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Today's Word 08-20-26 Never Forget Who Sent It · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: At your early boy praise party. I am a Sherry
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  Speaker 1: Mackie at its time. Right now for today's word, never
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  Speaker 1: forget who sent it. Ruth to sixteen says you are
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  Speaker 1: to purposely slip out for her some grain from the
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  Speaker 1: bundles and leave it so that she may glean. Ruth
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  Speaker 1: and her mother in law, Naomi, were facing an incredibly
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  Speaker 1: difficult season. Both were widows, and Ruth had no husband
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  Speaker 1: to provide for her and no obvious way to secure
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  Speaker 1: a future. So she went into the fields each morning
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  Speaker 1: and gathered whatever grain the workers had left behind. Ruth
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  Speaker 1: was doing what she could with what she had, but
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  Speaker 1: God was doing something she couldn't even see. The field
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  Speaker 1: belonged to Bo as a wealthy and respected man. When
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  Speaker 1: he heard about Ruth's kindness toward Naomi and her willingness
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  Speaker 1: to work, he instructed his workers to purposely pull out
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  Speaker 1: extra grain and leave it where Ruth could easily finded.
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  Speaker 1: You think about that. Ruth thought she was simply finding
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  Speaker 1: leftover grain, but some of what she was finding had
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  Speaker 1: been intentionally placed there for her. Bo as was the resource. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: but God was the source. God was moving on Bo
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  Speaker 1: as his heart. God was positioning Ruth in the right field.
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  Speaker 1: God was arranging a divine connection that would eventually change
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  Speaker 1: her whole life. And sometimes God works that way in
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  Speaker 1: your life and mind. You may look back and say,
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  Speaker 1: that person helped me, and they did. That company gave
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  Speaker 1: me an opportunity, and they did. Someone opened the door
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  Speaker 1: for me and they did. But don't stop there. Recognize
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  Speaker 1: their resource. But God is the source. God can use
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  Speaker 1: people to bless you. He can use your employer, your family,
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  Speaker 1: a friend, a stranger, a business opportunity, a connection, or
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  Speaker 1: an unexpected phone call. But never becomes so focused on
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  Speaker 1: the vessel that you forget the one who filled the vessel.
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  Speaker 1: That promotion may have come through a person, but God
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  Speaker 1: gave you the favor. That opportunity may have come through
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  Speaker 1: a connection, but God positioned you. That door may have
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  Speaker 1: been opened by someone else, but God gave them the
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  Speaker 1: desire to open it. And perhaps there are some handfuls
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  Speaker 1: on purpose in your life right now. Blessings. You didn't
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  Speaker 1: have to manipulate opportunities, you didn't have to force favor,
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  Speaker 1: You couldn't have arranged for yourself. That's God. So today,
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  Speaker 1: don't just thank God for what He's given you. Thank
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  Speaker 1: him for how he gave it to you, thanking for
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  Speaker 1: the people he used, the doors he opened, the timing
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  Speaker 1: he arranged, and the favor he released. Ruth went into
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  Speaker 1: the field looking for grained, but God was preparing her
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  Speaker 1: for a destiny she could not see. The same. God
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  Speaker 1: who provided for Ruth is still your provider. Boe As
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  Speaker 1: was the resource, but God was the source, and he
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  Speaker 1: is still our source today. Oh Father, thank you for
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  Speaker 1: being our source. Thank you for every person you've used,
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  Speaker 1: every door you've opened, every opportunity you've provided, in every
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  Speaker 1: unexpected blessing that you've placed in our path. Help us
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  Speaker 1: to never become so focused on the resource that we
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  Speaker 1: forget the source. Give us eyes to recognize your hands
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  Speaker 1: and the details of our lives. Thank you for the
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  Speaker 1: blessings we can see, and even the ones you are
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  Speaker 1: ranging behind the scenes. God, we will not take your
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  Speaker 1: goodness for granted. We will live with grateful hearts, knowing
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  Speaker 1: that every good and perfect gift comes from you. In
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  Speaker 1: Jesus' name, that's your word for today. Take it applied
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  Speaker 1: to your everyday life, and you continue to be encouraged
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  Speaker 1: and inspired at your early morning praise party. I am
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