February 8 – Words That Bring Life

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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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In Jesus name, Amen.
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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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Caesaria.
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