January 27 – Unshaken in the Storm

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Welcome to Bible Chat, where we
have devotional conversations

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rooted in Scripture and relevant
for today, January 27th.

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Unshaken in the storm.
Have you ever looked around and

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felt like everything is shaking
at once?

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Headlines feel heavier,
conversations feel louder,

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opinions feel sharper, and it
seems like truth is harder to

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find.
One minute you’re scrolling and

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laughing, the next you’re
anxious, confused, or

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overwhelmed.
It can feel like the ground

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beneath your feet isn’t as
steady as it used to be.

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Psalm 11 captures that same
tension.

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David was surrounded by
injustice and violence, yet he

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refused to panic.
He says that the Lord tests the

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righteous, but he hates
wickedness and violence.

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In other words, God sees
everything.

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He’s not distant or distracted.
Even when evil seems loud and

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unchecked, God remains just,
watchful and fully aware.

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The testing isn’t meant to
destroy faith.

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It’s meant to reveal and
strengthen it.

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Jesus echoes that reality in
Matthew chapter 24.

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He doesn’t pretend the future
will be easy.

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He warns his followers that
deception will increase, that

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people will claim authority they
don’t have, and that many will

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be LED astray.
But the very first thing he says

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is this.
See that no one leads you

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astray.
That’s not fear based.

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That’s preparation.
Jesus is telling us to stay

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awake, stay grounded, and stay
anchored in truth.

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Storms don’t shake you because
they exist.

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They shake you when your
foundation isn’t secure.

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When opinions become your
anchor, you’ll feel pulled in

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every direction.
When trends define your beliefs,

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your faith will constantly
shift.

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But when God’s Word shapes your
thinking, you can stand firm

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even when the world feels
unstable.

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Being unshaken doesn’t mean you
won’t feel pressure.

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It means pressure won’t control
you.

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It means when lies spread, you
check them against truth.

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When fear rises, you return to
God.

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When confusion grows, you cling
tighter to what you know is

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real.
God doesn’t promise the absence

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of storms, He promises his
presence in them.

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The testing of faith isn’t
punishment, it’s refinement.

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Just like strong trees grow
deeper roots in strong winds,

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your faith grows deeper when
it’s tested, and those deeper

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roots keep you standing when
others fall away.

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You don’t have to have all the
answers, you just need to know

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where to stand.
God is steady.

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His truth doesn’t change, and
when your life is rooted in Him,

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you can remain unshaken even in
the storm.

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Let’s pray.
Heavenly Father, when everything

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around me feels uncertain and
unstable, help me remember that

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You are steady and faithful.
Guard my heart from deception

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and anchor my mind and Your
truth.

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When my faith is tested,
strengthen me instead of letting

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fear take over.
Teach me to stand firm, trust

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You fully, and remain unshaken
no matter what storms come my

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way in Jesus name, Amen.
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Psalm Chapter 11 World English

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Bible for the Chief musician by
David.

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In Yahweh I take refuge.
How can you say to my soul, Flee

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as a bird to your mountain.
For behold, the wicked bend

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their bows.
They set their arrows on the

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strings, that they may shoot in
darkness at the upright in

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heart.
If the foundations are

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destroyed, what can the
righteous do?

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Yahweh is in His holy temple.
Yahweh is on His throne in

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heaven.
His eyes observe, His eyes

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examine the children of men.
Yahweh examines the righteous,

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but his soul hates the wicked.
And him who loves violence on

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the wicked He will rain.
Blazing coals, fire, sulfur, and

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scorching wind shall be the
portion of their cup.

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For Yahweh is righteous, He
loves righteousness.

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The upright shall see his face.
Matthew chapter 24 World English

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Bible Jesus went out from the
temple and was going on his way.

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His disciples came to him to
show him the buildings of the

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temple, but he answered them.
You see all of these things,

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don’t you?
Most certainly I tell you, there

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will not be left here. 1 stone
on another that will not be

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thrown down.
As he sat on the Mount of

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Olives, the disciples came to
him privately saying, Tell us,

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when will these things be?
What is the sign of your coming

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and of the end of the age?
Jesus answered them.

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Be careful that no one leads you
astray, for many will come in my

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name, saying, I am the Christ
and will lead many astray.

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You will hear of wars and rumors
of wars.

