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

devote ourselves to the Lord daily with you.

Good morning, new guys.

We are picking up with a new devotional in the Bible app called Who Controlls Your Thoughts.

And there's a link to that in the description of the podcast if you guys want to follow along

with us.

I'm going to read this scripture and then Tori is going to pick up with a devote.

Let's do it.

The scripture is 1 Peter chapter 5 verse 8 and it says this, Stay alert.

Watch out for your great enemy of the devil.

He prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.

The devotional says God looks at your future while the enemy tries to keep you in your past.

God says you can, in spite of what has been done.

The enemy says you can't because of what you have done.

God will never define you by your past issues, but the enemy will try to confine you by them.

Whether it is the good, bad or ugly that dominates your life up until now, it is Satan's goal

to keep you chained there.

Never let your yesterday keep you from your tomorrow.

Learn from yesterday, but don't live in it.

Your victory comes through learning and then applying what you've learned.

Becoming who God wants you to be starts with your thoughts.

Always remember that Satan's number one strategy is to plant unhealthy thoughts in your mind,

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