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. Yes, good morning. We're

around in out day five of our how to be grateful for your life devotion on the Bible app.

There's a link to that in the description of this podcast if you want to fall along with us.

And 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 Hebrews 13 verse five and it says this,

don't love money, be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, I will never fail you,

I will never abandon you. The devotional title is finances and it says, did you know that the Bible

talks about money possessions and accumulating wealth in over 2000 verses. In fact, 11 of the 39

parables Jesus taught are about that very subject. It's probably safe to say that God knew that

there would be a temptation and a tendency to handle money poorly. Sadly, we do love and adore

money more than we should. We often wish we had more and we think that a possession or a

amount of money will bring lasting gratitude. When in reality, it's just a temporary fix that

will soon need to be satisfied once again. James 117 tells us that our God is the giver of every

good and perfect gift. If we'll apply this, our mindset will change when it comes to our finances.

Let's consider these tips when it comes to growing our gratitude in this area.

One, where you live, whether our home is bigger small, most of us have a place to live.

Thank God for the gift of a place to live regardless of the size or style.

Two, what you possess. Many of us have clothes that we don't wear and have the ability to

stream music or read books on a device that allows us to get any information we can find,

but we still want what we don't have. Take some time to reset your mind and thank God for the

provision to have what you own. Last, at your fingertips. If you have the ability to get clean water

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