. Oh,
- 2:42Speaker 1: when negative thoughts come, help us to replace them with
- 2:45Speaker 1: your word. When fear whispers, let your promises speak louder. Oh, God,
- 2:49Speaker 1: give us peace that surpasses understanding, not because everything around
- 2:53Speaker 1: us is perfect, but because you are with us in
- 2:56Speaker 1: the middle of it. Lord, we surrender our need. to
- 2:59Speaker 1: have all the answers. We surrender our need to control
- 3:02Speaker 1: every outcome. We surrender our questions that have no answers yet.
- 3:06Speaker 1: And we declare what concerns us concerns God. What we
- 3:10Speaker 1: cannot handle, God can handle. What we cannot fix, God
- 3:13Speaker 1: can fix. What we cannot see, God already sees. And
- 3:16Speaker 1: what we cannot understand, we can still trust Father. Let
- 3:21Speaker 1: faith arise in us today. Let peace settle over our household.
- 3:25Speaker 1: Let hope return to ours. Let joy rise again. We
- 3:28Speaker 1: refuse to let worry rewrite our story. We refuse to
- 3:33Speaker 1: let fear determine our future. We refuse to let doubt
- 3:37Speaker 1: convince us that you're not working. God, we trust you. Oh,
- 3:40Speaker 1: we trust you one day at a time, one prayer
- 3:43Speaker 1: at a time, one step at a time in the mighty, faithful,
- 3:46Speaker 1: and peace-giving name of Jesus. Amen.