February 6 – Wisdom That Stands Out

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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 6th.

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Wisdom that stands out.
Have you ever met someone who

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didn’t have to announce
themselves, didn’t have to

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dominate the room, yet somehow
their presence was impossible to

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ignore?
They weren’t loud or flashy, but

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there was something solid about
them, something steady,

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something different.
That’s the kind of wisdom

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Scripture talks about today, the
kind that doesn’t shout for

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attention but quietly stands out
because of how it lives.

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Proverbs chapter 10, verse 8
says the wise of heart will

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receive commandments, but a
babbling fool will come to ruin.

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Wisdom starts with humility.
It listens.

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It receives instruction.
It doesn’t rush to talk just to

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be heard.
Foolishness, on the other hand,

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keeps talking, keeps reacting,
keeps pushing its own way, and

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eventually trips over its own
words.

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In a culture that rewards
opinions and constant

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commentary, wisdom looks like
slowing down and letting God

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shape your responses.
Psalm 15 gives us a picture of

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what that wisdom looks like in
everyday life.

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It talks about someone who
doesn’t slander with their

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tongue, who doesn’t do evil to
their neighbor, who refuses to

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tear down a friend.
This kind of wisdom shows up in

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conversations, group chats,
jokes that never get told, and

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rumors that never get repeated.
It’s integrity in how you treat

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people when it would be easier
to blend in and go along.

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Then we see wisdom lived out in
Acts chapter 6 through the life

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of Stephen.
Acts chapter 6 verse 8 says that

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Stephen was full of grace and
power, doing great wonders and

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signs among the people.
What’s striking is that Stephen

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wasn’t chosen because he was the
loudest or most impressive

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speaker.
He was chosen because of his

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character, his faith, and his
closeness to God.

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His wisdom wasn’t just something
he knew, it was something he

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lived.
Grace flowed from him, power

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followed him.
His life backed up his faith.

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This matters so much for us
because real wisdom isn’t proven

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by how much scripture you can
quote or how strong your

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opinions are.
It’s proven by how you listen,

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how you speak, how you treat
people, and how you stand firm

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when pressure comes.
Wisdom stands out when you

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choose kindness over sarcasm,
truth over gossip, obedience

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over impulse, and humility over
pride.

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You don’t have to be the loudest
voice in the room to make an

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impact.
When you stay close to Jesus,

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when you let His Word shape your
heart, your life begins to speak

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for itself.
And just like Steven, people may

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not always understand where your
confidence comes from, but

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they’ll notice the grace, the
courage, and the power that flow

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from a life rooted in God.
Let’s pray.

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Heavenly Father, thank you for
showing me that true wisdom

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begins with listening to you.
Teach me to receive Your Word

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with a humble heart and to let
it guide how I speak and how I

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treat others.
Guard my tongue, strengthen my

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character and help me to live
with integrity.

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Fill me with grace and courage
like Stephen so that my life

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reflects your truth and love
wherever I go in Jesus name,

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Amen.
What if the way you pray changed

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because you truly knew who God
is?

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to pray from revelation, worship
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Proverbs chapter 10 verse 8
World English Bible The wise in

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heart accept commandments, but a
chattering fool will fall.

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Psalm chapter 15 World English
Bible a Psalm by David Yahweh,

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who shall dwell in your
sanctuary, who shall live on

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your holy hill?
He who walks blamelessly and

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does what is right and speaks
truth in his heart.

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He who doesn’t slander with his
tongue, nor does evil to his

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friend, nor cast slurs against
his fellow man, in whose eyes a

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vile man is despised, but who
honors those who fear Yahweh.

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He who keeps an oath even when
it hurts and doesn’t change, He

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who doesn’t lend out his money
for usury, nor take a bribe

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against the innocent, He who
does these things shall never be

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shaken.
Acts chapter 6 World English

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Bible Now in those days when the
number of the disciples was

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multiplying, A complaint arose
from the Hellenists against the

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Hebrews because their widows
were neglected in the daily

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service.
The 12 summoned the multitude of

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the disciples and said, It is
not appropriate for us to

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forsake the Word of God and
serve tables.

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Therefore select from among you
brothers seven men of good

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report, full of the Holy Spirit
and of wisdom, whom we may

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appoint over this business.
But we will continue steadfastly

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in prayer and in the ministry of
the Word.

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These words please the whole
multitude.

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They chose Stephen, a man full
of faith and of the Holy Spirit,

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Philip, Procorus, Niconer,
Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a

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proselyte of Antioch, whom they
set before the apostles.

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When they had prayed, they laid
their hands on them.

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The word of God increased, and
the number of the disciples

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greatly multiplied.
In Jerusalem a great company of

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the priests were obedient to the
faith.

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Stephen, full of faith and
power, performed great wonders

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and signs among the people.
But some of those who were of

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the synagogue, called the
Libertines and of the Sirenians,

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of the Alexandrians and of those
of Silesia and Asia, arose

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disputing with Stephen.
They weren’t able to withstand

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the wisdom and the spirit by
which he spoke.

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Then they secretly induced men
to say, We have heard him speak

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blasphemous words against Moses
and God.

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They stirred up the people, the
elders and the scribes, and came

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against him and seized him, then
brought him into the council and

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set up false witnesses, who
said, This man never stops

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speaking blasphemous words
against this holy place and the

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law.
For we have heard him say that

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this Jesus of Nazareth will
destroy this place and will

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change the customs which Moses
delivered to us.

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All who sat in the council
fastening their eyes on him saw

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his face like it was the face of
an Angel.

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Thanks for joining us on Bible
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Until next time, stay rooted in
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