Good morning everyone and welcome back to the Messy masterpiece podcast which had in

Tori. Happy Thursday. Happy Thursday. Happy Thursday everyone. Happy YouTube post day. Tori and I are

actually posting a video on the best relationship advice that you all have ever received. And it's

so good. It's a good one. It gave us a lot of hope considering the previous videos we posted about

the worst relationship advice people had ever received. Yeah. So that's a good one. And today's

also the 10th day of our Christmas giveaway. We're also where we're giving out a thrive Bible or a

mens equivalent to that. So stay tuned to them for that. And other than that, we are picking up in day

four of our God with us devotional in the Bible. There's a link to that in the description if you

want to follow along. As always, I'm going to read the scripture and then Tori's going to read the

Devo. Let's do it. The scripture is James 1 verse 17 and it says this, every good and perfect

gift is from above coming down from the father of the heavenly lights who does not change like

shifting shadows. The devotional says everlasting father. While we all have different experiences with

our earthly fathers, we know that no relationship is perfect. Whether the name father brings fond memories

or ways heavily on our hearts, what a gift we have in Jesus are perfect ever lasting father.

Through Jesus's life, death and resurrection, we are blessed with direct access to God.

When we follow Jesus, we are adopted into God's family. And as his children, we enjoy all

of the benefits of living under his care. Jesus highlighted one of those benefits in the parable

of the prodigal or lost son, showing the extent of God's love for his children, how he never

gives up on us regardless of how far we wander. When Jesus taught his disciples how to pray,

he also used the moment to remind them of how willing God is to provide abundantly for his children

who are bold enough to ask. Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone,

or if he asks for a fish, will you give him a snake? If you then, though you are evil,

...