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

in Tori. Happy Monday. Happy Monday. Happy Monday, everyone. We're ready to start the

week right? Mm-hmm. I actually forgot to mention yesterday during Sunday's episode

to make sure that you're planning for this week. I know that as this year is rounding

out where some of us are back at work, some of us are with family and all that. We don't

want to let our different situations dictate how we live our lives. We want the way we're

walking with the Lord to dictate how we live each week. So don't forget to take that time

to plan out your week. And other than that, Tori's back. I'm back, you guys. She's back

and with the new devotional that we're going to try out called Live On Purpose. So she picked

a devotional from there and I think we're ready to rock and roll. Yeah, y'all let's do it.

So today we're in 2nd Thessalonians 3 verse 5 and it says, May the Lord lead your hearts

into a full understanding and expression of the love of God and the patient endurance

that comes from Christ. The devotional says, the move maker of all the ways we can respond

to the call of God, running away, demanding proof, half listening, being a move maker

is the sweet spot. Move makers are men and women of faith who are moved by the spirit

of God and then make moves to impact the world for the kingdom of God, not by their own strength

or wisdom, but because the Holy Spirit is with them and the hand of God is on them. These

are the people who hear God's call, put their faith and their trust in Him and obey.

In the Bible, there are people like Noah who not only listened when God said to build

an ark but also grabbed a hammer. There are people like Mary who heard the angel's word

and said, I am the Lord's servant. May everything you have said about me come true. And there

are people like Ananias and God told them to go to Saul, the man who had been terrorizing

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