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[singing] Good morning. Good morning. Good morning to you. Good morning, everyone, and welcome back to another Mornings with the Masters. We devote ourselves to the Lord daily with you. Good morning, you guys.
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Good morning, indeed. We're picking back up with New Morning Mercies, and Tori's just gonna take it from here. Also, I do wanna note that Chad and I are twinning right now. Mm-hmm.
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And it was actually a really funny moment, because I wake up a couple hours before him, and I got dressed, and he had not seen me.
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And then he walked out of the bedroom, and we literally had the exact same outfit on, like black pants- Mm-hmm... hoodie. And we just looked at each other, and we cracked up. So- It was like the whole Spider-Man meme...
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it was not planned... if you guys know what I'm talking about, where it's just you're pointing at each other, like, "Wait a second." Yeah. So. It was very funny. So if you're looking or watching...
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Looking [laughs] If you're looking on YouTube- Yeah... if you're watching on YouTube, you might get a kick out of that. But anyways, let's jump on in. This is what it says. Even pleasure preaches grace.
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Every day we all experience a symphony of pleasures we never could have earned the right to enjoy.
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These are some of God's pleasant gifts to us: the sound of the birds in the spring, the delicate beauty of a rose, the multi-hued display of a sunset, the pristine blanket of new-fallen snow, the tenderness of a kiss, the smell of flowers in bloom, the wide variety of tastes and textures of food, the glory of a wonderful piece of music, the bright colors of leaves in the fall, the enjoyment of a great drama, the wonder of a master's painting, the sweet voice of a child, the stunning grandeur of a mountain.
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God created us for a world of amazing beauty, where pleasures exist all around us. He created us with pleasure gates, our eyes, ears, mouths, noses, hands, brains, and so on, so that we could take in the pleasure.
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He blesses us with these good and beautiful things every day. That means that on your very worst day and on your very best day, you are blessed with pleasures that come right from the hand of God.
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That tells you that you don't get these pleasures because you've earned or deserved them, but because He is a God of grace. He graces you with good things because He is good, not because you are. Oof.
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Perhaps it is just a really good sandwich at lunch. [laughs] I knew. Let's go. I knew, yeah. I love sandwiches. Love that line. Okay. You don't deserve the pleasure of that sandwich.
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You don't deserve a tongue that can take in its tastes and textures. You don't deserve a brain that can make sense of the whole experience.
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It is just another gift from the hands of God, who daily bestows on you what you do not deserve because He loves you.
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Maybe you look out your window and see that the leaves on your tree have turned fire red, the sight that takes your breath away.
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Stop and be thankful that the God of amazing grace created that tree and your ability to see, understand, and enjoy it. He chose you to experience its pleasures at that moment- [clears throat]...
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because He is the God of tender, patient grace. In Matthew 5:45, it says, "For He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and He sends rain on the just and on the unjust." Yeah.
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[coughs] That's what people refer to as common grace- Mm-hmm... where God has a grace that just spans whether you're a believer or not. Yeah. Um, otherwise the world would be absolutely falling apart without that. Yeah.
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Um, I think the thing I just wanna quickly talk about is how... This is gonna sound kind of aggressive, but I'm gonna say it anyways. We're almost at the end of the year. We could use a wake-up call- Mm-hmm...
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as we get ready to set our posture for the new year. [coughs] But we are all, like, recovering pleasure addicts. Mm-hmm.
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Where even as you're reading, and you mention the mountain range, I'm like, man, I just wanna keep looking at it. You mention the red leaves, I'm like, why can't they stay that way year-round?
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Like, you mention, like, the amazing, you know, meal, where it's like, I want it every meal. We all want things that make us feel good. They make us feel important. They make us feel special. They make us feel something.
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They trigger something in our brain. We're like, oh, wow, I really enjoyed the company of that person, or- Mm-hmm... oh, I love that show. I wanna spam watch the rest of it. [laughs] Mm-hmm.
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You know, there's, basically there's this thing in us that makes us want more. Mm-hmm. And you see all the beauty of creation. Mm-hmm. You s- you can taste it. You can feel it. You can see it. You can smell it.
