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Today's Word 04-18-25 Accept the Gift · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: It's to early what he praise party. I'm your girl,
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  Speaker 1: Sherry Mackie in his time, right now for today's word,
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  Speaker 1: Accept the gift. Accept the gift. Loop twenty three forty
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  Speaker 1: two through forty three says, then he said, Jesus, remember
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  Speaker 1: me when you come into your kingdom. Jesus answered him, truly,
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  Speaker 1: I tell you today, you'll be with me in paradise.
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  Speaker 1: You know, when Jesus was dying on the cross, there
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  Speaker 1: were two thieves crucified on each side of him. One
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  Speaker 1: mocked him and said, you can't even save yourself. The
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  Speaker 1: other thief said, Jesus, when you come into your kingdom,
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  Speaker 1: please remember me. See that second thief believe that Jesus
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  Speaker 1: was the Messiah and that he was the king of
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  Speaker 1: God's kingdom. Now think about this thing. Jesus, even while
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  Speaker 1: being crucified, after being brutally beaten, abused, mocked, and treated inhumanely,
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  Speaker 1: showed his amazing love and compassion. He took the time
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  Speaker 1: to give that thief a gift. See, he didn't respond
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  Speaker 1: to that man who deserved the punishment that he was
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  Speaker 1: receiving with criticism and harsh word. He didn't say I
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  Speaker 1: don't know you. He didn't say you didn't follow me
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  Speaker 1: or my teachings. He didn't remind him of what his
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  Speaker 1: failures were by saying you're just a thief. No, Jesus
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  Speaker 1: took the time to give that man a gift. He
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  Speaker 1: took the time to give him salvation, to give him love,
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  Speaker 1: to give him compassion. Jesus said, this day.
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  Speaker 2: You'll be with me in Paradise.
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  Speaker 1: Think about how powerful that is. Down to his last
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  Speaker 1: breath on this earth, Jesus was showing us that he
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  Speaker 1: chooses strangers. He's showing us that our past doesn't determine
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  Speaker 1: our future. He's showing us that when we're at our worst,
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  Speaker 1: God is still at his best. Ah, that's when his
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  Speaker 1: mercy just shows out. Jesus was saying, by grace, you're
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  Speaker 1: saved through faith.
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  Speaker 2: It is a gift from God. What a tragedy, What
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  Speaker 2: a tragedy to go through life being chosen by God,
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  Speaker 2: but you never recognize it. You have to accept that
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  Speaker 2: God has a calling on your life. He's put seeds
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  Speaker 2: of greatness on the inside of you. He's given you
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  Speaker 2: a purpose, He's given you a divine assignment. You have
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  Speaker 2: to accept this free gift of salvation. He's already died
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  Speaker 2: to give it to you.
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  Speaker 1: For just like with any gift, when someone presents it,
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  Speaker 1: you have to accept it and it's all by his grace. Father,
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  Speaker 1: Thank you that there is nothing, nothing we have to
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  Speaker 1: do to earn your love and approval because of the
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  Speaker 1: grace and the gift that you brought us in Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you that we can rest and who you made
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  Speaker 1: us and feel good about who we are. God. We
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  Speaker 1: believe that your calling is upon us in Jesus' name.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for the gift.
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  Speaker 1: Amen. Amen. Now that's your word for today. Take it
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  Speaker 1: applied to your everyday life and you continue to be
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  Speaker 1: encouraged and inspired. It's your early morny praise party. I
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  Speaker 1: am Sherry Mackie.