April 13 – Stay Awake, Stay Ready

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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 13th.

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Stay awake, stay ready.
It is possible to look fine on

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the outside while carrying a lot
on the inside.

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Proverbs chapter 14, verses 13
to 14 says even in laughter, the

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heart may ache.
That verse feels painfully real

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sometimes.
You can laugh with friends, go

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through your routine, even seem
happy and still have a heart

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that is struggling underneath.
God sees that hidden ache.

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He is not fooled by appearances
and He is not distant from your

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inner life.
Jesus says in Mark chapter 13

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verses 32 to 33, be on guard,
keep awake.

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He is talking about spiritual
readiness, about living with

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attention, faith and alertness
instead of drifting through life

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unaware.
He is not calling us to panic.

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He is calling us to stay close.
Stay awake in your heart, stay

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ready in your spirit.
Stay faithful.

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In the ordinary moments, that
matters because life is

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unpredictable.
Emotions change, circumstances

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shift.
Some days feel bright and others

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feel confusing without warning.
If your spiritual life only

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depends on how you feel, you
will constantly be thrown off

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balance.
But when your heart is anchored

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in Jesus, you can remain steady
even when life is uncertain.

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Proverbs also reminds us that
our choices bear fruit.

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The backslider is filled with
the fruit of his ways, and the

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good person is filled with the
fruit of his ways.

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In other words, the direction of
your life is being shaped right

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now.
Quiet choices matter.

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Private habits matter.
Daily devotion matters.

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No one becomes spiritually
strong by accident.

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So if you have been spiritually
sleepy, distracted, or

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pretending everything is OK
while your heart is hurting, let

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today be a wake up call filled
with grace.

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Bring your real heart to God.
Ask Him to make you attentive

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again.
Let Him awaken your love for

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Him, your hunger for truth, and
your awareness of His Presence.

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Jesus is not asking you to live
anxious.

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He is asking you to live awake.
Let’s pray.

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Heavenly Father, thank you for
seeing beyond my outward smile

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and knowing what is really in my
heart.

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Help me stay spiritually awake,
alert and close to You.

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When I am distracted or
discouraged, draw me back to

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Your presence.
Let my daily choices produce

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good fruit and teach me to live
ready, faithful and anchored in

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You.
In Jesus name, Amen.

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What if you could rise up and
declare with full spiritual

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authority, I shall not die but
live?

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Proverbs chapter 14 verses 13 to
14 World English Bible.

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Even in laughter, the heart may
be sorrowful, and mirth may end

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in heaviness.
The unfaithful will be repaid

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for his own ways.
Likewise, a good man will be

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rewarded for his ways.
Mark Chapter 13 World English

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Bible As he went out of the
temple, one of his disciples

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said to him, Teacher, see what
kind of stones and what kind of

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buildings?
Jesus said to him, do you see

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these great buildings?
There will not be left here 1

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stone on another, which will not
be thrown down.

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As he sat on the Mount of Olives
opposite the temple, Peter,

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James, John and Andrew asked him
privately, Tell us, when will

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these things be?
What is the sign that these

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things are all about to be
fulfilled?

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Jesus answering began to tell
them, Be careful that no one

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leads you astray, for many will
come in my name saying I am He

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and will lead many astray.
When you hear of wars and rumors

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of wars, don’t be troubled, for
those 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.
There will be earthquakes in

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various places.
There will be famines and

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troubles.
These things are the beginning

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of birth pains, but watch
yourselves, for they will

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deliver you up to councils.
You will be beaten in

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synagogues, you will stand
before rulers and kings for my

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sake, for a testimony to them.
The good news must first be

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preached to all the nations when
they lead you away and deliver

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you up.
Don’t be anxious beforehand, or

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premeditate what you will say,
but say whatever will be given

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you in that hour, for it is not
you who speak, but the Holy

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Spirit.
Brother will deliver up brother

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to death, and the Father his
child.

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Children will rise up against
parents and cause them to be put

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to death.
You will be hated by all men for

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my name’s sake, but he who
endures to the end will be

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saved.
But when you see the abomination

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of desolation spoken of by
Daniel the prophet, standing

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where it ought not, let the
reader understand.

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Then let those who are in
Judaflee to the mountains, and

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let him who is on the House
stop, not go down nor enter in

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to take anything out of his
house.

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Let him who is in the field not
return back to take his cloak.

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But woe to those who are with
child and to those who nurse

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babies in those days.
Pray that your flight won’t be

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in the winter, for in those days
there will be oppression such as

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there has not been the like from
the beginning of the creation

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which God created until now, and
never will be.

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Unless the Lord had shortened
the days, no flesh would have

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been saved but for the sake of
the chosen ones whom He picked

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out, He shortened the days.
Then if anyone tells you, look

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here is the Christ, or look
there, don’t believe it.

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For false Christs and false
prophets will arise, and will

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show signs and wonders that they
may lead astray, if possible,

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even the chosen ones.
But you watch.

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Behold, I have told you all
things beforehand.

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But in those days after that
oppression, the sun will be

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

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falling from the sky, and the
powers that are in the heavens

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will be shaken.
Then they will see the Son of

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Man coming in clouds with great
power and glory.

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Then he will send out his angels
and will gather together his

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chosen ones from the four winds,
from the ends of the earth to

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the ends of the sky.
Now from the fig tree learn this

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parable.
When the branch has now become

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tender and produces its leaves,
you know that the summer is

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near.
Even so you also, when you see

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these things coming to pass,
know that it is near at the

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doors.
Most certainly, I say to you,

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this generation will not pass
away until all these things

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happen.
Heaven and earth will pass away,

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but my words will not pass away.
But of that day or that hour no

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one knows, not even the angels
in heaven, nor the Son, but only

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the Father.
Watch, keep alert and pray, for

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you don’t know when the time is.
It is like a man traveling to

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another country, having left his
house and given authority to his

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servants and to each one his
work, and also commanded the

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doorkeeper to keep watch.
Watch therefore, for you don’t

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know when the Lord of the house
is coming, whether at evening or

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at midnight or when the rooster
crows, or in the morning, lest

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coming suddenly He might find
you sleeping.

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What I tell you, I tell all.
Watch.

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Thanks for joining us on Bible
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Until next time, stay rooted in
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