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. We're picking up with day four of our

balancing back from disappointment devotion of the Bible app. There's a link to it in the description

of the podcast if you guys want to follow along with us and as always I'm going to read the

scripture and then Tori's going to pick it with the Devo. Let's do it. The scripture is Mark

chapter 9 verse 24 and it says this, the Father instantly cried out, I do believe but help me overcome

my unbelief. The devotional says we have an adversary and his name is Satan. He is in the discouragement

business and every opportunity to bring us emotionally or psychologically to our knees serves

his ultimate purpose separating us from God. Matthew's gospel records the story of Peter walking

on water, brimming with faith that Jesus would keep him from sinking even in the middle of an

awful storm. Peter said to Jesus, Lord, if it is you command me to come to you on the water,

to which Jesus said, come. Yet even in the middle of a bona fide miracle, Peter could not help but

be frightened by a ferocious wind and in that moment Satan delivered discouragement to the

fishermen who then began to sink. Think about all of the sinking moments in your life,

lost jobs, corals with family, bad grades in school. We all have tasted that despair and if we're

honest it is in those moments that we feel as though God is far away. But the Bible commands us to

draw near to him and to resist the devil who will flee from us. As believers we easily forget that

we have been empowered to do that which God has commanded, just like Peter who was first commanded

to walk out on the water. Unbelief comes as quickly as it goes and when the winds of life blow

hard against our bow, it has a way of disappointing even the most faithful among us. But if we keep our

eyes on Christ, follow His teachings and pray as He has taught us, we will be able to

weather the fiercest of storms. I love this one. It reminds me of a story that you guys have

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