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Today's Word 06-01-26 The Blessing Beyond What Money Can Buy · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: A Charlibody praise party. I am Sherry Mackie. Is time
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  Speaker 1: right now for today's word, the blessing beyond what money
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  Speaker 1: can buy. The blessing beyond what money can buy. Second
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  Speaker 1: Kings four seventeen says, But sure enough, the woman soon
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  Speaker 1: became pregnant, and at that time the following year she
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  Speaker 1: had a son.
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  Speaker 2: Just as Elisha had said.
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  Speaker 1: You know, in a world that often encourages people to
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  Speaker 1: hold tightly to what they have, Scripture repeatedly shows the
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  Speaker 1: power of living with open hands. Generosity is more than
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  Speaker 1: giving money. It's having a hard willing to encourage, to serve,
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  Speaker 1: to help, to support and bless others without expecting anything
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  Speaker 1: in return. The Shunamite woman in Second King's four she
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  Speaker 1: lived that way. She noticed the prophet Elisha passing through
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  Speaker 1: her town and chose to be a blessing. She extended hospitality,
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  Speaker 1: prepared a place for him, and gave from what she had.
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  Speaker 2: Her kindness was genuine.
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  Speaker 1: She wasn't trying to earn favor or manipulate a reward.
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  Speaker 1: She simply had a generous spirit. What's remarkable is that
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  Speaker 1: while she was focused on blessing someone else, God was
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  Speaker 1: aware of the deepest desire hid in her own heart.
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  Speaker 2: She had no son in that culture.
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  Speaker 1: This carried great significance, and perhaps over time she had
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  Speaker 1: accepted that certain hopes would never become her reality. Yet
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  Speaker 1: God saw what others could not see. Through Elisha, he
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  Speaker 1: promised something that seemed impossible, and in time the promise
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  Speaker 1: came to pass. See her story reminds us of an
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  Speaker 1: important truth. God knows how to bless people in ways
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  Speaker 1: that go beyond material provision. Some blessings cannot be purchased. Peace,
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  Speaker 1: that quiet and anxious heart cannot be bought. Healing and
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  Speaker 1: restoration and cannot.
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  Speaker 2: Always be earned.
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  Speaker 1: Healthy relationships, renewed purpose, joy after grief, Unexpected opportunities, and
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  Speaker 1: divine connections often come as gifts from God's hand. The
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  Speaker 1: blessings God gives deepest reaches deeper than possessions. This does
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  Speaker 1: not mean generosity becomes a transaction. See I give soul,
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  Speaker 1: God must give back.
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  Speaker 2: No no, no no.
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  Speaker 1: Rather, generosity reflects trust, It says God, I believe you
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  Speaker 1: are my source, so I can live with open hands. See.
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  Speaker 1: When people live with a giving spirit, they mirror God's character.
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  Speaker 1: God himself is the greatest giver. He gives grace, He
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  Speaker 1: gives mercy, He gives forgiveness, strength, and even hope. And
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  Speaker 1: often as we pour encouragement and kindness into others, God
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  Speaker 1: refreshes us.
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  Speaker 2: In unexpected ways.
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  Speaker 1: You may wonder whether your quiet acts of generosity matter.
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  Speaker 1: The meal you provided, the prayer offered, the encouragement you shared,
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  Speaker 1: the time you gave, the sacrifice no one noticed. Well
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  Speaker 1: guess what God noticed. Nothing done with love is wasted.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes while you are busy being a blessing, God is
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  Speaker 1: preparing blessings you have never even imagined. So continue to
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  Speaker 1: live generously, continue helping others, serving others, loving well, Keep
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  Speaker 1: your heart soften, keep your hands open, because God has
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  Speaker 1: a way of bringing blessings into your life that no
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  Speaker 1: amount of money could ever purchase. Father, thank you for
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  Speaker 1: being generous toward us in ways that we don't deserve.
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  Speaker 1: Thank You for providing grace, peace, strength, and hope. Help
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  Speaker 1: us to develop hearts that look for opportunities to bless
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  Speaker 1: others with kindness and generosity. Teach us to trust that
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  Speaker 1: you are our source. And every season, God, we believe
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  Speaker 1: you see every act of faithfulness, and thank you for
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  Speaker 1: blessings so that we can go beyond what money can buy.
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  Speaker 2: In Jesus name, that's.
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  Speaker 1: Your word for time to take it applied to your
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  Speaker 1: everyday life and you can see to be encouraged and inspired.
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  Speaker 2: It is Shirley what he Praise Party. I am Sherry
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  Speaker 2: Mackie