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

ourselves to the Lord daily with you. Good morning. We are picking up on day four of our

making time to rest devotional. In the Bible app, there's a link to that in the description

if you all want to follow along with us. Mm-hmm. I'm going to read the scripture and in

Tories going to read the devotional. Let's do it. The scripture is first John chapter two

verses 15 through 17 and it says this, Do not love this world nor the things it offers you.

For when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers

only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see and pride in our achievements

and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from the world. And this world is fading

away along with everything that people crave, but anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.

So good. The devotional says disconnect from distractions. One of the definitions of rest is to be

free from anxiety or disturbance. In this time in our lives, we can easily find things that would

disturb our rest as well as cause anxiety. They may be enjoyable in the moment and feel like they

refresh us, but in the end we are depleted from true rest. Countless people are talking about the

different ways to disconnect in our ultra-connected world. There are books, articles, podcasts,

and messages giving us three steps to not be overwhelmed by the things that rob our attention.

But not everyone is distracted by the same things. What distracts one person is not a struggle

for the next. In order to break away from the distractions in our lives, we have to consider a

couple things. First, we have to know what distracts us. Those things that tear us away from the

important because they either feel urgent or they are just fun to indulge in. And secondly,

we have to be willing to lay down our agendas so that the most important people in our lives

don't feel like distractions. Whatever that thing is that steals peace and rest from us,

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