May 3 – Heart of Understanding

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Welcome to Bible Chat, where we
have devotional conversations

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rooted in scripture and relevant
for today.

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May. 3rd part of understanding.
Have you ever felt

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misunderstood, overlooked, or
judged by people who only saw

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one small part of your story?
Maybe someone assumed something

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about you.
Maybe you felt compared,

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criticized, or invisible.
In a world where people are

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constantly measuring each other,
it can be exhausting to wonder,

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am I enough?
Proverbs chapter 15 verses 14 to

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15 says the heart of him who has
understanding seeks knowledge,

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but the mouths of fools feed on
folly.

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All the days of the afflicted
are evil, but the cheerful of

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heart has a continual feast.
First Corinthians chapter 4

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verse 5 says it is the Lord who
judges me.

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And 1st Corinthians chapter 4
verse 9 reminds us that Paul and

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the apostles were displayed
before the world, misunderstood

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and watched, yet still faithful
to God.

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That matters because your life
may sometimes feel like it is on

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display to people.
Watch what you post, how you

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dress, who you talk to, what you
achieve, and where you fail.

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But people do not see the whole
picture.

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God does.
He sees your motives, your

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wounds, your effort, your
growth, and your heart.

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A heart of understanding does
not feed on foolishness.

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It does not live for gossip,
comparison, or empty

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distractions.
It seeks wisdom.

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It asks better questions.
It chooses what nourishes the

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soul instead of what only
entertains the moment.

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And then Proverb says something
beautiful.

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The cheerful heart has a
continual feast.

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That does not mean life is
always easy.

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It means that when your heart is
rooted in God, even difficult

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days do not get the final word.
Joy becomes deeper than

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circumstances.
Peace becomes stronger than

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opinions.
God’s approval becomes more

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important than applause.
Let’s pray.

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Heavenly Father, thank you for
seeing me fully and loving me

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completely.
Help me seek understanding

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instead of feeding on
foolishness.

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Teach me to care more about Your
judgment than people’s opinions.

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Give me a cheerful heart that
finds joy in You even when life

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feels unfair or misunderstood.
Shape my thoughts, strengthen my

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character and help me live for
your approval in Jesus name,

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Amen.
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Proverbs chapter 15, verses 14
to 15 World English Bible The

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heart of one who has
understanding seeks knowledge,

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but the mouths of fools feed on
folly.

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All the days of the afflicted
are wretched, but one who has a

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cheerful heart enjoys A
continual feast.

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First Corinthians chapter 4
World English Bible So let a man

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think of us as Christ’s servants
and stewards of God’s mysteries.

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Here, moreover, it is required
of stewards that they be found

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faithful.
But with me it is a very small

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thing that I should be judged by
you or by a human court.

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Yes, I don’t even judge my own
self, for I know nothing against

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myself, yet I am not justified
by this.

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But he who judges me is the
Lord.

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Therefore judge nothing before
the time until the Lord comes,

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who will both bring to light the
hidden things of darkness and

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reveal the counsels of the
hearts.

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Then each man will get his
praise from God.

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Now these things, brothers, I
haven’t a figure transferred to

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myself.
And Apollo’s for your sakes,

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that in US you might learn not
to think beyond the things which

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are written, that none of you be
puffed up against one another.

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For who makes you different?
And what do you have that you

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didn’t receive?
But if you did receive it, why

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do you boast as if you had not
received it?

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You are already filled, you have
already become rich.

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You have come to reign without
us.

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Yes, and I wish that you did
reign, that we also might reign

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with you.
For I think that God has

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displayed us, the apostles, last
of all, like men sentenced to

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death.
For we are made a spectacle to

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the world, both to angels and
men.

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We are fools for Christ’s sake,
but you are wise in Christ.

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We are weak, but you are strong.
You have honor, but we have

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dishonor even to this present
hour.

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We hunger, thirst, are naked,
are beaten, and have no certain

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dwelling place.
We toil, working with our own

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hands.
When people curse us, We bless

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being persecuted.
We endure being defamed, we

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entreat, we are made as the
filth of the world, the dirt

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wiped off by all, even until
now.

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I don’t write these things to
shame you, but to admonish you

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as my beloved children.
For though you have 10,000

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tutors in Christ, you don’t have
many fathers.

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For in Christ Jesus I became
your father through the good

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news.
I beg you therefore be imitators

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of me.
Because of this, I have sent

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Timothy to you, who is my
beloved and faithful child in

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the Lord, who will remind you of
my ways which are in Christ,

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even as I teach everywhere in
every assembly.

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Now some are puffed up as though
I were not coming to you.

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But I will come to you shortly,
if the Lord is willing.

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And I will know not the word of
those who are puffed up, but the

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power, for God’s Kingdom is not
in Word, but in power.

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What do you want?
Shall I come to you with a rod,

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or in love and a spirit of
gentleness?

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