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See that you aren’t troubled,
for all this must happen.

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But the end is not yet, for
nation will rise against nation,

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and Kingdom against Kingdom, and
there will be famines, plagues

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and earthquakes in various
places.

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But all these things are the
beginning of birth pains.

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Then they will deliver you up to
oppression and will kill you.

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You will be hated by all of the
nations for My name’s sake.

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Then many will stumble and will
deliver up one another and will

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hate one another.
Many false prophets will arise

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and will lead many astray,
because iniquity will be

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multiplied.
The love of many will grow cold,

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but he who endures to the end
will be saved.

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This good news of the Kingdom
will be preached in the whole

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world for a testimony to all the
nations, and then the end will

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come.
When, therefore, you see the

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abomination of desolation which
was spoken of through Daniel the

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prophet standing in the holy
place, let the reader

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understand.
Then let those who are in Judea

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flee to the mountains.
Let him who is on the housetop

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not go down to take out the
things that are in his house.

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Let him who is in the field not
return back to get his clothes.

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But woe to those who are with
child and to nursing mothers in

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those days.
Pray that your flight will not

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be in the winter, nor on a
Sabbath, for then there will be

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great suffering, such as has not
been from the beginning of the

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world until now.
No, nor ever will be.

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Unless those days had been
shortened, no flesh would have

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been saved.
But for the sake of the chosen

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ones, those days will be
shortened.

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Then if any man tells you,
behold, here is the Christ or

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there, don’t believe it, For
false Christs and false prophets

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will arise, and they will show
great signs and wonders, so as

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to lead astray, if possible,
even the chosen ones.

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Behold, I have told you
beforehand.

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If therefore they tell you,
behold, He is in the wilderness,

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don’t go out, or behold, He is
in the inner rooms, don’t

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believe it.
For as the lightning flashes

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from the east and is seen even
to the West, so will the coming

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of the Son of Man be.
For wherever the carcass is,

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that is where the vultures
gather together.

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But immediately after the
suffering of those days, the sun

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will be darkened, the moon will
not give its light, the stars

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will fall from the sky, and the
powers of the heavens will be

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shaken, and then the sign of the
Son of Man will appear in the

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sky.
Then all the tribes of the earth

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will mourn, and they will see
the Son of Man coming on the

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clouds of the sky with power and
great glory.

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He will send out His angels with
a great sound of a trumpet, and

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they will gather together, His
chosen ones from the four winds,

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from one end of the sky to the
other.

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Now from the fig tree learn this
parable.

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When its branch has now become
tender and produces its leaves,

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you know that the summer is
near.

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Even so you also, when you see
all these things, know that He

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is near even at the doors.
Most certainly, I tell you, this

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generation will not pass away
until all these things are

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accomplished.
Heaven and earth will pass away,

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but My words will not pass away.
But no one knows of that day and

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hour, not even the angels of
heaven, but My Father.

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Only as the days of Noah were,
so will the coming of the Son of

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Man be.
For as in those days which were

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before the flood, they were
eating and drinking, marrying

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and giving in marriage, until
the day that Noah entered into

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the ship, and they didn’t know
until the flood came and took

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them all away, so will the
coming of the Son of Man be.

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Then two men will be in the
field, one will be taken, and

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1:00 will be left.
Two women will be grinding at

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the mill, one will be taken, and
1:00 will be left.

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Watch therefore, for you don’t
know in what hour your Lord

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comes.
But know this, that if the

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master of the house had known in
what watch of the night the

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thief was coming, he would have
watched and would not have

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allowed his house to be broken
into.

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Therefore also be ready, for in
an hour that you don’t expect,

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the Son of Man will come.
Who then is the faithful and

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wise servant whom his Lord has
set over his household to give

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them their food in due season?
Blessed is that servant whom his

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Lord finds doing so when he
comes.

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Most certainly I tell you that
he will set him over all that he

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has.
But if that evil servant should

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say in his heart, my Lord is
delaying his coming, and begins

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to beat his fellow servants, and
eat and drink with the

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drunkards, the Lord of that
servant will come in a day when

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he doesn’t expect it, and in an
hour when he doesn’t know it,

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and we’ll cut him in pieces and
appoint his portion with the

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hypocrites.
That is where the weeping and

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grinding of teeth will be.
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