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January 23 - The Greatness of Serving · 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 23rd.
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  No room for pride. Have you ever watched someone
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  else get rewarded and felt that tight feeling rise up inside
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  you? Maybe you thought I worked
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  harder than that. I showed up earlier.
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  I did more. And suddenly joy turns into
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  comparison and comparison turns into frustration.
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  Those moments reveal something deep in US cried quietly,
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  whispering that we deserve more than someone else.
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  Jesus goes straight for that heart issue.
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  In Matthew chapter 20, he tells a story about workers hired at
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  different times of the day, yet all receiving the same pay.
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  The ones who worked the longest were offended.
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  They didn't think the owner was fair, but the owner reminded
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  them that he had done nothing wrong.
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  He simply chose to be generous. That story isn't really about
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  wages. It's about grace.
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  Race doesn't operate on a scoreboard.
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  It doesn't reward seniority or effort the way humans expect.
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  And pride struggles with that because pride wants credit,
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  recognition, and comparison. Proverbs chapter 6 exposes just
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  how serious pride is to God. It says there are things the
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  Lord hates, and the list begins with haughty eyes.
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  Pride sits at the top. Not violence, not betrayal.
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  Pride. Because pride poisons everything
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  it touches. It turns blessings into
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  entitlement. It turns success into
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  superiority. It turns gratitude into
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  resentment. Pride convinces us that what we
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  have is earned and what others have is undeserved.
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  Jesus completely flips that way of thinking.
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  In God's Kingdom, greatness isn't measured by being first or
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  doing the most. It's measured by humility,
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  trust, and a heart that reflects His generosity.
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  The workers who were hired late didn't demand anything.
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  They simply received what the Master chose to give.
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  That's grace. And the early workers lost their
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  joy not because they were treated unfairly, but because
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  pride robbed them of gratitude. This is where it gets personal.
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  Pride shows up when we compare our journey to someone else's,
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  when we struggle to celebrate another person's blessing, when
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  we quietly believe God owes us more because of our effort.
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  But grace invites us into a better way, a way where we trust
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  God's goodness, rejoice when others are lifted, and rest in
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  the truth that what he gives is always right.
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  There's no room for pride in a heart-shaped by grace, not
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  because God wants to shrink you, but because pride shrinks your
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  joy. Humility, on the other hand,
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  frees you. It lets you celebrate instead of
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  compare, It lets you serve instead of compete, and it keeps
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  your heart aligned with God's generous nature.
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  You don't lose anything by laying pride down.
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  You gain peace, you gain freedom and you gain a deeper
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  understanding of grace, the kind that says God has been good to
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  me and that is enough. Let's pray.
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  Heavenly Father, thank you for your grace that I could never
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  earn and your generosity that never runs out.
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  Search my heart and show me where pride has taken root.
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  Help me let go of comparison, entitlement and resentment.
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  Teach me to celebrate others and to trust that what you give is
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  always right. Shape my heart to be humble,
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  grateful and full of love just like yours.
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  In Jesus name, Amen. What if the ache you feel for
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  more is actually God calling you deeper?
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  inspired by Psalm 63, created for believers who refuse to live
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  on spiritual leftovers. This is a journey from longing
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  to encounter, from dryness to delight.
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  Seek teaches you how to pursue God with passion and
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  intentionality. Savor trains your heart to
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  recognize and enjoy His presence in every season.
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  C opens your spiritual eyes to God's power, glory, and beauty
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  at work in your life. Satisfy leads your soul into
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  fullness, strength, and deep contentment in Him alone.
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  Sing ignites joy, gratitude, and worship that rises naturally
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  from intimacy with God. Stay anchors your heart and
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  Proverbs chapter 6 verses 16 to 19 World English Bible.
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  There are 6 things which Yahweh hates.
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  Yes, 7 which are an abomination to him, arrogant eyes, a lying
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  tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises
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  wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief, a
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  false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among
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  brothers. Matthew Chapter 20 World English
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  Bible For the Kingdom of heaven is like a man who was the master
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  of a household who went out early in the morning to hire
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  laborers for his vineyard. When he had agreed with the
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  laborers for denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
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  He went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in
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  the marketplace. He said to them, You also go
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  into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.
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  So they went their way again. He went out about the 6th and
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  the 9th hour and did likewise. About the 11th hour he went out
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  and found others standing idle. He said to them, Why do you
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  stand here all day idle? They said to him, because no one
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  has hired us. He said to them, You also go
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  into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.
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  When evening had come, the Lord of the vineyard said to his
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  manager, Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning
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  from the last to the first. When those who were hired at
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  about the 11th hour came, they each received a denarius.
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  When the first came, they supposed that they would receive
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  more, and they likewise each received a denarius.
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  When they received it, they murmured against the master of
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  the household, saying, These last have spent one hour, and
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  you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the
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  day and the scorching heat. But he answered one of them,
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  Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn't you agree with me for a
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  denarius? Take that which is yours and go
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  your way. It is my desire to give to this
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  last just as much as to you. Isn't it lawful for me to do
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  what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil because I am
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  good? So the last will be 1st and the
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  1st last, for many are called, but few are chosen.
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  As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the 12
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  disciples aside, and on the way he said to them, Behold, we are
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  going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to
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  the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to
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  death, and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to
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  scourge, and to crucify. And the third day he will be
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  raised up. Then the mother of the sons of
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  Zebedee came to him with her sons kneeling and asking a
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  certain thing of him. He said to her, What do you
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  want? She said to him, Command that
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  these my two sons may sit one on your right hand and one on your
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  left hand in your Kingdom. But Jesus answered, you don't
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  know what you're asking. Are you able to drink the cup
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  that I am about to drink and be baptized with the baptism that I
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  am baptized with? They said to him, We are able.
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  He said to them, You will indeed drink my cup and be baptized
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  with the baptism that I am baptized with.
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  But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to
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  give, but it is for whom it has been prepared by my father.
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  When the 10 heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers,
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  but Jesus summoned them and said, You know that the rulers
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  of the nations Lord it over them, and they're great ones.
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  Exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you,
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  but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your
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  servant. Whoever desires to be first
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  among you shall be your bond servant.
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  Even as the Son of Man came, not to be served, but to serve and
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  to give his life as a ransom for many.
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  As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
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  Behold, 2 blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that
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  Jesus was passing by, cried out. Lord, have mercy on us, you son
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  of David. The multitude rebuked them,
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  telling them that they should be quiet, but they cried out even
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  more. Lord, have mercy on us, you son
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  of David. Jesus stood still and called
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  them and asked, What do you want me to do for you?
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  They told him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
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  Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes
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  and immediately their eyes received their sight and they
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  followed him. Thanks for joining us on Bible
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