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You get to enjoy all that, but we have to be careful not to become pleasure addicts or to, we have to be, we have to make sure that we're constantly staying recovering- Mm-hmm... pleasure addicts. Because our,
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our, we're designed to worship. We're n- we're not designed to worship creation. We're designed to worship the Creator. Mm-hmm. But we will give the creation our worship. Mm-hmm.
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And we will find ways to, to just continue, quote-unquote, "milking the cow," to go after- Mm-hmm... more and more and more and more- Mm-hmm... to a point where that thing, that created thing, will become our god.
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It'll become our place of worship- Mm-hmm... the thing that we look towards the most. And so I think it's just one of those things, like, yes, it's like I'm so thankful if we go to a party and someone has cake.
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I love cake, especially vanilla cake, with the, with the thick frosting. Not the little light, fluffy stuff. I want the thick frosting. But I don't eat the whole cake, right? Mm-hmm. I just want a piece, I'm satisfied.
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So we have to make sure that we're not allowing ourselves to go too far into that place of experiencing, you know, whatever that pleasure may be, and it becomes an idol to us.
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It becomes something that we find our self-worth in, where w- we won't feel good unless we have that thing. Um, but rather, enjoy it-And cast your worship on the one who created it. Mm-hmm. Cast your worship on God.
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Yeah.
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I think I'm coming from it in a slightly different angle, or it spoke to me a little bit of a different way because I think there's so many people out there who feel under-satisfied, or they feel this constant sense of, uh, like, kinda what you're talking about, like, longing for more.
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Yep.
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Um, but I think there's a part of us that we're just consuming the wrong things, and we're not allowing our eyes to look at God's creation to fill certain, like, gaps, and we're not letting, like, the beauty of a tree or a sunset or a mountain range to k- Capture...
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capture our attention and lead us to awe of Him. Mm. You get what I'm saying? Mm-hmm. I feel like we're like, "Oh, let me capture and curate this moment to post it on Instagram." Mm.
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And it's like, "Oh, let me, like, capture this so that I can do something with it," versus just, like, taking in the beauty of God's creation- Mm...
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and allowing it to just be a moment for you, and then that moment leads you to, wow, how cool that I have eyes to see this beauty.
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How cool that I have a brain that He's given me to take it in and understand that there's a creator behind it, and, like, letting your brain go there with God. And I mean, there truly...
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There was a day recently where I was just fully in awe that I had sight. I don't know where it came from, if I saw something on TV of a blind person- It's probably Museum of the Bible... or where...
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I don't know what it was exactly, but I just, like, was almost brought to tears of just thankfulness that I had eyes to see, that I had eyes that could see my children grow up, that I had eyes to see my husband, like, that I had eyes to see the beauty of the world, and I was just...
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[exhales] Like, it just took me away for a while, and I was just- You talking about the beauty of your husband- [laughs] Yeah... took you away? Exactly.
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[laughs] Um, no, but just what are the things in your life that you have not thanked God for lately, that you have not just, like, sat- Mm...
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there with Him and been like, "Wow, I don't deserve the grace that you've given me to have a brain that understands the blessing that it is to see, to taste, to smell, to feel, to love, to cry, to experience the things that you have given us to experience here on Earth.
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How beautiful." Like, He didn't have to do that. Like, He did not have to give us these senses. Mm-hmm. Um, He didn't have to give us emotions, but He's a God that wants to experience things with us, too.
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I think that's, like, another thing that we can be thankful for. He's like, "Look at this creation I've literally given you to experience alongside of Me." Like, He wants us to be in a relationship with Him.
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He wants us to see the gifts He has given us and be thankful for them. I'm just laughing to myself because as Tori shares, obviously, I'm listening. [laughs] I'm thinking about what I'm gonna say after she's done.
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[laughs] And as she shared something, I just started singing that song from The Little Mermaid. [laughs] "Look at these things." "Look at this stuff." [laughs] Or is it stuff? Or- "Look at this stuff. Isn't it neat?"
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"Isn't it neat?" Yes. Anyways, I just thought to myself that this is God saying, "Look at this stuff. Isn't it neat?" [laughs] Literally. It's, it was just stuck in my head right there. Da, da, da, dun, dun, dun. Yeah.
