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Today's Word 06-29-26 Celebrate the Progress · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: It's your early morning praise party. I am Sherry Mackett.
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  Speaker 1: Is time right now for today's words. Celebrate the progress.
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  Speaker 1: Celebrate the progress. Genesis one three and four says, and
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  Speaker 1: God said, let there be light, and there was like
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  Speaker 1: God saw that the light was good. You know, one
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  Speaker 1: of the most overlooked spiritual disciplines is learning how to
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  Speaker 1: recognize the good that God is doing in our lives.
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  Speaker 1: Too often we're experts on spotting our failures, weaknesses, and shortcomings,
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  Speaker 1: but we're slow to acknowledge our growth, our progress, and
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  Speaker 1: our victories. When God created the heavens and the earth,
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  Speaker 1: something remarkable happened. At the end of each stage of creation.
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  Speaker 1: He paused and observed his work. He recognized the beauty,
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  Speaker 1: the purpose, and the excellence of what he had done.
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  Speaker 1: The scripture says God saw that it was good. Think
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  Speaker 1: about that, the creator of the universe stopped and celebrated
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  Speaker 1: what had been accomplished. God wasn't arrogant, he wasn't boasting.
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  Speaker 1: He was demonstrating the importance of acknowledging what is good.
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  Speaker 1: Many of us would benefit from learning that lesson. Instead
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  Speaker 1: of celebrating progress, we criticize ourselves for not being further alone.
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  Speaker 1: We focus on what we didn't accomplish instead of what
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  Speaker 1: we did accomplish. We dwell on our mistakes instead of
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  Speaker 1: appreciating how far God has already brought us. We tell
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  Speaker 1: ourselves things like it should I should be doing so
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  Speaker 1: much better, I'm not where I want to be, I'm
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  Speaker 1: messed up again, I'm not good enough. And see the
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  Speaker 1: problem in that is that when we constantly focus on
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  Speaker 1: what's wrong, we become discouraged and lose sight of God's
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  Speaker 1: grace at work in our lives. Yes, there is always
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  Speaker 1: room to go. Yes there are areas where God is
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  Speaker 1: still shaping and refining us. But don't become so focused
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  Speaker 1: on perfection that you fail to celebrate progress. Maybe you
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  Speaker 1: haven't reached your goal yet, but you're further along than
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  Speaker 1: you were a year ago. Right. Maybe you're not completely
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  Speaker 1: free from a struggle, but you're stronger than you used
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  Speaker 1: to be. Maybe you're still believing for a breakthrough, but
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  Speaker 1: you remain faithful through difficult seas, And see that's worthy
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  Speaker 1: of celebrating. God isn't asking you to ignore your weaknesses.
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  Speaker 1: He's asking you not to be defined by them. Remember,
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  Speaker 1: you are God's workmanship. You are his creation. He formed
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  Speaker 1: you with purpose, gifts, and with abilities, and filled you
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  Speaker 1: with potential. The same God who created the stars and
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  Speaker 1: the oceans created you. When you're constantly tearing yourself down,
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  Speaker 1: you're criticizing something God creative. So today give yourself some grace.
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  Speaker 1: Thank God for the progress you may, Thank him for
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  Speaker 1: the strength he's given, thanking for the battles you've overcome,
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  Speaker 1: and the growth that's taken place even now. Don't spend
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  Speaker 1: your life focusing on what still needs work. Take time
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  Speaker 1: to celebrate on what God has already done. You have
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  Speaker 1: enough critics in the world, so don't become one of them.
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  Speaker 1: Before yourself. Encourage yourself, speak life over yourself, and remember
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  Speaker 1: the God who began a good work in you is
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  Speaker 1: faithful to completed. Father, Thank you that you created us
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  Speaker 1: with purpose and value. Thank you that you're continually working
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  Speaker 1: in our lives, shaping us into who you've called us
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  Speaker 1: to be. Forgive us for the times we focus more
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  Speaker 1: on our failures than your faithfulness. Help us to see
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  Speaker 1: ourselves through your eyes and to recognize the good things
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  Speaker 1: that you're producing in us. Today we choose gratitude over criticism,
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  Speaker 1: encouragement over condemnation and faith over discouragement. Thank you that
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  Speaker 1: you work in our lives and your work is not finished,
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  Speaker 1: and we trust you with every step of our journey
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  Speaker 1: in Jesus' name. That's your work 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. And Charlie Body Praise Party. I am
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  Speaker 1: Sherry Mackie