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January 5 - Divine GPS · Bible Chat Devotional

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  Welcome to Bible Chat, where we have devotional conversations
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  rooted in Scripture and relevant for today, January 5th.
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  Divine GPS. Have you ever trusted your own
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  sense of direction only to realize later you were
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  completely wrong? Proverbs chapter 3 verses 5 to 6
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  invites us into a different way of living.
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  Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your
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  own understanding. Acknowledge Him in all your ways
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  and He will make your path straight.
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  Trusting God doesn't mean turning off your brain.
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  It means recognizing that His perspective is bigger than
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  yours. In Matthew chapter 2, the wise
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  men followed a star they didn't fully understand simply because
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  God was guiding them. When God warned them in a dream
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  not to return to Herod, they listened and changed direction.
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  Their obedience protected them and kept God's plan moving
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  forward. Sometimes God's guidance leads
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  us down unexpected roads, but those roads are always covered
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  by His care. When you trust God's direction,
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  even detours have purpose. Even unfamiliar paths can lead
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  to joy, growth, and protection. You are never lost when God is
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  leading, even if the journey feels uncertain.
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  Let's pray. Heavenly Father, help me trust
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  You with all my heart. Teach me to release my need to
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  understand everything and follow your guidance.
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  Instead, when you call me to change direction, give me
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  courage to obey. Lead me on paths of peace and
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  purpose as I walk with you in Jesus name, Amen.
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  God with passion and intentionality.
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  in every season. See opens your spiritual eyes to
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  God's power, glory, and beauty at work in your life.
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  worship that rises naturally from intimacy with God.
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  deeper intimacy with the God who satisfies.
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  Now I invite you to spend time with God in today's three-year
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  Bible reading plan. Proverbs chapter 3 verses 5 to 6
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  World English Bible. Trust in Yahweh with all your
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  heart and don't lean on your own understanding.
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  In all your ways. Acknowledge Him and He will make
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  your paths straight. Matthew Chapter 2 World English
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  Bible Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days
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  of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem,
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  saying, Where is he who is born King of the Jews?
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  For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.
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  When King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with
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  him. Gathering together all the chief
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  priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the
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  Christ would be born. They said to him in Bethlehem of
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  Judaea, for this is written through the prophet.
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  You, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the
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  Princess of Judah, for out of you shall come a governor who
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  shall shepherd my people Israel. Then Herod secretly called the
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  wise men and learned from them exactly what time the star
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  appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem and
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  said, Go and search diligently for the young child.
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  When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come
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  and worship him. They, having heard the King,
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  went their way, and behold, the star which they saw in the East
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  went before them until it came and stood over where the young
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  child was. When they saw the star, they
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  rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.
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  They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary his
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  mother, and they fell down and worshipped him.
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  Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts, gold,
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  frankincense, and myrrh. Being warned in a dream not to
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  return to Herod, they went back to their own country another
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  way. Now when they had departed,
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  behold, an Angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream,
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  saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee
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  into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek
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  the young child to destroy him. He arose and took the young
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  child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt, and was
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  there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled.
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  Which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet saying Out
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  of Egypt I called my son. Then Herod, when he saw that he
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  was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry and sent out
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  and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all
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  the surrounding countryside from 2 years old and under, according
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  to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.
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  Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was
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  fulfilled, saying a voice was heard in Rama, lamentation,
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  weeping and great mourning. Rachel weeping for her children.
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  She wouldn't be comforted, because they are no more.
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  But when Herod was dead, behold, an Angel of the Lord appeared in
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  a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, Arise, and take the
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  young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel.
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  For those who sought the young child's life are dead.
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  He arose and took the young child and his mother and came
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  into the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus
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  was reigning over Judea in the place of his father Herod, he
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  was afraid to go there. Being warned in a dream, he
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  withdrew into the region of Galilee and came and lived in a
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  city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled, which was
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  spoken through the prophets, that he will be called a
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  Nazarene. Thanks for joining us on Bible
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