April 22 – Fearless and Free

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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 22nd.

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Fearless and free.
Fear can make life feel smaller.

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It can make you hide, overthink,
compare, or believe you will

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never really change.
But Proverbs chapter 14 verses

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26 to 27 says in the fear of the
Lord one has strong confidence,

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and the fear of the Lord is a
fountain of life.

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That kind of fear is not terror,
it is reverence.

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It is deep respect, trust, and
all before the God who is holy,

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loving and strong.
Romans chapter 6 verse 6 says

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that our old self was crucified
with Christ so that we would no

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longer be enslaved to sin.
That means your past does not

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have the final word.
Your old patterns do not own

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you.
The shame you carry does not get

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to define you.
In Jesus, freedom is not just an

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idea, it is a new reality.
Sin and fear often whisper the

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same lie.
You are stuck.

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You cannot change.
This is just who you are.

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But the cross tells a better
story.

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Jesus did not die and rise again
so you could remain chained to

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the same darkness.
He came to make you free.

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Following God does not mean life
becomes easy overnight.

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You may still feel pressure,
temptation, stress and self

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doubt, but now you have a
refuge, you have a place to run,

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you have a Savior who gives
strength when you feel weak.

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So walk today with confidence,
not because you are in control,

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but because God is.
Honor him, trust Him, run to

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Him.
The fear of the Lord does not

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trap you, it frees you to live
with courage.

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Let’s pray.
Heavenly Father, thank you for

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being my refuge and strength.
Help me live in holy awe of you,

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not in fear of my past or my
weaknesses.

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Remind me that in Christ I am no
longer a slave to sin.

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Teach me to walk in freedom,
confidence and trust today in

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Jesus name, Amen.
What if you could rise up and

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declare with full spiritual
authority, I shall not die, but

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live?
Death Defeated is a powerful

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five book prayer series for
believers who are ready to

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confront premature death, break
demonic cycles, and enforce

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God’s covenant of life over
their destiny and household.

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Book 1.
Deliverance from Death breaks

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chains of premature death and
generational attacks.

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Book 2.
Destruction of Deaths Devices

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exposes hidden traps and
dismantles the enemy schemes.

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Book three.
Divine Defense against Death,

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activates supernatural
protection and divine

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preservation.
Book 4.

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Disarming the Destroyer
overthrows deadly assaults and

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silences the spirit of
destruction.

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Book 5, Dominion over Death,
establishes resurrection

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authority, victorious living,
and destiny fulfillment in

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Christ.
This series equips you with

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Scripture anchored prophetic
prayers to reject fear, cancel

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dark decrees, and walk in divine
preservation.

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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 14, verses 26

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to 27 World English Bible in the
fear of Yahweh is a secure

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fortress, and he will be a
refuge for his children.

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The fear of Yahweh is a fountain
of life, turning people from the

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snares of death.
Romans chapter 6 World English

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Bible What shall we say then?
Shall we continue in sin, that

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grace may abound?
May it never be we who died to

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sin.
How could we live in it any

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longer?
Or don’t you know that all of us

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who were baptized into Christ
Jesus were baptized into his

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death?
We were buried, therefore, with

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him through baptism into death.
That just as Christ was raised

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from the dead through the glory
of the Father, so we also might

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walk in newness of life.
For if we have become united

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with Him in the likeness of his
death, we will also be part of

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his resurrection.
Knowing this, that our old man

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was crucified with him, that the
body of sin might be done away

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with so that we would no longer
be in bondage to sin.

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For he who has died has been
freed from sin.

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But if we died with Christ, we
believe that we will also live

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with him, knowing that Christ,
being raised from the dead, dies

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no more death, no longer has
dominion over him.

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For the death that he died, He
died to sin one time, but the

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life that he lives, he lives to
God.

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Thus consider yourselves also to
be dead to sin, but alive to God

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in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Therefore don’t let sin reign in

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your mortal body, that you
should obey it in its lusts.

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Also, do not present your
members to sin as instruments of

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unrighteousness, but present
yourselves to God as alive from

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the dead, and your members as
instruments of righteousness to

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God.
For sin will not have dominion

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over you, for you are not under
law, but under grace.

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What then?
Shall we sin because we are not

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under law, but under grace?
May it never be.

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Don’t you know that when you
present yourselves as servants

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and obey someone, you are the
servants of whomever you obey,

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whether of sin to death, or of
obedience to righteousness?

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But thanks be to God that
whereas you were bond servants

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of sin, you became obedient from
the heart to that form of

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teaching to which you were
delivered.

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Being made free from sin, you
became bond servants of

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righteousness.
I speak in human terms because

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of the weakness of your flesh.
For as you presented your

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members as servants to
uncleanness and to wickedness

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upon wickedness, Even so now
present your members as servants

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to righteousness for
sanctification.

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For when you were servants of
sin, you were free from

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righteousness.
What fruit then did you have at

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that time in the things of which
you are now ashamed?

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For the end of those things is
death.

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But now, being made free from
sin, and having become servants

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of God, you have your fruit of
sanctification, and the result

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of eternal life.
For the wages of sin is death,

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but the free gift of God is
eternal life in Christ Jesus our

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Lord.
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