December 21 – Unshakable Hope

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Welcome to Bible Chat, where we
have devotional conversations

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rooted in Scripture and relevant
for today, December 21st.

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Unshakable hope.
Have you ever wanted something

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so badly it started running your
life like it’s the first thing

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you think about and the last
thing you scroll for?

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More attention, more money, more
approval, more control.

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Proverbs chapter 30 verse 15
paints that craving like a Leech

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with two daughters named Give
and give.

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And it says some things never
say enough.

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That’s what chasing the world
feels like.

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It keeps asking for more, but it
never actually satisfies you.

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Now listen to the contrast in
Psalm 146.

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It says, put not your trust in
Princess, in a son of man in

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whom there is no salvation.
And then blessed is he whose

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help is the God of Jacob, whose
hope is in the Lord his God.

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People can inspire you, trends
can hype you up, and even your

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own feelings can feel
convincing.

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But none of those can save you.
They can’t hold your soul steady

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when everything shakes.
That’s why Psalm chapter 16

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verse eight hits so deep.
I have set the Lord always

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before me because he is at my
right hand.

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I shall not be shaken, not I
might not be shaken not I’ll be

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fine if life is easy.
No, I shall not be shaken.

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That’s unshakable hope.
And Acts chapter 2 shows us what

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that hope is built on.
Jesus, Peter tells the crowd,

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God has made him both Lord and
Christ, this Jesus whom you

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crucified.
And then he says repent and be

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baptized, every one of you in
the name of Jesus Christ for the

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forgiveness of your sins.
That’s the turning point.

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Real hope isn’t a vibe.
It’s not a motivational quote.

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It’s a person, Jesus, Lord, and
Christ, Savior and King.

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When you stop chasing what can’t
satisfy and you turn toward Him,

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you don’t just get a better day.
You get forgiveness, a new

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start, and a foundation that
won’t collapse when life gets

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messy.
Setting the Lord before you

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means you’re choosing Him as
your focus, your anchor.

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You’re enough.
Let’s pray, Heavenly Father,

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show me where I’ve been chasing
things that never satisfy.

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Help me stop putting my trust in
people, approval or temporary

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stuff and teach me to place my
hope fully in You.

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Thank you for Jesus, Lord and
Christ who forgives my sin and

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gives me real life.
Help me set you always before me

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so I won’t be shaken.
In Jesus name, Amen.

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Imagine stepping into a new year
with clarity in your spirit,

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strength in your soul, and the
supernatural backing of heaven

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behind every step you take.
That’s what the Foundations for

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unlocks.

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This seven book prayer and
devotional journey covers every

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dimension of a powerful God
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Faith for the Year helps you
strengthen your trust and

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confidence in God’s promises.
Focus for the Year brings

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clarity, direction, and divine
purpose to every decision.

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blessings you couldn’t
manufacture on your own.

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Fortitude for the Year equips
you with courage, resilience,

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and strength for every battle.
Fruitfulness for the Year

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empowers you to produce results,
prosper and multiply in every

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assignment.
Freedom for the Year breaks

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limitations, delays, and
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And Fortress for the Year covers
your life with unshakeable

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divine protection, 210
scriptures, 210 prophetic prayer

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scripts and daily declarations.
You’ll build spiritual momentum,

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align with God’s voice, and step
boldly into purpose, provision,

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breakthrough, and victory.
Start the year prepared.

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Start the year position.
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Now I invite you to spend time

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with God in today’s three-year
Bible reading plan.

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Proverbs 3015 to 17 World
English Bible The Leech has two

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daughters.
Give, give.

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There are three things that are
never satisfied. 4 That don’t

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say enough.
She all, the barren womb, The

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earth that is not satisfied with
water, and the fire that doesn’t

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say enough.
The eye that mocks at his father

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and scorns obedience to his
mother.

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The Ravens of the valley shall
pick it out, The young eagles

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shall eat it.
Psalm 146 World English Bible

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Praise Yah, praise Yahweh.
My soul, while I live, I will

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praise Yahweh, I will sing
praises to my God as long as I

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exist.
Don’t put your trust in

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Princess, in a Son of man in
whom there is no help.

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His spirit departs and he
returns to the earth.

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In that very day his thoughts
perish.

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Happy is he who has the God of
Jacob for His help, whose hope

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is in Yahweh, His God who made
heaven and earth, the sea and

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all that is in them, who keeps
truth forever, who executes

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justice for the oppressed, who
gives food to the hungry.

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Yahweh frees the prisoners.
Yahweh opens the eyes of the

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blind.
Yahweh raises up those who are

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bowed down.
Yahweh loves the righteous.

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Yahweh preserves the foreigners,
He upholds the fatherless and

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widow, but He turns the way of
the wicked upside down.

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Yahweh will reign forever your
God, O Zion to all generations,

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praise Yah.
Psalm 16, eight to 11 World

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English Bible.
I have set Yahweh always before

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me because He is at my right
hand.

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I shall not be moved, therefore
my heart is glad and my tongue

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rejoices.
My body shall also dwell in

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safety.
For you will not leave my soul

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in Sheol, neither will you allow
your Holy One to see corruption.

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You will show me the path of
life.

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In Your presence is fullness of
joy.

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In your right hand there are
pleasures forevermore.

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Acts 222 to 39 World English
Bible.

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Men of Israel, hear these words,
Jesus of Nazareth, a man

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approved by God to you by mighty
works and wonders and signs,

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which God did by him among you,
even as you yourselves know him,

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being delivered up by the
determined counsel and for

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knowledge of God.
You have taken by the hand of

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lawless men, crucified and
killed, whom God raised up,

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having freed him from the agony
of death, because it was not

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possible that he should be held
by it.

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For David says concerning him, I
saw the Lord always before my

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face, for He is on my right hand
that I should not be moved.

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Therefore my heart was glad and
my tongue rejoiced.

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Moreover, my flesh also will
dwell in hope, because you will

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not leave my soul in Hades,
neither will you allow your Holy

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One to see decay.
You made known to me the ways of

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life.
You will make me full of

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gladness with your presence.
Brothers, I may tell you freely

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of the Patriarch David that he
both died and was buried, and

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his tomb is with us to this day.
Therefore, being a prophet, and

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knowing that God had sworn with
an oath to him that of the fruit

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of his body according to the
flesh, he would raise up the

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Christ to sit on his throne.
He, foreseeing this, spoke about

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the resurrection of the Christ,
that his soul wasn’t left in

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hades, and his flesh didn’t see
decay.

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This Jesus God raised up, to
which we all are witnesses,

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Being therefore exalted by the
right hand of God, and having

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received from the Father the
promise of the Holy Spirit, he

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has poured out this which you
now see and hear.

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For David didn’t ascend into the
heavens, but he says himself,

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The Lord said to my Lord, sit by
my right hand until I make your

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enemies a footstool for your
feet.

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Let all the House of Israel
therefore know certainly that

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God has made him both Lord and
Christ, this Jesus whom you

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crucified.
Now when they heard this, they

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were cut to the heart and said
to Peter and the rest of the

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apostles.
Brothers, what shall we do?

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Peter said to them, Repent and
be baptized everyone of you in

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the name of Jesus Christ for the
forgiveness of sins, and you

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will receive the gift of the
Holy Spirit.

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For the promise is to you and to
your children, and to all who

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are far off, even as many as the
Lord our God will call to

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Himself.
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