Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning, everyone. And welcome back to the

Messy Masterpiece Podcast, which had an Tori happy Sunday. Happy Sunday. Sunday, Sunday,

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday, Monday, Monday. You guys were picking up on day three of our finding

piece devotional on the Bible app. There's a link to that in the description below.

Before we hop in, if you're looking for a church to stream on YouTube or just check out,

you can check out one of our mentors church that's commongrace.nyc. The church is called common

grace. It's in New York City. I'm going to read the scripture and then Tori is going to read the

Devo. The scripture is James 4 verse 7. So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil and he will

flee from you. It's good. The devotional says why we lose our peace. There's only one way to

experience an abiding peace that transcends circumstances by faith. Faith is the foundation for

living in God's peace. An active, confident trust in his presence and power to sustain and comfort

you, no matter the circumstance you face. There are however certain issues that can undermine our

faith and rob us of our peace. Let's consider a few of them. One, sudden fear. Some people are so

accustomed to responding to every little dip and rise of life with fear and small doses of panic

that they can't even imagine there's another way to respond. They're so upset by change of all

types that it never dawns on them that they can live with greater emotional stability.

Two, the enemy. We can be attacked by our enemy, the devil, who may use various means to cause us

to doubt and lose faith in our God. But we must stand up to him. Scripture urges us to resist the

devil and when we do, he will flee from us. Three, sin. Peace and rebellion cannot coexist. The only

recourse is to confess sin to God, surrender to him and ask for his help in turning from and

resisting all temptation. Then God's peace can flow once again. Four, giving up peace. In times of

crisis, we sometimes lay down our peace willingly. We give it up. Conceit it. Abandon it. Always remember

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