Daily Prayer 07-03-25

Daily Prayer 07-03-25

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
I am Sherry Mackie and it's time for us to
go to God in prayer. And as always I ask
that you join along with me in prayer. And you know,
this morning I was kind of reflecting on God's exchange system,
how he gives us joy from mourning, how he gives

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us strength in our weakness, you know, and I can
kind of want to pray about that for us this morning.
Oh gracious and almighty God, in the name of Jesus,
we just want to thank you today for your divine
exchange that you so freely give to us. God, you
are the God who meets us in our brokenness, not

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to condemn us, but God to transform us. We come
with heavy hearts, tears, stained cheeks, and hands too tired
to even lift them up sometimes. But you come with
healing in your wings. You are the God who trades
as for beauty, who takes our mourning and gives us
the oil of joy. Lord, you never asked us to

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be strong on our own. You never require perfection from us.
You just asked us to bring what we have. And
so today God, we bring you our sorrow. Thank you
for giving us your joy. We bring you our weakness.
Thank you God, that you pour your strength. We bring
you our brokenness, and God, you breathe restoration into us

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and our situations. Thank you for your heavenly exchanged system,
that we don't have to stay stuck in grief. We
don't have to stay stuck in shame and fear, or
even in failure. God, you promised in Isaiah sixty one
that you would give us a garment of praise for
the spirit of heaviness. Thank you God, you said that

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you would plant us like oaks of righteousness, strong rooted
and unmovable even in seases of deep mourning. Your rise
is like the dawn. Even when the night is long,
your light still breaks through. God, you never leave us empty,
and you never leave us alone. You give purpose to
our pain and strength for our struggle. Your word says

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in Second Corinthia's twelve and nine, My grace, it's sufficient
for you, for my strength is made perfect in weakness.
So Father, we declare today we don't have to have
it all together. We don't have to hide our weariness.
We can come to you undone. We can come to
you overwhelmed. We can come to you God, just depleted,

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and you'll be more than enough, because when we can't,
you can. When we fall short, you step in. When
we're at the end of ourselves, we're just at the
beginning of your power. So today, God, we surrender our morning.
We lay down our disappointments. We release our grief, our guilt,

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and even God, our questions to you, and we receive
your oil of gladness flowing over every dry place in
our lives. God, we receive your peace washing over every
anxious thought. We receive your strength rising up where we
are weak. Lord, Thank you for being a God of
holy exchanges. Thank you that you don't just fix what's

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broken in our lives, you make all things new. Thank
you that when life tries to crush us, God, you
press out an anointing. Thank You that our tears are
not wasted, our pain is not pointless, and our weakness
is not shameful because Your power is perfected right there.
Who let every heart listening be lifted up right now

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in the name of Jesus. Let the oil of joy
drip into the dry places. God, let morning turn into dance,
and God, let us walk boldly in the strength you
generously give to each one of us. God, we receive
it right now in the name of Jesus our joy,
our strength, and our Redeemer. Amen. Amen, Amen, hallelujah.