April 30 – Words That Build, Lives That Shine

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Welcome to Bible Chat, where we
have devotional conversations

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rooted in scripture and relevant
for today, April 30th.

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Words that build lives that
shine.

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Your words can either add weight
to someone’s burden or help them

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breathe again.
Proverbs chapter 15 verses 7 to

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8 says the lips of the wise
spread knowledge and reminds us

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that the prayer of the upright
is acceptable to the Lord.

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God cares about both what comes
out of our mouths to people and

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what rises from our hearts to
Him.

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Romans chapter 15 verse 5 asks
the God of endurance and

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encouragement to help believers
live in harmony with one

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another.
Romans chapter 16, verse 17

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warns us to watch out for those
who cause division and create

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obstacles against the truth.
Together, these passages remind

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us that followers of Jesus are
called to be people of life,

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unity and sincere prayer.
That matters because division is

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easy.
Gossip is easy, sarcasm is easy,

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complaining is easy.
But encouragement takes

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intention.
Harmony takes humility.

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Prayer takes sincerity.
God is not looking for empty

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religious performance.
While our words tear people

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down, He wants hearts that are
upright, mouths that speak

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wisdom, and lives that shine
with love.

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Think about your conversations
lately, your texts, your posts,

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your comments, your tone at
home.

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Are your words spreading
knowledge, peace, and

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encouragement, or are they
feeding drama, negativity, and

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division?
You do not have to speak

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perfectly, but you can surrender
your speech to God.

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You can ask Him to make your
words more thoughtful.

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You can choose prayer over
performance and unity over

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conflict.
In a world full of noise, a wise

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and gracious voice stands out.
Let your words build.

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Let your prayers be sincere.
Let your life shine in a way

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that honors the God who hears
you.

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Let’s pray.
Heavenly Father, thank you for

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hearing my prayers and caring
about my words.

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Help me speak with wisdom,
encouragement, and grace.

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Keep me from division, gossip,
and empty performance.

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Teach me to live in harmony with
others and to honor You and what

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I say, how I pray and how I love
in Jesus name, Amen.

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Now I invite you to spend time
with God in today’s three-year

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Bible reading plan.
Proverbs chapter 15 verses 7 to

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9 World English Bible.
The lips of the wise spread

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knowledge.
Not so with the heart of fools.

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The sacrifice made by the wicked
is an abomination to Yahweh, but

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the prayer of the upright is His
delight.

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The way of the wicked is an
abomination to Yahweh, but he

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loves him who follows after
righteousness.

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Romans, chapters 15 to 16, World
English Bible.

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Now we who are strong ought to
bear the weaknesses of the weak,

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and not to please ourselves.
Let each one of us please his

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neighbor for that which is good
to be building him up.

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For even Christ didn’t please
himself.

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But as it is written, the
reproaches of those who

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reproached you fell on me.
For whatever things were written

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before, were written for our
learning, that through

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perseverance and through
encouragement of the Scriptures

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we might have hope.
Now the God of perseverance and

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of encouragement grant you to be
of the same mind with one

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another, according to Christ
Jesus, that with 1 accord you

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may with one mouth glorify the
God and Father of our Lord Jesus

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Christ.
Therefore accept one another,

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even as Christ also accepted
you, to the glory of God.

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Now I say that Christ has been
made a servant of the

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circumcision for the truth of
God, that he might confirm the

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promises given to the Father’s,
and that the Gentiles might

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glorify God for His mercy as it
is written.

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Therefore I will give praise to
you among the Gentiles, and sing

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to your name.
Again he says, Rejoice you

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Gentiles, with his people.
Again, praise the Lord, all you

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Gentiles, let all the peoples
praise him.

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Again, Isaiah says there will be
the root of Jesse, he who arises

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to rule over the Gentiles.
In him the Gentiles will hope.

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Now may the God of hope fill you
with all joy and peace, and

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believing that you may abound in
hope in the power of the Holy

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Spirit.
I myself am also persuaded about

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you, my brothers, that you
yourselves are full of goodness,

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filled with all knowledge, able
also to admonish others.