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No, I love that we had two different perspectives on that. It was- Yeah... yeah, it's fun how God opens up our eyes. 'Cause I think, I think maybe it, I think God'll speak to you where you're at. Yeah.
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And I think maybe I'm coming from a place where, you know, there's a reason why social media is designed the way it is, because it's designed to keep your attention. Mm-hmm.
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Literally, they are spending so much money, time, and resources to keep your attention. Mm-hmm. There's a reason why casinos don't have windows, so you don't know what time it is. They don't have clocks.
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They don't, they don't want you to leave. Mm-hmm. And so for me, my, where I skew is wanting to make an idol out of created things. Mm-hmm.
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And where I'm like, no, I need to, you know, enjoy whatever created thing that's healthy and holy, right? Mm-hmm. And then cast that worship to God. Yeah.
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But I love that you're coming from a place where it's just, like, just being in awe that you get to experience these things, and remember that, like, to not take it for granted. Yeah. So yeah. Love it. Yeah.
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You ready to pray some out? I am. Dear Heavenly Father, Lord, we thank You for who You are.
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Lord, I pray that today You would open our eyes, our ears, our senses to fully experience all the things that You have designed for us to experience with You.
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Father, and I also pray that You would give us a holy conviction, Father, that if any of these things You've designed for us to experience with You, Father, have overtaken our hearts and our lives, Father, would You remain on the throne where You rightfully deserve.
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Father, You deserve all of our awe, all of our worship, all of our hearts. So Father, we thank You.
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We thank You for Your grace, we thank You for who You are, and we thank You for all the things that You have given us here on Earth to enjoy. Lord, we love You, and we pray these things in Jesus' name, amen. Amen, God.
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Amen, God. Amen, y'all. Well, now is that perfect time to break out the worship music, break out the journal, and continue pressing to the Lord. And don't forget... You are God's masterpiece. You are God's masterpiece.
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And don't forget that we love you. We love you guys, and we'll be talking to you tomorrow. Ciao, ciao, ciao. [outro music]
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[singing] Good morning. Good morning. Good morning to you. Good morning, everyone, and welcome back to another Mornings with the Masters. We devote ourselves to the Lord daily with you. Good morning, you guys.
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Good morning, indeed. We're picking back up with New Morning Mercies, and Tori's just gonna take it from here. Also, I do wanna note that Chad and I are twinning right now. Mm-hmm.
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And it was actually a really funny moment, because I wake up a couple hours before him, and I got dressed, and he had not seen me.
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And then he walked out of the bedroom, and we literally had the exact same outfit on, like black pants- Mm-hmm... hoodie. And we just looked at each other, and we cracked up. So- It was like the whole Spider-Man meme...
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it was not planned... if you guys know what I'm talking about, where it's just you're pointing at each other, like, "Wait a second." Yeah. So. It was very funny. So if you're looking or watching...
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Looking [laughs] If you're looking on YouTube- Yeah... if you're watching on YouTube, you might get a kick out of that. But anyways, let's jump on in. This is what it says. Even pleasure preaches grace.
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Every day we all experience a symphony of pleasures we never could have earned the right to enjoy.
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These are some of God's pleasant gifts to us: the sound of the birds in the spring, the delicate beauty of a rose, the multi-hued display of a sunset, the pristine blanket of new-fallen snow, the tenderness of a kiss, the smell of flowers in bloom, the wide variety of tastes and textures of food, the glory of a wonderful piece of music, the bright colors of leaves in the fall, the enjoyment of a great drama, the wonder of a master's painting, the sweet voice of a child, the stunning grandeur of a mountain.
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God created us for a world of amazing beauty, where pleasures exist all around us. He created us with pleasure gates, our eyes, ears, mouths, noses, hands, brains, and so on, so that we could take in the pleasure.
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He blesses us with these good and beautiful things every day. That means that on your very worst day and on your very best day, you are blessed with pleasures that come right from the hand of God.
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That tells you that you don't get these pleasures because you've earned or deserved them, but because He is a God of grace. He graces you with good things because He is good, not because you are. Oof.
