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June 10 - Friends That Last, God That Guides · 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, June 10th.
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  Friends that last God that guides.
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  Think about the people you've called friends over the years.
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  Some of them disappeared when things got hard.
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  Fair weather friends who were there for the fun but vanished
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  during the difficult seasons. And then there are those rare
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  few who stayed, who showed up when things were messy, who
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  didn't need you to have it all together before they'd sit with
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  you. Proverbs chapter 17, verse 17
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  cuts right to the heart of it. A friend loves at all times, and
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  a brother is born for adversity. True friendship isn't about
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  convenience. It's not about how many laughs
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  you share or how many times you show up for the good stuff.
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  It's revealed in the hard times. The real ones show up when
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  things fall apart. That kind of loyalty is rare and
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  it's worth protecting when you find it.
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  Psalm 67 verse one says, May God be gracious to us and bless us
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  and make his face to shine upon us.
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  This is a prayer for favor. Not just individual favor, but
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  communal favor. The idea that when God blesses
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  us, it overflows to the people around us.
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  His shining face doesn't just light up your individual life,
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  it becomes a light through you that guides and warms others.
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  That's the kind of life that attracts real friendships, one
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  that carries God's presence. In First Samuel chapter 12,
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  verse 13, we see the moment Israel's king is established.
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  Samuel addresses them honestly. You asked for this.
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  God gave you what you asked for. But now stay faithful.
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  Make wise choices. Your decision has been made.
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  Now walk rightly. God honored their choice, but He
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  also made clear that obedience still mattered.
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  Opportunity without obedience leads to ruin, and that connects
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  directly to how we handle friendships, decisions, and
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  daily life as young people. God gives us freedom.
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  He gives us choices. He lets us pick our friends, our
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  habits, our directions. But He also asks, Are you being
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  faithful with what I've given you?
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  Are you seeking His face before making big moves?
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  Are you surrounding yourself with people who help you grow or
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  with people who pull you away from your purpose?
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  The best version of your life is 1 where God is leading and real
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  friendships are alongside you for the journey.
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  Don't settle for less than that. Let's pray.
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  Heavenly Father, thank you for being a faithful friend and the
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  greatest guide we could ever have.
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  Help us to be the kind of friend who shows up in adversity, not
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  just in good times. Shine your favor on us and let
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  that light flow through us to others.
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  Give us wisdom as we make choices and lead us toward
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  people and paths that reflect your love in Jesus name, Amen.
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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 17 Verses 17 to
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  18 World English Bible A friend loves at all times, and a
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  brother is born for adversity. A man void of understanding
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  strikes hands and becomes collateral in the presence of
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  his neighbor. Psalm Chapter 67 World English
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  Bible May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to
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  shine on us. That your way may be known on
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  earth, and your salvation among all nations.
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  Let the peoples praise you. God, let all the peoples praise
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  you. Oh, let the nations be glad and
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  sing for joy, for you will judge the peoples with equity, and
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  govern the nations on earth. Let the peoples praise you.
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  God, let all the peoples praise you.
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  The earth has yielded its increase.
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  God, even our own God will bless us.
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  God will bless us. All the ends of the earth shall
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  fear him. First Samuel Chapter 12 World
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  English Bible Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have listened
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  to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king
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  over you. Now behold, the king walks
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  before you. I am old and Gray headed.
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  Behold, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my
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  youth to this day. Here I am witness against me
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  before Yahweh and before his anointed.
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  Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken?
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  Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed?
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  Of whose hand have I taken a bribe to make me blind my eyes?
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  I will restore it to you. They said You have not defrauded
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  us nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything from
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  anyone's hand. He said to them, Yahweh is
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  witness against you and his anointed is witness today that
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  you have not found anything in my hand.
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  They said he is witness. Samuel said to the people, It is
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  Yahweh who appointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your
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  father's up out of the land of Egypt.
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  Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before
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  Yahweh concerning all the righteous acts of Yahweh which
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  He did to you and to your father's.
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  When Jacob had come into Egypt and your father's cried to
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  Yahweh, then Yahweh sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your
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  father's out of Egypt and made them to dwell in this place.
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  But they forgot Yahweh, their God, and he sold them into the
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  hand of Sysra, captain of the army of hazer, and into the hand
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  of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and
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  they fought against them. They cried to Yahweh and said,
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  We have sinned because we have forsaken Yahweh and have served
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  the Bales and the Ashtaroth, but now deliver us out of the hand
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  of our enemies and we will serve you.
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  Yahweh sent Jarabal, Badan, Jeff, Taw, and Samuel and
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  delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and
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  you lived in safety. When you saw that Nahash the
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  king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to
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  me, No, but a king shall reign over us when Yahweh your God was
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  your king. Now therefore see the King whom
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  you have chosen and whom you have asked for Behold, Yahweh
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  has set a king over you. If you will fear Yahweh and
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  serve Him and listen to His voice and not rebel against the
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  commandment of Yahweh, then both you and also the King who reigns
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  over you are followers of Yahweh your God.
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  But if you will not listen to Yahweh's voice, but rebel
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  against the commandment of Yahweh, then Yahweh's hand will
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  be against you as it was against your Father's.
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  Now therefore, stand still and see this great thing which
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  Yahweh will do before your eyes. Isn't it wheat harvest?
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  Today I will call to Yahweh that he may send Thunder and rain,
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  and you will know and see that your wickedness is great, which
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  you have done in Yahweh's sight in asking for a king.
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  So Samuel called to Yahweh, and Yahweh sent Thunder and rain
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  that day. Then all the people greatly
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  feared Yahweh and Samuel. All the people said to Samuel,
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  Pray for your servants to Yahweh your God, that we not die, for
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  we have added to all our sins this evil to ask for a king.
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  Samuel said to the people, don't be afraid, you have indeed done
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  all this evil, yet don't turn away from following Yahweh, but
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  serve Yahweh with all your heart.
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  Don't turn away to go after vain things which can't profit or
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  deliver, for they are vain. For Yahweh will not forsake His
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  people for His great name's sake, because it has pleased
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  Yahweh to make you a people for Himself.
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  Moreover, As for me, far be it from me that I should sin
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  against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you, but I will
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  instruct you in the good and the right way.
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  Only fear Yahweh and serve Him in truth with all your heart.
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  For consider what great things He has done for you.
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  But if you keep doing evil, you will be consumed, both you and
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  your King. Thanks.
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