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February 6 - The Quiet Strength of a Trustworthy Life · 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, February 6th.
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  Wisdom that stands out. Have you ever met someone who
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  didn't have to announce themselves, didn't have to
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  dominate the room, yet somehow their presence was impossible to
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  ignore? They weren't loud or flashy, but
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  there was something solid about them, something steady,
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  something different. That's the kind of wisdom
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  Scripture talks about today, the kind that doesn't shout for
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  attention but quietly stands out because of how it lives.
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  Proverbs chapter 10, verse 8 says the wise of heart will
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  receive commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
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  Wisdom starts with humility. It listens.
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  It receives instruction. It doesn't rush to talk just to
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  be heard. Foolishness, on the other hand,
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  keeps talking, keeps reacting, keeps pushing its own way, and
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  eventually trips over its own words.
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  In a culture that rewards opinions and constant
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  commentary, wisdom looks like slowing down and letting God
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  shape your responses. Psalm 15 gives us a picture of
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  what that wisdom looks like in everyday life.
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  It talks about someone who doesn't slander with their
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  tongue, who doesn't do evil to their neighbor, who refuses to
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  tear down a friend. This kind of wisdom shows up in
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  conversations, group chats, jokes that never get told, and
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  rumors that never get repeated. It's integrity in how you treat
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  people when it would be easier to blend in and go along.
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  Then we see wisdom lived out in Acts chapter 6 through the life
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  of Stephen. Acts chapter 6 verse 8 says that
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  Stephen was full of grace and power, doing great wonders and
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  signs among the people. What's striking is that Stephen
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  wasn't chosen because he was the loudest or most impressive
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  speaker. He was chosen because of his
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  character, his faith, and his closeness to God.
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  His wisdom wasn't just something he knew, it was something he
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  lived. Grace flowed from him, power
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  followed him. His life backed up his faith.
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  This matters so much for us because real wisdom isn't proven
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  by how much scripture you can quote or how strong your
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  opinions are. It's proven by how you listen,
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  how you speak, how you treat people, and how you stand firm
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  when pressure comes. Wisdom stands out when you
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  choose kindness over sarcasm, truth over gossip, obedience
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  over impulse, and humility over pride.
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  You don't have to be the loudest voice in the room to make an
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  impact. When you stay close to Jesus,
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  when you let His Word shape your heart, your life begins to speak
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  for itself. And just like Steven, people may
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  not always understand where your confidence comes from, but
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  they'll notice the grace, the courage, and the power that flow
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  from a life rooted in God. Let's pray.
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  Heavenly Father, thank you for showing me that true wisdom
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  begins with listening to you. Teach me to receive Your Word
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  with a humble heart and to let it guide how I speak and how I
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  treat others. Guard my tongue, strengthen my
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  character and help me to live with integrity.
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  Fill me with grace and courage like Stephen so that my life
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  reflects your truth and love wherever I go in Jesus name,
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  Amen. What if the way you pray changed
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  because you truly knew who God is?
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  mighty Creator who forms and sustains all things.
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  Yahweh draws you into relationship with the Eternal I
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  Am, who is present and faithful. Adonai calls you to surrender to
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  the Lord and Master who leads and directs your steps.
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  El Elyon reveals the God Most High, exalted above every power
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  and authority. El Shaddai introduces the all
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  El Olam anchors your faith in the everlasting God whose
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  purposes never fail. Elroy assures you that you are
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  seen, known, and cared for by a compassionate father.
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  Proverbs chapter 10 verse 8 World English Bible The wise in
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  heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.
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  Psalm chapter 15 World English Bible a Psalm by David Yahweh,
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  who shall dwell in your sanctuary, who shall live on
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  your holy hill? He who walks blamelessly and
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  does what is right and speaks truth in his heart.
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  He who doesn't slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his
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  friend, nor cast slurs against his fellow man, in whose eyes a
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  vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh.
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  He who keeps an oath even when it hurts and doesn't change, He
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  who doesn't lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe
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  against the innocent, He who does these things shall never be
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  shaken. Acts chapter 6 World English
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  Bible Now in those days when the number of the disciples was
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  multiplying, A complaint arose from the Hellenists against the
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  Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily
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  service. The 12 summoned the multitude of
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  the disciples and said, It is not appropriate for us to
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  forsake the Word of God and serve tables.
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  Therefore select from among you brothers seven men of good
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  report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may
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  appoint over this business. But we will continue steadfastly
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  in prayer and in the ministry of the Word.
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  These words please the whole multitude.
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  They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit,
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  Philip, Procorus, Niconer, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a
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  proselyte of Antioch, whom they set before the apostles.
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  When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
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  The word of God increased, and the number of the disciples
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  greatly multiplied. In Jerusalem a great company of
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  the priests were obedient to the faith.
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  Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders
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  and signs among the people. But some of those who were of
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  the synagogue, called the Libertines and of the Sirenians,
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  of the Alexandrians and of those of Silesia and Asia, arose
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  disputing with Stephen. They weren't able to withstand
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  the wisdom and the spirit by which he spoke.
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  Then they secretly induced men to say, We have heard him speak
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  blasphemous words against Moses and God.
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  They stirred up the people, the elders and the scribes, and came
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  against him and seized him, then brought him into the council and
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  set up false witnesses, who said, This man never stops
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  speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the
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  law. For we have heard him say that
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  this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and will
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  change the customs which Moses delivered to us.
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  All who sat in the council fastening their eyes on him saw
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  his face like it was the face of an Angel.
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