Hey everyone, Kelly Givens here. I want you to think about a little word with some big

implications. Stress. I don't have to say much more for you to start thinking about all the ways your life feels stressful and overwhelming.

In fact, I bet one of the reasons you listen to your daily prayer is because it's a calming way to connect with God amidst the stress of life.

If that's true, then I want to recommend our latest podcast to you.

Breathe, the Stress Less Podcast.

Our host Bonnie Gray guides us through the effects of stress and gives us scripture-backed methods

of restoring calm, reducing overwhelm, and deepening our intimacy with God.

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or by searching your favorite podcast app.

We'll also have a link in the show notes. Check it out and

let us know what you think. A prayer for what really fulfills us by Susie Eller.

Then someone called from the crowd,

Teacher, please tell my brother to divide our father's estate with me.

Jesus replied, friend, who made me a judge over you to decide such things as that. Then he said, beware, guard against every kind

of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own. Luke 12, 13 through 15.

What's inside is important to God, and we see that affirmed in the story where today's

key verse is found.

Jesus and the disciples are traveling when a guy stops Jesus and asks him to step in and demand that his brothers share a portion of an inheritance.

Jesus hears something in the man's request that troubles him.

In direct response to the man's question, he starts a conversation about craving what you don't have.

Jesus tells a parable about a rich man who has a fertile farm. His barns are full.

Yet instead of being content, he tears down the old barns and builds bigger, better barns to store more grain to acquire even more wealth.

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