April 8 – Wise Words, Full Hearts

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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 8th.

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Wise words, full hearts.
Words can leave a mark far

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longer than we expect.
A sentence spoken in anger can

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linger for days.
A careless comment can break

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trust.
But wise words can also protect,

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heal, and strengthen.
Proverbs chapter 14, verses 3 to

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4 reminds us that foolish speech
brings trouble, while the lips

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of the wise preserve them.
Then Jesus asks A piercing

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question in Mark chapter 8,
verse 36.

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What does it profit a man to
gain the whole world and forfeit

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his soul?
That question cuts through so

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much of what this world tells us
to chase.

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Gain the world, be noticed, be
admired, be successful, be

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impressive.
But Jesus says none of that is

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worth it if your soul is being
neglected in the process.

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And that connects with Proverbs
too, because what comes out of

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your mouth often reveals what is
filling your heart.

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Wise words flow from a heart
being shaped by what matters

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most.
Proverbs also says that where

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there are no oxen, the Manger is
clean, but abundant crops come

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by the strength of the ox.
In other words, real growth can

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be messy.
Real fruit takes work.

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You cannot build a meaningful
life by avoiding inconvenience.

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The same is true spiritually.
Growth in Christ requires

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humility, discipline,
repentance, and patience.

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It may not always look neat, but
it produces something real.

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A lot of people want the
appearance of success without

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the inner work of surrender.
But God is after something

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deeper than appearances.
He wants your heart to be full

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of truth, your words to reflect
His wisdom, and your priorities

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to be anchored in what lasts
forever.

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So pause today and ask yourself,
what am I really chasing?

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Is it shaping my soul in a
healthy way?

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Are my words helping reveal a
heart that belongs to Jesus?

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A full life is not found in
gaining everything.

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It is found in staying rooted in
what is eternal.

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Let’s pray.
Heavenly Father, thank you for

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reminding me that my soul
matters more than anything this

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world can offer.
Help me speak with wisdom.

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Live with eternal perspective
and embrace the growth you are

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doing in me, even when it feels
slow or messy.

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Guard my heart from chasing
empty things and fill my life

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with what truly lasts.
Let my words and choices reflect

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your truth today in Jesus name,
Amen.

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declare with full spiritual

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Bible reading plan.
Proverbs chapter 14, verses 3 to

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4 World English Bible The fool’s
talk brings a rod to his back,

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But the lips of the wise protect
them.

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Where no oxen are.
The crib is clean, but much

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increases by the strength of the
ox.

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Mark Chapter 8 World English
Bible In those days when there

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was a very great multitude and
they had nothing to eat, Jesus

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called his disciples to himself
and said to them, I have

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compassion on the multitude,
because they have stayed with me

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now three days and have nothing
to eat.

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If I send them away fasting to
their home, they will faint on

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the way, for some of them have
come a long way.

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His disciples answered him, From
where could one satisfy these

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people with bread?
Here in a deserted place?

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He asked them, How many loaves
do you have?

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They said seven.
He commanded the multitude to

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sit down on the ground and He
took the seven loaves.

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Having given thanks, He broke
them and gave them to His

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disciples to serve and they
served the multitude.

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They also had a few small fish.
Having blessed them, He said to

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serve these also.
They ate and were filled.

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They took up 7 baskets of broken
pieces that were leftover.

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Those who had eaten were about
4000.

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Then He sent them away.
Immediately.

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He entered into the boat with
His disciples and came into the

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region of Dalmanyuta.
The Pharisees came out and began

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to question Him, seeking from
Him a sign from heaven and

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testing him.
He sighed deeply in His spirit

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and said, Why does this
generation seek a sign?

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Most certainly I tell you, no
sign will be given to this

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generation.
He left them and again entering

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into the boat, departed to the
other side.

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They forgot to take bread, and
they didn’t have more than one

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loaf in the boat with them.
He warned them, saying, Take

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heed, beware of the yeast of the
Pharisees and the yeast of

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Herod.
They reason with one another,

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saying it’s because we have no
bread.

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Jesus, perceiving it, said to
them, Why do you reason that

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it’s because you have no bread?
Don’t you perceive yet or

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understand?
Is your heart still hardened?

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Having eyes, Don’t you see?
Having ears, don’t you hear?

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Don’t you remember when I broke
the five loaves among the 5000?

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How many baskets full of broken
pieces did you take up?

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They told him, 12 When the seven
loaves fed the 4000, how many

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baskets full of broken pieces
did you take up?

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They told him seven.
He asked them, don’t you

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understand yet?
He came to Bethsaida.

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They brought a blind man to him
and begged him to touch him.

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He took hold of the blind man by
the hand and brought him out of

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the village.
When he had spat on his eyes and

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laid his hands on him, he asked
him if he saw anything.

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He looked up and said, I see
men, but I see them like walking

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trees.
Then again he laid his hands on

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his eyes.
He looked intently and was

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restored and saw everyone
clearly.

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He sent him away to his house
saying, Don’t enter into the

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village nor tell anyone in the
village.

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Jesus went out with his
disciples into the villages of

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Caesarea Philippi.
On the way he asked his

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disciples, Who do men say that I
am?

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They told him, John the Baptizer
and others say Elijah, but

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others one of the prophets.
He said to them, But who do you

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say that I am?
Peter answered, You are the

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Christ.
He commanded them that they

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should tell no one about him.
He began to teach them that the

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Son of Man must suffer many
things and be rejected by the

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elders, the chief priests and
the scribes, and be killed, and

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after three days rise again.
He spoke to them openly.

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Peter took him and began to
rebuke him, but he, turning

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around and seeing his disciples,
rebuked Peter and said, Get

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behind me, Satan, for you have
in mind not the things of God,

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but the things of men.
He called the multitude to

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himself with his disciples, and
said to them, Whoever wants to

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come after me, let him deny
himself and take up his cross

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and follow me.
For whoever wants to save his

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life will lose it, and whoever
will lose his life for my sake

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and the sake of the good news,
will save it.

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For what does it profit a man to
gain the whole world and forfeit

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his life?
For what will a man give in

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exchange for his life?
For whoever will be ashamed of

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me and of my words in this
adulterous and sinful

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generation, the Son of Man also
will be ashamed of him when he

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comes in his Father’s glory with
the holy angels.

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