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But I write the more boldly to
you in part as reminding you,

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because of the grace that was
given to me by God, that I

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should be a servant of Christ
Jesus to the Gentiles, serving

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as a priest of the good news of
God, that the offering up of the

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Gentiles might be made
acceptable, sanctified by the

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Holy Spirit.
I have therefore my boasting in

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Christ Jesus in things
pertaining to God, for I will

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not dare to speak of any things
except those which Christ worked

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through me for the obedience of
the Gentiles by word and deed,

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in the power of signs and
wonders, in the power of God’s

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Spirit.
So that from Jerusalem and

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around, as far as to Illyricum,
I have fully preached the good

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news of Christ.
Yes, making it my aim to preach

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the good news, not where Christ
was already named, that I might

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not build on another’s
foundation, but as it is

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written.
They will see to whom no news of

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Him came.
They who haven’t heard will

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understand.
Therefore also I was hindered

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these many times from coming to
you, but now no longer having

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any place in these regions and
having these many years of

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longing to come to you, whenever
I travel to Spain, I will come

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to you.
For I hope to see you on my

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journey and to be helped on my
way there by you.

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If first I may enjoy your
company for a while, but now I

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say I am going to Jerusalem,
serving the Saints.

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For it has been the good
pleasure of Macedonia and Achaea

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to make a certain contribution
for the poor among the Saints

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who are at Jerusalem.
Yes, it has been their good

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pleasure, and they are their
debtors.

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For if the Gentiles have been
made partakers of their

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spiritual things, they owe it to
them also to serve them in

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material things.
When, therefore, I have

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accomplished this and have
sealed to them this fruit, I

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will go on by way of you to
Spain.

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I know that when I come to you I
will come in the fullness of the

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blessing of the good news of
Christ.

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Now I beg you, brothers, by our
Lord Jesus Christ and by the

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love of the Spirit, that you
strive together with me in your

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prayers to God for me, that I
may be delivered from those who

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are disobedient in Judea, and
that my service which I have for

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Jerusalem may be acceptable to
the Saints, that I may come to

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you in joy through the will of
God, and together with you find

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rest.
Now the God of peace be with you

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all, Amen.
I commend to you Phoebe, our

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sister, who is a servant of the
assembly that is at sanctuary,

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that you receive her in the Lord
in a way worthy of the Saints,

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and that you assist her in
whatever matter she may need

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from you.
For she herself also has been a

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helper of many and of my own
self.

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Greet Priska and Aquila, my
fellow workers in Christ Jesus,

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who risk their own necks for my
life, to whom not only I give

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thanks, but also all the
assemblies of the Gentiles.

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Greet the assembly that is in
their house.

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Greet Epinetus, my beloved, who
is the first fruits of Achaea to

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Christ.
Greet Mary, who labored much for

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us.
Greet Andronicus and Junia, my

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relatives and my fellow
prisoners, who are notable among

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the apostles who are also in
Christ before me.

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Greet Amplyas my beloved in the
Lord.

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Greet urbanists, our fellow
worker in Christ and stashes, my

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beloved.
Greet Apels, the approved in

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Christ.
Greet those who are of the

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household of Aristobulus.
Greet Herodian, my kinsman.

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Greet them of the household of
Narcissus, who are in the Lord.

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Greet Trifina and Trifosa, who
labor in the Lord.

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Greet persists the beloved who
labored much in the Lord.

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Greet Rufus, the chosen in the
Lord, and his mother and mine.

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Greet asynchronous Phlegon,
Hermes, Petrobas, Hermes, and

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the brothers who are with them.
Greet Phyllagus and Julia,

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Nerius and his sister, and
Olympus and all the Saints who

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are with them.
Greet one another with a holy

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kiss.
The assemblies of Christ greet

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you.
Now I beg you, brothers, look

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out for those who are causing
the divisions and occasions of

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stumbling, contrary to the
doctrine which you learned, and

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turn away from them.
For those who are such don’t

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serve our Lord Jesus Christ but
their own belly, and by their

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smooth and flattering speech
they deceive the hearts of the

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innocent.
For your obedience has become

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known to all.
I rejoice therefore over you,

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but I desire to have you wise in
that which is good, but innocent

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in that which is evil.
And the God of peace will

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quickly crush Satan under your
feet.

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The grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ be with you.

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Timothy, my fellow worker,
greets you as De Lucius, Jason

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and Saucipater, my relatives.
I, Tertius, who write the

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letter, greet you in the Lord.
Gaius, my host and host of the

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whole assembly, greets you.
Erastus, the treasurer of the

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city, greets you, as does
Quartus the brother.

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The grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ be with you all.

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Amen.
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