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

ourselves to the Lord daily with you. Good morning you guys. We are picking up with a six of our

a time to sew devotional in the Bible app. There's a link to that in the description of the podcast

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 with the Debo. Let's do it. The first scripture is James chapter

one verse 12 and it says this God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation.

Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

The second verse is Hebrews chapter 10 verse 36 and it says patient endurance is what you need now

so that you will continue to do God's will then you will receive all that he has promised.

The devotional is titled waiting for the harvest and it says every four years with 2020 being an

exception the world highly anticipates watching athletes representing their countries compete for

gold medals at the Olympics in 2016 Olympics in Rio over 3.6 billion people watch the events

that's nearly half of our world's population the stories of the journey to become an Olympic champion

inspire us all years of hard work preparation and perseverance all for this one moment for some it's

a several hour marathon and for others it's a less than 10 second race the majority of those

athletes if not all will tell you the journey to get to where they are today was worth it even if

the trek wasn't easy although you are most likely not preparing to compete in the Olympics

you may understand the commitment pain and determination it took to get to where you are today

the hardest moments are often while you are in the process of being shaped and molded for what

God has called you to do you may experience grief have to let go of certain dreams or make sacrifices

along the way Galatians 6 and 9 encourages us to keep pressing forward as it says let us not

become weary in doing good for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up

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