Today's Word 11-20-25 Grow Through It

Today's Word 11-20-25: Grow Through It

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Ed your early morning praise party. I am Sherry Mackie
and it's time right now for today's word. I'm encouraging
you today, grow through it, Grow through it. If Esian
six and ten says, be strong in the Lord and
in the power of His might. You know there are

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moments in life when the same frustrations keep circling back around,
like the same offense, the same person getting under your skin,
the same habit pulling you backwards, the same trial draining
you year after year. And if we're honest, it's easy
to slip into negativity. It's easy to rehearse the hurt,

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to live in self pity, and to treat people the
same way they treated us. It's easy to say, Lord,
I'm tired of this. Why won't this situation change? But
what if the real question is why don't you? What
if the situation hasn't shifted because God is waiting to

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see how you respond to the situation. What if the
challenge is not just an irritation but an invitation, an
invitation to grow, an invitation to mature, an invitation to
rise higher in strength and patience and spiritual power. Ephesians
six and ten reminds us to be strong in the

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Lord and in his mighty power, which means his strength
is not something we wait for, it's something that we
walk in. Strength is a choice. Growth is a choice.
Maturity is a choice. You know, sometimes God allows the
same test to reappear because He's given us another chance

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to pass that test, another chance to respond differently, another
chance to rise above what used to break us. Instead
of reacting with anger, you could respond with grace. Instead
of getting offended, you could choose peace. Instead of shrinking
into self pity, you could step into victory and declare
I am strong in the Lord. Instead of letting toxic

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behavior drag you down, you could let God lift you up.
What if the breakthrough you've been praying for is on
the other side of your growth. What if the blessing
is waiting for you to mature beyond the things that
used to steal your joy. You're not weak, you're not fragile,

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you're not defeated. You are a warrior in the spirit.
You are equipped, you are empowered. You are backed by
the strength of Heaven. You can do all things through Christ,
who strengthens you. Not because everything around you changes, but
because everything within you is changing. God wants to entrust

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you with more, more influence, more favor, more responsibility, more
open doors. But favor and growth reques require character. They
require discipline. They require the willingness to say, Lord, grow me,
change me, strengthen me. I want to respond in your
way and in a way that honors you. So instead

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of asking when will this stop? Ex Lord, what are
you trying to grow me in this situation? When you
make the choice to grow rather than to complain, to rise,
rather than to react, to trust rather than to crumble,
you step into a new level of spiritual strength. And
that's when God says, now I can use you, Now

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I can bless you, Now I can promote you. This
is your season, not just to go through it, but
to grow through it. Father, God, thank you that we
have the power to remain strong when circumstances and people
try to defeat us. Thank You that we can change
and grow through the challenges we face. Strengthen us God

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to respond in ways that honor you. God. We made
up our minds that we can do all things through Christ,
who strengthens us. In Jesus' name, that's your word for today,
Take an applied to your everyday life, and you continue
to be encouraged and inspired with me, your girl, Sherry
Mackie