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 are picking up with day three

of our freedom from sin devotional in the Bible app. There's a link to that in the description

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

scripture and then Tori's going to read the Divo. Let's do it. The scripture is John chapter 10

verse 10 and it says this and this is Jesus speaking. The thief's purpose is to steal, kill

and destroy. My purpose is to give you a rich and satisfying life. The devotional's titled

comparing sin. Don't judge someone just because they sin differently than you. We've touched on

what sin is why we do it and how to stop the cycle of sin. Today's topic is sure to challenge us

because most people fall into the trap of comparing their sins to someone else's. Let's take

lying as an example. Everyone has lied at some point in their lives. Some lies appear to be huge

and bordering betrayal while others are a little bit more on the no big deal side. We think that our

small lie that doesn't seem to affect anyone is not that big of a deal but the person who betrayed

their spouse. Well that's a huge lie and we think I'm so glad I'm not like him or her. This

mindset is inaccurate and far from biblical. We read in Romans 3 23 for everyone has sinned. We all

fall short of God's glorious standard. In essence we've all missed the mark. Regardless if we miss

it by a little or a lot it does not measure up to God's perfection. This revelation isn't to shame

us. It's to set us free. Free from the trap of looking around at others and thinking we are superior

to them. If we're continually comparing ourselves with others then the standard will always be a moving

target. Some days we may feel like the best person on earth compared to someone else's actions

while on other days we're discouraged because someone is making better choices than we are.

The standard or mark we must hold ourselves to is God's perfection. If we strive to follow him

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