Good morning everyone. Welcome to the messy masterpiece podcast with Chad and my sweet wife Tori.

We're super excited to devote ourselves daily to the Lord with you.

So thanks for tuning in.

Just a quick little note, Tori and I are posting a

YouTube video today at 1030 a.m. Eastern. Yeah. So anyways, we're going to go and

hop into this Devo and we hope they have a great day.

Yeah, you guys, we're just going to jump on into it.

Today we are reading out of Zachariah 4-6,

and the devotional is titled by God's spirit and it says then he said to me

this is what the Lord says to Zebru babble I have no I have no idea how to say that word that word or name, but it says it is not by force nor by strength, but by my spirit says the Lord of Heaven's armies.

And then the love letter from God says,

Beloved child, I give my spirit to all my children.

I created you to do amazing things that bring me glory, but you can do nothing

apart for me that has real power and real purpose. I will go before you and prepare the way and I will walk with you to help you along the way.

I am the God who makes something out of nothing. Whatever is given to me will be multiplied and magnify how powerful I am.

When you set out to do my work in your own strength, it is hard because I am not with you. When you set out to do my work with my power, I will help you succeed.

Walk with me and I will give you my spirit so you can accomplish great things in my name.

Love your Heavenly Father. The reflection says,

We will never really see the power of God in our own lives until we let him do what only he can do and

and through us. The miracles that we read about can become a reality when we believe that

God is who he says he is and will do what he promises.

The Treasure of Truth, when we do God's work and God's power, we succeed.

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