February 3 – More Than Silver and Gold

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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 3rd.

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More than silver and gold.
Have you ever wanted something

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so badly that you were sure it
would finally make you feel

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whole?
Maybe it was something you saved

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up for, something you prayed
for, or something you thought

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would fix the ache inside.
And then you got it, and the

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emptiness was still there.
That moment can be confusing,

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even disappointing, but it also
reveals something important

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about how God works in our
lives.

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Proverbs chapter 10, verse 3
tells us the Lord does not let

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the righteous go hungry, but He
thwarts the craving of the

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wicked.
God knows the difference between

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real hunger and misplaced
craving.

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He knows what will truly sustain
your soul, not just what feels

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urgent in the moment.
He is committed to meeting real

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needs, not just temporary wants.
We see this so clearly in Acts

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chapter 3.
There’s a man who had been

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unable to walk since birth.
Every day he was placed at the

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beautiful gate of the temple,
asking people for money.

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That was his routine.
That was his survival plan.

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When Peter and John approached
him, he expected what he always

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expected.
A coin, a handout, a little help

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to get through another day.
But what he received was so much

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more.
Peter told him he didn’t have

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silver or gold, but what he did
have he gave him in the name of

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Jesus Christ.
The man stood up.

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Acts chapter 3 verses 9 to 10
say that all the people saw him

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walking and praising God, and
they recognized him as the same

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man who used to beg at the gate.
His entire identity changed.

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He didn’t just receive healing
in his legs.

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He received a new life, a new
future, and a new reason to

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praise God.
So often we are like that man.

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We aim our expectations low
because that’s what we’re used

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to.
We ask God for quick fixes,

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surface solutions, or small
comforts when He is offering

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transformation.
We think we need relief, but God

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knows we need restoration.
We think we need provision, but

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God knows we need purpose.
We think we need approval, but

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God knows we need healing.
God is not withholding good from

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you, He is protecting you from
settling for less than His best.

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He knows what will truly satisfy
you, strengthen you, and bring

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Him glory through your life.
And when He moves, the change is

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noticeable.
People see it.

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Your story becomes a testimony.
Your praise becomes contagious.

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You may not always get what you
expect from God, but you will

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receive what you need most.
And what He gives will always be

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more valuable than silver or
gold.

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Let’s pray.
Heavenly Father, thank You that

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You see my true needs even when
I misunderstand them.

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Forgive me for settling for
quick fixes when You are

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offering lasting change.
Help me to trust Your wisdom

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over my desires and to believe
that what you give is always

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better than what I asked for.
Open my eyes to recognize Your

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greater blessings and give me
the courage to praise You openly

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and share what You have done in
my life in Jesus name, Amen.

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What if the way you pray changed
because you truly knew who God

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is?
The Supreme God Part 1 is an 8

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presence and glory of God
through his biblical names.

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In Elohim you encounter God, the
mighty Creator who forms and

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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 Elyon 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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compassionate father.
And El Gabor awakens confidence

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in the mighty God who defends,
delivers, and prevails.

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to pray from revelation, worship

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with understanding, and walk
boldly in God’s character.

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Proverbs Chapter 10 Verse three

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World English Bible Yahweh will
not allow the soul of the

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righteous to go hungry, but he
thrusts away the desire of the

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wicked.
Acts Chapter 3 World English

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Bible Peter and John were going
up into the temple at the hour

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of prayer, the 9th hour.
A certain man who was lame from

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his mother’s womb was being
carried, whom they laid daily at

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the door of the temple, which is
called beautiful, to ask gifts

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for the needy of those who
entered into the temple.

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Seeing Peter and John about to
go into the temple, he asked to

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receive gifts for the needy.
Peter, fastening his eyes on him

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with John, said, Look at us.
He listened to them, expecting

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to receive something from them.
But Peter said, I have no silver

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or gold, but what I have that I
give you in the name of Jesus

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Christ of Nazareth, get up and
walk.

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He took him by the right hand
and raised him up.

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Immediately his feet and his
ankle bones received strength.

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Leaping up, he stood and began
to walk.

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He entered with them into the
temple, walking, leaping and

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praising God.
All the people saw him walking

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and praising God.
They recognized him that it was

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he who used to sit begging for
gifts for the needy at the

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beautiful gate of the temple.
They were filled with wonder and

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amazement at what had happened
to him.

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As the lame man who was healed
held on to Peter and John, all

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the people ran together to them
in the porch that is called

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Solomon’s, greatly wondering.
When Peter saw it, he responded

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to the people.
You men of Israel, why do you

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marvel at this man?
Why do you fasten your eyes on

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us as though by our own power or
godliness we had made Him walk?

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The God of Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob, the God of our fathers,

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has glorified His servant Jesus,
whom you delivered up and denied

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in the presence of pillate, when
He had determined to release

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him.
But you denied the holy and

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righteous one, and asked for a
murderer to be granted to you,

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and killed the Prince of life,
whom God raised from the dead,

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to which we are witnesses by
faith in His name.

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His name has made this man
strong, whom you see and know.

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Yes, the faith which is through
him has given him this perfect

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soundness in the presence of you
all.

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Now, brothers, I know that you
did this in ignorance, as did

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also your rulers.
But the things which God

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announced by the mouth of all
His prophets that Christ should

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suffer, he thus fulfilled.
Repent therefore, and turn

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again, that your sins may be
blotted out, so that there may

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come times of refreshing from
the presence of the Lord, and

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that He may send Christ Jesus,
who was ordained for you, before

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whom heaven must receive, until
the times of restoration of all

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things which God spoke long ago
by the mouth of his holy

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prophets.
For Moses indeed said to the

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fathers, The Lord God will raise
up a prophet for you from among

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your brothers.
Like me.

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You shall listen to Him in all
things.

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Whatever he says to you.
It will be that every soul that

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will not listen to that prophet
will be utterly destroyed from

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among the people.
Yes, and all the prophets from

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Samuel and those who followed
after, as many as have spoken

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also told of these days.
You are the children of the

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prophets and of the covenant
which God made with our fathers,

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saying to Abraham, all the
families of the earth will be

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blessed through your offspring.
God having raised up his

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servant, Jesus sent him to you
first to bless you in turning

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away everyone of you from your
wickedness.

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Thanks for joining us on Bible
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