Good morning, everyone, and welcome back to another mornings with the masters for redeveloped

ourselves to the Lord daily with you. Good morning, you guys. Good morning, indeed, as we

are rounding out with day three of our The Father Knows best devotional in the Bible

app. There's a link to that in the description. If you guys want to follow along with us,

and as always, I'm going to read the scripture, then Tori is going to pick with the

Devo. Let's do it. The first scripture is Romans chapter 8, verses 27 and 28, and it says

this, and he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit inner

seeds for God's people in accordance with the will of God. And we know that in all things

God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

And the next scripture is Matthew, chapter 6, verse 33, and it says this, but seek first

his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

The devotional says this. One of the reasons we study theology is to learn about the nature

of God, so we can have a deeply rooted trust in him. My biological father gave me a great

example of this type of trusting relationship. I knew that he cared for me, and when provide

for our family's needs. I did not worry about food or clothes because I was confident

my father would take care of those things. He was a longshore man, unloading freight from

cargo ships to the docks of the Chesapeake Bay in Baltimore. Some days there was no

work to be had, but dad was determined to do whatever he could defeat his family. One

advantage to being on the waterfront is there were always fish available. Many days I came

home from school to the smell of herring, cooking, and mom's kitchen. Herring is basically

a big sardine with lots of those nasty little bones in it, and to this day I cannot stand

to eat fish of any kind. At the time, I hated it. I've since learned that fresh herring

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