Good morning, y'all. Happy Wednesday or whatever day you're listening to this podcast.

Welcome to the Messy Massies Podcast, which had in Tory. Funny little quick story for you.

Tory and I were just alerted by one of our friends who does some audio engineering type stuff.

And he alerted us that Tory was actually talking into the wrong part of the microphone.

Yep. I guess there is a front and a back to it and we had no idea.

Yeah, y'all. So I apologize if I have sound muffled in previous episodes.

We're excited to jump into this podcast and we hope that you have a blessed day.

Yeah, y'all. I'm excited about this one. We're in the Thrive Bible as always and today we're

going to be reading out of Ezra 15 and the devotional is titled a heart stirred by God.

It says then God stirred the hearts of the priest and Levites and the leaders of the tribes of

Judah and Benjamin to go to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple of the Lord.

The love letter from God says, beloved child, I want to stir your heart and inspire you to do

something great. You will know I'm at work when your heart becomes desperate for me and your

spirit longs to soar. When I stir your heart, you will experience an excitement in your life

unlike anything before because this stirring is not of this world. The plans I have for you will

prevail because I will give you the strength to accomplish them. Let me stir your heart.

Then you will experience faith in a new and exciting way. Love your heavenly Father.

The reflection says, when God stirs our hearts, we're inspired to do great things that bring

glory to him. When making decisions on where to invest your time and talent, ask God to send you

his spirit so his will can be accomplished. The treasure of truth says, God given purpose

equals a life that makes a difference. I couldn't help but feel just super convicted and a few

different things while I was listening. One of those is as I was listening to you, I started to

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