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April 28 - Seen, Secure, and Strengthened · 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, April 28th.
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  Seen, secure and strengthened, it can hurt to feel unseen.
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  Maybe you are doing your best and no one notices.
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  Maybe you are struggling quietly and no one asks.
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  Maybe you made the right choice, but it felt like it did not
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  matter. Proverbs chapter 15 verse 3 says
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  the eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on
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  the evil and the good. God sees nothing about your life
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  is hidden from Him. That truth can convict us
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  because God sees the private choices too, but it can also
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  comfort us deeply. He sees your tears.
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  He sees your effort. He sees the temptation you
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  resisted, the prayer you whispered, and the burden you
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  carried silently. Psalm 48 verse 8 speaks of God
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  establishing His city forever, reminding us that His presence
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  is steady and secure. Romans chapter 13 verse 12 says
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  the night is far gone, the day is at hand.
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  So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the
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  armor of light. Since God sees us and keeps us,
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  we are called to live differently.
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  Not hiding in darkness, not pretending, not feeding habits
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  that pull us away from Him. We belong to the light and
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  Proverbs chapter 15 verse 4 adds that a gentle tongue is a tree
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  of life. That means living in the light
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  effects how we speak. Seen by God, secured by God and
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  strengthened by God, we can become people who bring life
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  instead of harm. Today remember this, you are not
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  overlooked. God sees you with perfect
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  clarity and steady love. Let that truth give you courage
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  to let go of darkness and walk in the light.
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  Let's pray. Heavenly Father, thank you for
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  seeing me completely. Help me find comfort in Your
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  presence and courage in Your truth.
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  Show me anything dark that I need to lay aside and strengthen
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  me to walk in Your light. Let my words bring life and let
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  my choices reflect that I belong to You in Jesus name, Amen.
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  What if you could rise up and declare with full spiritual
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  authority, I shall not die, but live?
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  Book three, Divine Defense against Death, activates
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  silences the spirit of destruction.
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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 15 Verses 3 to
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  4 World English Bible Yahweh's eyes are everywhere, keeping
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  watch on the evil and the good. A gentle tongue is a tree of
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  life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.
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  Psalm Chapter 48 World English Bible a song, a Psalm by the
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  sons of Korah. Great is Yahweh, and greatly to
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  be praised in the city of our God, in His holy mountain,
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  beautiful in elevation. The joy of the whole earth is
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  Mount Zion on the north sides, the city of the great King.
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  God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.
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  For behold, the kings assembled themselves.
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  They passed by together. They saw it.
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  Then they were amazed, they were dismayed.
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  They hurried away, trembling, took hold of them.
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  There pain as of a woman in travail.
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  With the east wind you break the ships of Tarshish, as we have
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  heard. So we have seen in the city of
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  Yahweh of armies, in the city of our God.
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  God will establish it forever. Selah.
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  We have thought about your loving kindness, God, in the
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  middle of your temple. As is your name God, so is your
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  praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of
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  righteousness. Let Mount Zion be glad.
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  Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your
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  judgments. Walk about Zion and go around
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  her number, its towers. Notice her bulwarks, consider
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  her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation.
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  For this God is our God forever and ever.
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  He will be our guide even to death.
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  Romans Chapter 13 World English Bible Let every soul be in
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  subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no
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  authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by
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  God. Therefore he who resists the
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  authority withstands the ordinance of God, and those who
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  withstand will receive to themselves judgement.
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  For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil.
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  Do you desire to have No Fear of the authority?
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  Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the
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  authority. For he is a servant of God to
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  you for good. But if you do that which is
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  evil, be afraid, for he doesn't bear the sword in vain.
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  For he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who
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  does evil. Therefore you need to be in
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  subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for
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  conscience sake. For this reason you also pay
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  taxes, for they are servants of God's service, continually doing
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  this very thing. Therefore give everyone what you
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  owe. If you owe taxes, pay taxes.
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  If customs, then customs. If respect, then respect.
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  If honor, then honor. Oh no, when anything except to
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  love one another. For he who loves his neighbor
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  has fulfilled the law for the commandments.
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  You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall
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  not steal, you shall not covet, and whatever other commandments
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  there are are all summed up in the saying, namely, you shall
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  love your neighbor as yourself. Love doesn't harm a neighbor.
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  Love, therefore, is the fulfillment of the law.
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  Do this knowing the time that it is already time for you to
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  awaken out of sleep. For salvation is now nearer to
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  us than when we first believed. The night is far gone and the
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  day is near. Let's therefore throw off the
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  deeds of darkness and let's put on the armor of light.
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  Let's walk properly as in the day, not in reveling and
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  drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts,
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  and not in strife and jealousy, but put on the Lord Jesus Christ
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  and make no provision for the flesh for its lusts.
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  Until next time, stay rooted in truth, anchored in hope, and
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