Good morning everyone and welcome back to another morning with the masters where we devote

ourselves to the Lord daily with you. Good morning you guys. It is a good morning indeed

because this is the day the Lord hath made. So rejoice and be glad in it. Amen. We are going

to pick back up our live on purpose devotional and torch is going to go and jump on in. Yes

y'all let's do it. Today's verse is 1 John 2 17 and it says this world is fading away along

with everything that people crave but anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.

The devotional is titled the handbook for life. I often think many of us are following the same

handbook for life. No one has a copy of it but we know exactly what it says. It's an unwritten

set of guidelines about how to thrive and be successful in life and its author is the world.

It goes something like this. Look out for number one. You do you boo. You only live once. Whatever

it takes to get likes. I have to ask is anyone happy doing what that handbook says? Does anyone

actually like the outcomes they're getting? Even though the world in Paul's day was different

than ours the problem was the same. He wrote this passage to the church in Rome. Do not be conform

to this world any longer with its superficial values and customs but be transformed and progressively

changed as you mature spiritually by the renewing of your mind focusing on godly values and ethical

attitudes so that you may prove for yourself what the will of goddess that which is good and

acceptable and perfect in his plan and purpose for you. Romans 12 to Wow these words will give you

life and set you free. Paul told us exactly how to live. He said we are not to be conformed to

this world which goes much further than simply saying don't pay attention to it. He understood

how hard the world works to influence us and said don't let it happen. Why? Because when you

look below the surface of the world's superficial values, our social media presence, money, fame,

popularity, you'll find nothing of lasting value. For the path to life and true fulfillment,

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