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Today's Word 09-17-25 Bless Your Enemies · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: It's your early body. Praise partey. I am Sherry Mackie
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  Speaker 1: in his time right now. Four Today's word bless your enemies,
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  Speaker 1: tewod Samuel nine and one says David asked, is there
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  Speaker 1: anyone still left of the House of Saul to whom
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  Speaker 1: I can show kindness? For Jonathan's sake? Think about David's story.
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  Speaker 1: For years, King Saul made David's life miserable. Saul chased
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  Speaker 1: him through the desert, tried to kill him, and did
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  Speaker 1: everything in his power to stop David from becoming king.
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  Speaker 1: David did nothing wrong against this man was after him.
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  Speaker 1: If anyone had a right to hold a grudge, it
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  Speaker 1: was David. Yet years later, when David was firmly established
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  Speaker 1: on the throne, living in God's blessing and favor, he
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  Speaker 1: asked a remarkable question, is there anyone from saul House
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  Speaker 1: that I can show kindness to? That's not the response
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  Speaker 1: you'd expect. Most people would have thought, why would I
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  Speaker 1: bless the family of my enemy? They don't deserve it.
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  Speaker 1: But David chose to rise above bitterness. Instead of holding
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  Speaker 1: on to resentment, he released it, and he extended kindness.
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  Speaker 1: See this is why the Bible calls David a man
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  Speaker 1: after God's own heart. Jesus echoed the same truth centuries later.
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  Speaker 1: Love your enemies, Bless those who curse you, and pray
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  Speaker 1: for those who mistreat you. Y'all, it's not always easy,
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  Speaker 1: but when you bless those who hurt you, you open
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  Speaker 1: the door for greater blessings in your own life. Choosing
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  Speaker 1: forgiveness over revenge and mercy over bitterness, it positions you
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  Speaker 1: for God's highest purposes. I'm not telling you to let
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  Speaker 1: somebody walk all over you and mishandle you and you
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  Speaker 1: lay down and take it. No, that's not what I'm saying.
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  Speaker 1: What I'm saying is to walk in love in spite
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  Speaker 1: of maybe someone mistreated you, they lied about you, or
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  Speaker 1: try to hold you back. Don't waste your energy trying
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  Speaker 1: to pay them back. Leave them in God's hand instead
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  Speaker 1: of handling them. That way, surprise them and surprise yourself
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  Speaker 1: too by choosing kindness. When you let go of a fence,
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  Speaker 1: you make room for peace. You make room for joy
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  Speaker 1: and unexpected favor to flow in your life and in
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  Speaker 1: your family. Oh Father, God, thank you for showing us
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  Speaker 1: some mercy and grace even when we don't deserve it.
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  Speaker 1: Help us to let go of resentment and choose kindness,
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  Speaker 1: even towards those who have wronged us. God, we trust
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  Speaker 1: you to be our defender, and we choose to walk
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  Speaker 1: in love so that you can use us for your
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  Speaker 1: greater purposes. In Jesus' name. Now that's your word for today.
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  Speaker 1: Take that, Apply that to your everyday life, and you
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  Speaker 1: continue to be encouraged and inspired. It is your early
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  Speaker 1: morny praise party. I am Sherry Nacky