Good morning everyone and welcome back to the messy masterpiece

podcast for Chad and Tory happy Sunday happy Sunday y'all we're hoping every

great weekend or whenever you're listening to this podcast on I haven't said that in a

minute that's true.

It feels good to bring it back. Bring it on back. Speaking and bringing it back, let's bring back

that devotional. Let's do it you guys. Today we're reading out of the Thrive Bible. The

Devotional is called removing obstacles and the

verse is out of judges 6, 25, and 26. It says, that night the Lord said to Gideon take the second bull from your

father's herd the one that is seven years old pull down your father's altar to

ball and cut down the ashara pole standing beside it.

Then build an altar to the Lord your God here on this hilltop sanctuary,

laying the stones carefully.

Sacrificed the bull as a burnt offering on the altar,

using as fuel the wood of the ash or a pole you cut down.

The love letter from God says, Beloved child, I am ready to bless you beyond measure.

I will give you the courage to remove anything that keeps you from hearing my voice or weakens your moral fiber.

Because you are my child, you are set apart and called to live in victory.

But if you allow the enemy of your soul

to consume you with the pleasures of this world,

you will become ineffective.

Let me show you the things that have placed you in harmony. become ineffective.

Let me show you the things that have placed you in harm's way.

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