February 1 – Living with Lasting Impact

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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 1st, Living

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with lasting impact.
Have you ever felt that quiet

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pressure inside?
Like one decision could change

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more than just your own day?
Like one choice could ripple out

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and affect people you love,
people watching you, people you

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don’t even realize are paying
attention.

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That pressure is real because
our lives are always speaking,

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even when we think they’re not.
Scripture puts it simply In

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Proverbs chapter 10, verse one,
a wise son makes a glad father,

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but a foolish son is a sorrow to
his mother.

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That verse isn’t just about
parents and children.

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It’s about influence.
Wisdom doesn’t stay contained.

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It brings joy, stability, and
peace to others.

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Foolishness doesn’t stay private
either.

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It leaves a trail of hurt,
regret, and sorrow.

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Now hold that thought and step
into Acts chapter 1.

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After everything the disciples
had seen after the resurrection,

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Jesus tells them something
surprising.

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He says in Acts chapter one,
verse 4, that they were not to

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leave Jerusalem, but to wait for
the promise of the Father.

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Wait.
After all that momentum, all

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that excitement, all that
urgency, Jesus tells them not to

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rush ahead.
Then in Acts chapter one, verse

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9, as they’re still processing
His words, he is lifted up

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before their eyes and a cloud
takes him out of their sight.

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Can you imagine that moment?
The awe, the uncertainty, the

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weight of responsibility?
Jesus is gone physically, and

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now what they do next matters
more than ever.

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They could run ahead in their
own strength, or they could obey

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and wait.
That tension is something we

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live with every day.
Do I react or do I respond?

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Do I rush or do I trust?
Do I choose what feels good now

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or what builds something?
Lasting wisdom often looks

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slower.
Waiting on God can feel

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uncomfortable, even risky.
But impatience has a way of

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creating damage that wisdom
could have prevented.

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Living with lasting impact means
understanding that today’s

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choices shape tomorrow’s
testimony.

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The way you speak.
The way you forgive.

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The way you say no when it’s
hard.

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The way you wait when everyone
else is moving fast.

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People are being affected by
your decisions whether you see

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it or not.
And here’s the hope Jesus didn’t

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ascend and leave them alone.
He reigns.

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He is alive.
He is still guiding, still

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empowering, still faithful to
send what He promised.

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When you live with eternity in
mind, your daily choices begin

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to line up differently.
Wisdom becomes worth it.

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Waiting becomes purposeful.
Faith becomes active.

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Let’s pray.
Heavenly Father, thank you for

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reminding me that my choices
carry weight.

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Help me to walk in wisdom that
honors You and brings life to

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the people around me.
Teach me to wait on Your timing.

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Instead of rushing ahead in my
own strength.

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Keep my heart anchored in the
truth that Jesus is alive,

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reigning, and guiding my steps.
I want to live with lasting

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impact, shaped by Your wisdom
and led by Your Spirit in Jesus

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name, Amen.
What if the way you pray changed

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because you truly knew who God
is?

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The Supreme God Part 1 is an 8
book devotional and prayer

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journey that unveils the power,
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through His biblical names.
In Elohim you encounter God, the

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Mighty Creator who forms and
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Yahweh draws you into
relationship with the eternal I

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AM who is present and faithful.
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the Lord and Master who leads
and directs your steps.

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purposes never fail.
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seen, known, and cared for by a
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Gibor awakens confidence in the
mighty God who defends,

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delivers, and prevails.
Through Scripture, devotional

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insight, and prophetic prayer
scripts, this series teaches you

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to pray from revelation, worship
with understanding, and walk

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boldly in God’s character.
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prayer life and rediscover the
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God Part One on Amazon today or
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your journey.
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 chapter 10 verse one
world English Bible the proverbs

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of Solomon.
A wise son makes a glad father,

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but a foolish son brings grief
to his mother.

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Acts, chapter one World English
Bible.

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The first book I wrote,
Theophyllus, concerned all that

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Jesus began both to do and to
teach until the day in which he

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was received up, after he had
given commandment through the

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Holy Spirit to the apostles whom
he had chosen.

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To these he also showed himself
alive, after he suffered by many

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proofs, appearing to them over a
period of 40 days, and speaking

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about God’s Kingdom being
assembled together with them, He

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commanded them.
Don’t depart from Jerusalem, but

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wait for the promise of the
Father, which you heard from me.

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For John indeed baptized in
water, but you will be baptized

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in the Holy Spirit not many days
from now.

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Therefore, when they had come
together, they asked him, Lord,

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are you now restoring the
Kingdom to Israel?

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He said to them, It isn’t for
you to know times or seasons

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which the Father has set within
his own authority, but you will

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receive power when the Holy
Spirit has come upon you.

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You will be witnesses to me in
Jerusalem, in all Judea and

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Samaria, and to the uttermost
parts of the earth.

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When He had said these things as
they were looking, He was taken

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up, and a cloud received Him out
of their sight.

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While they were looking
steadfastly into the sky as He

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went, behold, 2 men stood by
them in white clothing, who also

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said, You men of Galilee, why do
you stand looking into the sky?

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This Jesus who was received up
from you into the sky, will come

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back in the same way as you saw
Him going into the sky.

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Then they returned to Jerusalem
from the mountain called all of

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it, which is near Jerusalem, a
Sabbath day’s journey away.

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When they had come in, they went
up into the upper room where

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they were staying, That is,
Peter, John, James, Andrew,

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Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew,
Matthew, James the son of

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Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and
Judas the son of James.

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All these with 1 accord
continued steadfastly in prayer

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and supplication, along with the
women and Mary the mother of

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Jesus and with his brothers.
In these days Peter stood up in

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the middle of the disciples, and
the number of names was about

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120, and said, Brothers, it was
necessary that this Scripture

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should be fulfilled, which the
Holy Spirit spoke before by the

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mouth of David concerning Judas,
who was guide to those who took

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Jesus.
For he was counted with us, and

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received his portion in this
ministry.

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Now this man obtained a field
with the reward for his

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wickedness, and falling
headlong, his body burst open,

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and all his intestines gushed
out.

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It became known to everyone who
lived in Jerusalem that in their

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language that field was called
Akaldama, that is the field of

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blood, for it is written in the
book of Psalms.

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Let his habitation be made
desolate, let no one dwell in

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it, and let another take his
office.

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Of the men therefore, who have
accompanied us all the time that

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the Lord Jesus went in and out
among us, beginning from the

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baptism of John to the day that
He was received up from us, Of

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these one must become a witness
with us of His resurrection.

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They put forward 2 Joseph called
Barsabbas, who is also called

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Justice, and Matthias.
They prayed and said, You Lord,

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who know the hearts of all men,
show which one of these two you

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have chosen to take part in this
ministry and apostleship, from

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which Judas fell away, that he
might go to his own place.

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They drew lots for them, and the
lot fell on Matthias and he was

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counted with the 11 apostles.
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