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Perhaps it is just a really good sandwich at lunch. [laughs] I knew. Let's go. I knew, yeah. I love sandwiches. Love that line. Okay. You don't deserve the pleasure of that sandwich.
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You don't deserve a tongue that can take in its tastes and textures. You don't deserve a brain that can make sense of the whole experience.
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It is just another gift from the hands of God, who daily bestows on you what you do not deserve because He loves you.
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Maybe you look out your window and see that the leaves on your tree have turned fire red, the sight that takes your breath away.
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Stop and be thankful that the God of amazing grace created that tree and your ability to see, understand, and enjoy it. He chose you to experience its pleasures at that moment- [clears throat]...
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because He is the God of tender, patient grace. In Matthew 5:45, it says, "For He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and He sends rain on the just and on the unjust." Yeah.
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[coughs] That's what people refer to as common grace- Mm-hmm... where God has a grace that just spans whether you're a believer or not. Yeah. Um, otherwise the world would be absolutely falling apart without that. Yeah.
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Um, I think the thing I just wanna quickly talk about is how... This is gonna sound kind of aggressive, but I'm gonna say it anyways. We're almost at the end of the year. We could use a wake-up call- Mm-hmm...
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as we get ready to set our posture for the new year. [coughs] But we are all, like, recovering pleasure addicts. Mm-hmm.
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Where even as you're reading, and you mention the mountain range, I'm like, man, I just wanna keep looking at it. You mention the red leaves, I'm like, why can't they stay that way year-round?
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Like, you mention, like, the amazing, you know, meal, where it's like, I want it every meal. We all want things that make us feel good. They make us feel important. They make us feel special. They make us feel something.
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They trigger something in our brain. We're like, oh, wow, I really enjoyed the company of that person, or- Mm-hmm... oh, I love that show. I wanna spam watch the rest of it. [laughs] Mm-hmm.
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You know, there's, basically there's this thing in us that makes us want more. Mm-hmm. And you see all the beauty of creation. Mm-hmm. You s- you can taste it. You can feel it. You can see it. You can smell it.
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You get to enjoy all that, but we have to be careful not to become pleasure addicts or to, we have to be, we have to make sure that we're constantly staying recovering- Mm-hmm... pleasure addicts. Because our,
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our, we're designed to worship. We're n- we're not designed to worship creation. We're designed to worship the Creator. Mm-hmm. But we will give the creation our worship. Mm-hmm.
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And we will find ways to, to just continue, quote-unquote, "milking the cow," to go after- Mm-hmm... more and more and more and more- Mm-hmm... to a point where that thing, that created thing, will become our god.
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It'll become our place of worship- Mm-hmm... the thing that we look towards the most. And so I think it's just one of those things, like, yes, it's like I'm so thankful if we go to a party and someone has cake.
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I love cake, especially vanilla cake, with the, with the thick frosting. Not the little light, fluffy stuff. I want the thick frosting. But I don't eat the whole cake, right? Mm-hmm. I just want a piece, I'm satisfied.
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So we have to make sure that we're not allowing ourselves to go too far into that place of experiencing, you know, whatever that pleasure may be, and it becomes an idol to us.
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It becomes something that we find our self-worth in, where w- we won't feel good unless we have that thing. Um, but rather, enjoy it-And cast your worship on the one who created it. Mm-hmm. Cast your worship on God.
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Yeah.
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I think I'm coming from it in a slightly different angle, or it spoke to me a little bit of a different way because I think there's so many people out there who feel under-satisfied, or they feel this constant sense of, uh, like, kinda what you're talking about, like, longing for more.
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Yep.
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Um, but I think there's a part of us that we're just consuming the wrong things, and we're not allowing our eyes to look at God's creation to fill certain, like, gaps, and we're not letting, like, the beauty of a tree or a sunset or a mountain range to k- Capture...
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capture our attention and lead us to awe of Him. Mm. You get what I'm saying? Mm-hmm. I feel like we're like, "Oh, let me capture and curate this moment to post it on Instagram." Mm.
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And it's like, "Oh, let me, like, capture this so that I can do something with it," versus just, like, taking in the beauty of God's creation- Mm...
