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February 8 - Grace That Crosses Dividing Lines · 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 8th.
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  Words that bring life. Have you ever replayed something
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  someone said to you and realized it stuck longer than you
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  expected? Maybe it was a compliment that
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  lifted you when you were low, or maybe it was a careless comment
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  that cut deeper than the person ever knew.
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  Words have a way of lingering. They don't just pass through the
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  air. They settle in hearts.
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  They shape confidence. They influence direction.
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  Proverbs chapter 10, verses 11 to 12 reminds us just how
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  powerful our words are. It says the mouth of the
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  righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked
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  conceals violence. Hatred stirs up strife, but love
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  covers all offenses. A fountain of life doesn't just
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  help one person, it keeps flowing.
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  It refreshes again and again. God is saying that when our
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  hearts are aligned with Him, our words can become a source of
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  encouragement, healing, and hope to the people around us.
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  But when words are driven by anger, bitterness, or pride,
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  they stir conflict and leave damage behind.
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  We see this truth lived out in Acts chapter 8.
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  The believers had just gone through intense persecution.
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  They were scattered from their homes, their routines, their
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  sense of safety. If anyone had a reason to
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  complain, to stay silent, or to lash out, it was them.
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  But Acts chapter 8, verses 4 to 5 tell us that those who were
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  scattered went about preaching the word.
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  Philip went down to Samaria and proclaimed the Christ.
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  Instead of letting hardship poison their words, they let
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  God's love shape them. Think about that.
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  Pain didn't mute their faith. Pressure didn't silence their
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  witness. Their words carried life.
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  Because their hearts were anchored in hope.
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  And because Philip spoke about Jesus, an entire city was
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  impacted. Joy replaced fear.
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  Light broke Into Darkness. All because someone chose to use
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  their voice for God instead of using it to vent, attack, or
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  withdraw. This challenges us in very
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  practical ways. The way you talk to your family
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  when you're tired. The tone you use online when you
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  disagree. The words you choose when
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  someone annoys you or hurts you. Every conversation is an
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  opportunity. You can stir strife, or you can
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  cover with love. You can drain life, or you can
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  become a fountain of it. God isn't asking you to have
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  perfect words, He's inviting you to have a transformed heart.
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  When love leads, words follow. And when Jesus fills your life,
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  your voice becomes a tool for healing, courage, and truth in a
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  world that desperately needs it. Let's pray.
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  Heavenly Father, thank you for the power you've placed in
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  words. Forgive me for the times I've
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  spoken out of anger, frustration, or carelessness.
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  Shape my heart so that my words become a fountain of life to the
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  people around me. Teach me to respond with love
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  instead of stirring conflict, and give me courage to use my
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  voice to point others to Jesus. Let my words bring hope,
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  healing, and light wherever I go.
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  Proverbs chapter 10 verses 11 to 12 World English Bible The mouth
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  of the righteous is a spring of life, But violence covers the
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  mouth of the wicked. Hatred stirs up strife, but love
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  covers all wrongs. Acts chapter 8 World English
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  Bible Saul was consenting to his death.
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  A great persecution arose against the assembly, which was
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  in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad
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  throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the
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  apostles. Devout men buried Stephen and
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  lamented greatly over him, But Saul ravaged the assembly,
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  entering into every house, and dragged both men and women off
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  to prison. Therefore those who were
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  scattered abroad went around preaching the word.
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  Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them
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  the Christ. The multitudes listened with 1
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  accord to the things that were spoken by Philip when they heard
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  and saw the signs which he did. For unclean spirits came out of
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  many of those who had them. They came out crying with a loud
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  voice. Many who had been paralyzed and
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  lame were healed. There was great joy in that
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  city, but there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to
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  practice sorcery in the city and amazed the people of Samaria,
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  making himself out to be some great one, to whom they all
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  listened from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is
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  that great power of God. They listened to him because for
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  a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.
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  But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning
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  God's Kingdom and the name of Jesus Christ, they were
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  baptized, both men and women. Simon himself also believed
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  being baptized. He continued with Philip, seeing
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  signs and great miracles occurring, he was amazed.
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  Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria
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  had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to
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  them, who when they had come down, prayed for them that they
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  might receive the Holy Spirit. For as yet he had fallen on none
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  of them. They had only been baptized in
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  the name of Christ Jesus. Then they laid their hands on
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  them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
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  Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the
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  laying on of the apostles hands, he offered the money, saying,
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  Give me also this power, that whomever I lay my hands on may
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  receive the Holy Spirit. But Peter said to him, May your
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  silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the
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  gift of God with money. You have neither part nor lot in
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  this matter, for your heart isn't right before God.
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  Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and ask God if
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  perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you, for I
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  see that you are in the poison of bitterness and in the bondage
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  of iniquity. Simon answered, Pray for me to
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  the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken
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  happened to me. They therefore, when they had
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  testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem
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  and preached the good news to many villages of the Samaritans.
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  Then an Angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise and go
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  toward the South, to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to
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  Gaza. This is a desert.
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  He arose and went, and behold there was a man of Ethiopia, a
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  eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of The
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  Ethiopians, who is over all her treasure, who had come to
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  Jerusalem to worship. He was returning and sitting in
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  his chariot and was reading the prophet.
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  Isaiah the Spirit said to Philip, Go near and join
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  yourself to this chariot. Philip ran to him and heard him
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  reading Isaiah the prophet and said, Do you understand what you
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  are reading? He said, How can I unless
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  someone explains it to me? He begged Philip to come up and
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  sit with him. Now the passage of the scripture
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  which he was reading was this. He was led as a sheep to the
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  slaughter, as a lamb before his Shearer is silent, so he doesn't
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  open his mouth. In his humiliation his judgement
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  was taken away. Who will declare his generation
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  for his life is taken from the earth?
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  The eunuch answered Philip. Who is the prophet talking
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  about? About himself or about someone
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  else? Philip opened his mouth and
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  beginning from the Scripture, preached to him about Jesus.
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  As they went on the way, they came to some water, and the
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  eunuch said, Behold, here is water, what is keeping me from
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  being baptized? He commanded the chariot to
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  stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip
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  and the eunuch, and he baptized him.
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  When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord
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  caught Philip away, and the eunuch didn't see him anymore,
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  for he went on his way rejoicing.
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  But Philip was found at Azatus passing through.
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  He preached the good news to all the cities until he came to
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