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February 16 - Faithfulness Behind Closed Doors · 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 16th.
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  Unshaken in the storm. Storms have a way of showing up
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  without warning. One phone call, one
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  conversation, one moment, and suddenly everything feels
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  unstable. Your emotions are shaken, your
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  plans feel fragile, and you wonder how you're supposed to
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  keep going when the ground under you doesn't feel solid anymore.
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  But storms don't get the final word.
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  Proverbs chapter 10, verse 25 reminds us of something
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  powerful. It says that when The Tempest
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  passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are
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  established forever. That means storms reveal
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  foundations. When everything is shaking, what
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  you've built your life on becomes clear.
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  Temporary things collapse, but a life rooted in God stands firm.
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  We see this truth lived out in Acts chapter 16.
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  Hall and Selas are beaten, chained, and thrown into prison
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  for doing what was right. Their situation looks hopeless.
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  They're hurting, confined, and completely outnumbered by
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  circumstances. Yet instead of panicking or
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  giving up, they pray and sing to God.
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  And then the storm hits. An earthquake shakes the prison.
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  Doors fly open, chains fall off. But the miracle doesn't stop
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  there. The jailer, terrified and
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  broken, asks the most important question of his life.
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  What must I do to be saved? And Paul and Selas respond with
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  simple life changing truth in Acts chapter 16, verse 31.
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  Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your
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  household. In the middle of chaos, faith
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  becomes a doorway to salvation. The storm that could have
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  destroyed them became the moment God used to rescue an entire
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  family. That's such an important
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  reminder for us. God doesn't always stop storms
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  from coming, but He does promise to keep you standing when they
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  pass. Your faith in the middle of
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  pressure matters more than you realize.
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  The way you trust God when things are hard can become a
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  testimony to someone else who is watching, struggling, or
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  searching for hope. Maybe you're in a storm right
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  now. Maybe it feels loud, confusing,
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  and overwhelming. Hold on to this truth.
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  The storm is not permanent. God is.
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  And when the shaking stops, those who trust Him are still
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  standing, stronger and more grounded than before.
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  Your faith today may be the very thing God uses to bring light,
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  peace, and salvation to someone else tomorrow.
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  Stay rooted. Stay trusting.
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  You are not alone in the storm, and you will not be undone by
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  it. Let's pray.
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  Heavenly Father, thank you that no storm I face is greater than
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  You. When life feels unstable and
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  overwhelming, help me to trust You and stay rooted in Your
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  truth. Give me strength to stand
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  unshaken even when circumstances are hard.
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  Use my faith, even in difficult moments, to point others to the
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  hope found in Jesus. I choose to believe You are at
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  work, even in the storm. In Jesus name, Amen.
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  sustains all things. Yahweh draws you into
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  relationship with the eternal I AM who is present and faithful.
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  Adonai calls you to surrender to the Lord and Master who leads
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  and directs your steps. El Elian reveals the God Most
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  High, exalted above every power and authority.
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  El Shaddai introduces the all sufficient God who nourishes and
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  strengthens you. El Olam anchors your faith in
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  the everlasting God whose purposes never fail.
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  Elroy assures you that you are seen, known and cared for by a
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  Journey Now I invite you to spend time with God in today's
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  25 World English Bible What the wicked fear will overtake them,
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  but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
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  When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more, but the
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  righteous stand firm forever. Acts Chapter 16 World English
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  Bible He came to Derb and Lystra, and behold, a certain
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  disciple was there named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who
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  believed, but his father was a Greek.
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  The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good
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  testimony about him. Paul wanted to have him go out
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  with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the
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  Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his
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  father was a Greek. As they went on their way
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  through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to
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  keep which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were
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  at Jerusalem. So the assemblies were
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  strengthened in the faith and increased in number daily.
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  When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia,
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  they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the Word in
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  Asia. When they had come opposite
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  Misha, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn't
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  allow them. Passing by Misha, they came down
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  to Troas. A vision appeared to Paul in the
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  night. There was a man of Macedonia
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  standing, begging him and saying, Come over into Macedonia
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  and help us. When he had seen the vision,
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  immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that
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  the Lord had called us to preach the good news to them.
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  Setting sail, therefore, from Troas we made a straight course
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  to Samoth race, and the day following to Nepolis, and from
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  there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost
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  of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in the
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  city. On the Sabbath day we went
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  outside of the city by a Riverside where we supposed
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  there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the
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  women who had come together. A certain woman named Lydia, a
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  seller of purple of the city of Thyatira, one who worshipped
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  God, heard us. The Lord opened her heart to
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  listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.
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  When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying,
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  If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into
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  my house and stay. So she persuaded us.
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  As we were going to prayer, a certain girl having a spirit of
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  divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune
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  telling. Following Paul in US, she cried
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  out, These men are servants of the Most High God, who
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  proclaimed to us a way of salvation.
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  She was doing this for many days, but Paul becoming greatly
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  annoyed, turned and said to the Spirit, I command you in the
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  name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.
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  It came out that very hour. But when her masters saw that
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  the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Selas and
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  dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
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  When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said,
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  These men, being Jews, are agitating our city, and advocate
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  customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe.
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  Being Romans. The multitude rose up together
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  against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes
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  from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.
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  When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into
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  prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.
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  Having received such a command, he threw them into the inner
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  prison and secured their feet in the stocks.
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  But about midnight Paul and Selas were praying and singing
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  hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
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  Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the
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  foundations of the prison were shaken, and immediately all the
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  doors were opened and everyone's bonds were loosened.
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  The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison
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  doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself,
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  supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
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  But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Don't harm
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  yourself, for we are all here. He called for light, sprang in,
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  fell down trembling before Paul and Selas brought them out and
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  said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
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  They said, Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be
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  saved, you and your household. They spoke the word of the Lord
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  to him and to all who were in his house.
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  He took them the same hour of the night and washed their
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  stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his
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  household. He brought them up into his
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  house and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly with all
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  his household, having believed in God.
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  But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants
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  saying, Let those men go. The jailer reported these words
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  to Paul, saying, The magistrates have sent to let you go now,
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  therefore come out and go in peace.
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  But Paul said to them, They have beaten us publicly without a
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  trial. Men who are Romans and have cast
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  us into prison, do they now release us secretly?
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  No, most certainly, but let them come themselves and bring us
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  out. The sergeants reported these
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  words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard
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  that they were Romans, and they came and begged them.
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  When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from
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  the city. They went out of the prison and
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  entered into Lydia's house. When they had seen the brothers,
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  they encouraged them, then departed.
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