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

ourselves at a Lord elite with you. Good morning, guys. Good morning, indeed. We are picking

up with the new devotional in the Bible app titled Relational Reset, unlearning the habits

that hold you back. There's a link to that in the description if you guys want to fall along with

us. And as always, I'm going to read the scripture, then Tor is going to pick up with the

Devo. Let's do it. The scripture is Hebrews chapter 10, verse 10, and it says this,

for God's will was for us to be made holy by the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once

for all time. The devotional is titled Silence and Security, and it says this,

it's easy to fall into the trap of doing what others desire of us, rather than what God

demands. This is particularly true when we are insecure in our relationships.

Inglations 110, Paul writes, am I now trying to win the approval of human beings or of God,

or am I trying to please people? Notice how he emphasizes the question by asking it twice.

Who am I trying to please? Maybe I want my boss to notice me so I get the promotion or at least

keep my job. So I agree to do something I know is unethical. Perhaps I don't want to lose a friend,

so I verbally agree with her on everything, even when I don't agree in my heart.

To be concerned about careers, friendships, or anything, more than God is to replace God with an

idol. And it does nothing for our relationships, because people pleasing simply can't ease in security.

Why do we care more about what other people think than what God thinks? Why would we want their

praise over the praise of the creator of the universe in security? I want to be in the business of

pleasing God. And the only way to do that is to place my security in him alone. By doing so,

I can be in right relationship with him as I work on resetting relationships with others so that

they become more like what he created them to be. Yeah, that second-to-last paragraph really got

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