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and allowing it to just be a moment for you, and then that moment leads you to, wow, how cool that I have eyes to see this beauty.
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How cool that I have a brain that He's given me to take it in and understand that there's a creator behind it, and, like, letting your brain go there with God. And I mean, there truly...
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There was a day recently where I was just fully in awe that I had sight. I don't know where it came from, if I saw something on TV of a blind person- It's probably Museum of the Bible... or where...
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I don't know what it was exactly, but I just, like, was almost brought to tears of just thankfulness that I had eyes to see, that I had eyes that could see my children grow up, that I had eyes to see my husband, like, that I had eyes to see the beauty of the world, and I was just...
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[exhales] Like, it just took me away for a while, and I was just- You talking about the beauty of your husband- [laughs] Yeah... took you away? Exactly.
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[laughs] Um, no, but just what are the things in your life that you have not thanked God for lately, that you have not just, like, sat- Mm...
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there with Him and been like, "Wow, I don't deserve the grace that you've given me to have a brain that understands the blessing that it is to see, to taste, to smell, to feel, to love, to cry, to experience the things that you have given us to experience here on Earth.
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How beautiful." Like, He didn't have to do that. Like, He did not have to give us these senses. Mm-hmm. Um, He didn't have to give us emotions, but He's a God that wants to experience things with us, too.
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I think that's, like, another thing that we can be thankful for. He's like, "Look at this creation I've literally given you to experience alongside of Me." Like, He wants us to be in a relationship with Him.
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He wants us to see the gifts He has given us and be thankful for them. I'm just laughing to myself because as Tori shares, obviously, I'm listening. [laughs] I'm thinking about what I'm gonna say after she's done.
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[laughs] And as she shared something, I just started singing that song from The Little Mermaid. [laughs] "Look at these things." "Look at this stuff." [laughs] Or is it stuff? Or- "Look at this stuff. Isn't it neat?"
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"Isn't it neat?" Yes. Anyways, I just thought to myself that this is God saying, "Look at this stuff. Isn't it neat?" [laughs] Literally. It's, it was just stuck in my head right there. Da, da, da, dun, dun, dun. Yeah.
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No, I love that we had two different perspectives on that. It was- Yeah... yeah, it's fun how God opens up our eyes. 'Cause I think, I think maybe it, I think God'll speak to you where you're at. Yeah.
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And I think maybe I'm coming from a place where, you know, there's a reason why social media is designed the way it is, because it's designed to keep your attention. Mm-hmm.
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Literally, they are spending so much money, time, and resources to keep your attention. Mm-hmm. There's a reason why casinos don't have windows, so you don't know what time it is. They don't have clocks.
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They don't, they don't want you to leave. Mm-hmm. And so for me, my, where I skew is wanting to make an idol out of created things. Mm-hmm.
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And where I'm like, no, I need to, you know, enjoy whatever created thing that's healthy and holy, right? Mm-hmm. And then cast that worship to God. Yeah.
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But I love that you're coming from a place where it's just, like, just being in awe that you get to experience these things, and remember that, like, to not take it for granted. Yeah. So yeah. Love it. Yeah.
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You ready to pray some out? I am. Dear Heavenly Father, Lord, we thank You for who You are.
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Lord, I pray that today You would open our eyes, our ears, our senses to fully experience all the things that You have designed for us to experience with You.
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Father, and I also pray that You would give us a holy conviction, Father, that if any of these things You've designed for us to experience with You, Father, have overtaken our hearts and our lives, Father, would You remain on the throne where You rightfully deserve.
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Father, You deserve all of our awe, all of our worship, all of our hearts. So Father, we thank You.
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We thank You for Your grace, we thank You for who You are, and we thank You for all the things that You have given us here on Earth to enjoy. Lord, we love You, and we pray these things in Jesus' name, amen. Amen, God.
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Amen, God. Amen, y'all. Well, now is that perfect time to break out the worship music, break out the journal, and continue pressing to the Lord. And don't forget... You are God's masterpiece. You are God's masterpiece.
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And don't forget that we love you. We love you guys, and we'll be talking to you tomorrow. Ciao, ciao, ciao. [outro music]
