Latest / The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey / Daily Prayer 07-30-25
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- 0:00Speaker 1: I am Sherry Mackie. It's time for us to go
- 0:02Speaker 1: to God in prayer, and as always I ask that
- 0:05Speaker 1: you join along with me in prayer. I just want
- 0:09Speaker 1: to pray about compromise. Heavenly Father. We come before you God,
- 0:13Speaker 1: with tripling hearts, fully aware of the subtle snares and
- 0:19Speaker 1: the quiet traps of the enemy lays before us, those
- 0:22Speaker 1: quiet moments when we're tempted to settle, to give in,
- 0:26Speaker 1: to bend our standards even just a little, when no
- 0:30Speaker 1: one's looking. You know, but God, you see it all.
- 0:33Speaker 1: You weigh every motive, you know every intention. And so
- 0:37Speaker 1: today we cry out to you, keep us God from compromise. Lord.
- 0:42Speaker 1: When the world around us waters down truth and makes
- 0:46Speaker 1: it more palatable. God, when culture calls sin freedom and
- 0:50Speaker 1: holiness bungee, when we feel the pressure to blend in
- 0:54Speaker 1: rather than to stand out, we ask you to anchor
- 0:57Speaker 1: us in your word. Let your truth burns so brightly
- 1:02Speaker 1: in us that we cannot betray it. God, not even
- 1:05Speaker 1: for comfort, not for approval, not for position, and certainly
- 1:09Speaker 1: not for gain. God forgive us, forgive us for the
- 1:13Speaker 1: times we've chosen silence when we should have spoken out.
- 1:16Speaker 1: For the moments we've ignored conviction just to keep the peace,
- 1:20Speaker 1: for the instances where we said just this once and
- 1:24Speaker 1: traded purity or fleeting pleasure. Oh, God, cleanse us, realign us,
- 1:30Speaker 1: restore the fire in our souls. God, help us to
- 1:34Speaker 1: walk uprightly, even when it cost us something, even when
- 1:38Speaker 1: it means walking alone, even when the doors shut and
- 1:42Speaker 1: people walk away. God, we'd rather have your presence and
- 1:45Speaker 1: lose the whole world than to gain the world and
- 1:49Speaker 1: lose you. God. We remember how Daniel refused the delicacies
- 1:53Speaker 1: of the king, how Joseph ran from temptation, how Jesus
- 1:57Speaker 1: refused the devil's offer of kingdoms and exchange for worship. God,
- 2:02Speaker 1: Let that same strength live on the inside of us.
- 2:05Speaker 1: Let that same spirit guide us. Help us God to
- 2:08Speaker 1: choose you over and over and over again. Even God
- 2:12Speaker 1: with it's heart, even with it hers Lord's strengthen our
- 2:16Speaker 1: character when no one is watching, filled integrity in the
- 2:20Speaker 1: secret place. Teach us to say, knowing everything in our
- 2:24Speaker 1: flesh wants us to say Yes. God, God, our hearts
- 2:27Speaker 1: put a hedge around our minds. Let your word be
- 2:30Speaker 1: the loudest voice we hear, not our fears, not our desires,
- 2:34Speaker 1: not even the applause of others. God, we declare today
- 2:38Speaker 1: that we will not compromise our faith to be light.
- 2:41Speaker 1: We will not compromise our identity to be accepted. We
- 2:45Speaker 1: will not compromise our calling to be comfortable. God, we
- 2:49Speaker 1: are yours, a marked set apart and called for your glory. So,
- 2:54Speaker 1: Holy Spirit, feel us afresh. Give us boldness to live
- 2:58Speaker 1: clean in a world that so braves guilth. Give us
- 3:01Speaker 1: wisdom to desern the tricks of the enemy, and give
- 3:04Speaker 1: us peace when obedience isolates us. God, let our life
- 3:09Speaker 1: preach even when our mouth is quiet, because in the
- 3:13Speaker 1: end we are living for now. We are living for eternity,
- 3:16Speaker 1: and we want to hear you say, well done, my
- 3:19Speaker 1: good and faithful servant. God, Keep us faithful, Lord, keep
- 3:22Speaker 1: us holy, and keep us from compromise in Jesus Amen.