Good morning everyone and welcome back to another mornings with the masters where we devote

ourselves to the Lord daily with you. Good morning you guys. Good morning indeed we're picking up

a day four of our seven days becoming a more generous person devotional in the Bible app.

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 Tori's going to pick up the divot. Let's do it. The scripture

is Ephesians chapter four verse twenty nine and it says this. Don't use foul or abusive language.

Let everything you say be good and helpful so that your words will be an encouragement to those

who hear them. The devotional is titled generous with our encouragement and starts with a quote by

Mother Teresa that says this. Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are

truly endless. Words have power while they may not physically endure us they can most definitely

harm our spirits. What if we choose to be light bringers in this world that seems to be an

ample supply of discouragement. What if we spend our days looking to be courage trans planters

in order to brighten someone else's life. So let's make sure that our words and actions bring

encouragement instead of tearing people down. Here are some ways that we can deposit kindness into

a person's day. First is if you think a kind thought say it. This is probably one of the harder

things for people to do either because we don't consistently think nice things about people

or we are afraid of how someone will respond. Will they say thank you or will they cast away our

kindness because it makes them uncomfortable when they are complemented or encouraged. We can't

allow either to deter us from being obedient to the prompting of the Holy Spirit. If we are compelled

to encourage someone with our words let's speak it. Next is if you see a need you can meet do it.

We see people in need every day. It could be the mom with a screaming toddler at the grocery store

who left her wallet at home and can't pay for her groceries. If we have the financial means let's

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