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Today's Word 08-24-26 Faith Will Take You Where Fear Never Could · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: It's your early morning praise party.
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  Speaker 2: I am Sherri Mackey and it's time right now for
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  Speaker 2: today's word. Faith will take you where fear never could.
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  Speaker 2: Matthew 14, 27 in the Amplified says, take courage.
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  Speaker 1: I am. Stop being afraid.
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  Speaker 2: You know, there are moments in life when God will
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  Speaker 2: ask you to do something that makes absolutely no sense
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  Speaker 2: to the natural mind. He'll call you to step beyond
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  Speaker 2: what is familiar, comfortable and predictable and into a place
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  Speaker 2: where you have no choice but to trust him. That's
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  Speaker 2: what happened to Peter. The disciples were in the middle
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  Speaker 2: of the Sea of Galilee when they saw Jesus walking
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  Speaker 2: on the water. The wind was fierce, the waves were raging,
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  Speaker 2: and fear had already taken hold of them.
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  Speaker 1: Then Jesus spoke, take courage, I am. Stop being afraid.
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  Speaker 2: Peter responded, Lord, if it's you, command me to come
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  Speaker 2: to you on the water.
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  Speaker 1: And Jesus said, come. Think about that.
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  Speaker 2: Peter could have stayed in the boat with everyone else.
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  Speaker 2: He could have admired Jesus from a distance. He could
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  Speaker 2: have said, Lord, I believe you can walk on water,
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  Speaker 2: but I'm going to stay right here where it's safe.
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  Speaker 2: But Peter stepped out. And sometimes faith requires you to
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  Speaker 2: step out before you can see how God is going
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  Speaker 2: to work it out. Peter actually walked on water, but
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  Speaker 2: then when he looked at the wind, he focused on
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  Speaker 2: the waves.
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  Speaker 1: He became afraid, and guess what? He began to sink.
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  Speaker 1: Isn't that just like us?
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  Speaker 2: We can start out believing God, trusting his word, and moving.
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  Speaker 1: Boldly toward our purpose. Then we look at the circumstances.
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  Speaker 2: We look at the bank account.
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  Speaker 1: We look at the diagnosis. We look at the rejection.
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  Speaker 1: We look at the opposition.
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  Speaker 2: We look at what We can't do. And then suddenly
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  Speaker 2: our faith begins to give way to fear. But here's
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  Speaker 2: what encourages me about Peter. Jesus didn't abandon him when
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  Speaker 2: he began to sink. Peter cried, Lord, save me. And
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  Speaker 2: immediately Jesus reached out his hand and he caught him.
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  Speaker 1: Notice this.
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  Speaker 2: Peter may have stumbled in his faith, but he was
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  Speaker 2: still closer to Jesus outside the boat than he ever
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  Speaker 2: would have been sitting safely.
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  Speaker 1: Inside the boat. Come on, Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe you've been focusing on the fact that you started sinking.
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  Speaker 2: But today I want you to celebrate the fact that
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  Speaker 2: you had enough faith to step out in the first place.
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  Speaker 2: Don't let a moment of doubt convince you. that you
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  Speaker 2: should return to the boat. The boat represent what's familiar.
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  Speaker 2: The boat represents comfort. The boat represents what you can't control.
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  Speaker 2: But sometimes God is calling you into deeper waters where
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  Speaker 2: your only security is him. So step out. Step out
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  Speaker 2: in fear. Step out of insecurity. Step out of what
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  Speaker 2: people say that you couldn't do. Step out of your past.
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  Speaker 2: Step out of your comfort zone. Step out and trust
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  Speaker 2: God with your future. And if you begin to see,
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  Speaker 2: cry out, Lord, save me. His hand is still reaching
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  Speaker 2: the same Jesus. who called Peter unto the water. It's
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  Speaker 2: the same Jesus who will sustain you. And when the
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  Speaker 2: waves get rough, don't let the storm convince you to
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  Speaker 2: abandon your faith.
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  Speaker 1: You keep your eyes on Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: You may have stepped out of the boat before you
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  Speaker 2: ever discover what God has placed on the inside of you.
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  Speaker 1: Step out. Oh, Lord Jesus, increase our faith.
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  Speaker 2: Give us courage to step beyond what's familiar and trust
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  Speaker 2: you in what we can't control.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, God, when fear rises.
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  Speaker 2: And the waves around us become overwhelming, help us to
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  Speaker 2: keep our eyes on you. Remind us that we don't
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  Speaker 2: have to understand every step to obey your voice. And
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  Speaker 2: when we stumble or begin to sink, remind us that
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  Speaker 2: your hand is still reaching for us. We refuse to
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  Speaker 2: let fear keep us in the boat when you're calling
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  Speaker 2: us into deeper waters. Give us the faith to step out,
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  Speaker 2: the courage to keep walking, and the confidence to know
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  Speaker 2: that you'll never leave us in Jesus' name. That's your
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  Speaker 2: word for today. Take it, apply it to your everyday life,
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  Speaker 2: and you continue to be encouraged and inspired. It's your
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  Speaker 2: early morning praise party. I am Sherri Mackey.