April 5 – Faith That Changes Everything

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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 5th.

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Faith that changes everything.
There are moments in life when

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everything feels heavy at once.
Fear, confusion, stress,

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temptation, disappointment, and
spiritual exhaustion can pile up

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until your heart feels crowded
and restless.

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In those moments, it can seem
like peace is very far away.

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Proverbs chapter 13 verses 21 to
22 reminds us that disaster

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pursues sinners, but the
righteous are rewarded with

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good.
Then in Mark chapter 5 verse 9,

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Jesus speaks to a man whose life
had been overwhelmed by

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darkness, and the man replies,
My name is Legion, for we are

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many.
That story is intense because it

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shows a life that looked
completely out of control, but

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it also shows the absolute
authority of Jesus.

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What no one else could fix,
Jesus confronted.

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What no one else could come,
Jesus, brought into order.

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The man who had been bound,
isolated, and tormented was

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restored by the presence and
power of Christ.

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Maybe your life does not look
like that on the outside, but

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internally it can still feel
chaotic.

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Maybe your mind is crowded.
Maybe your emotions feel all

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over the place.
Maybe you are carrying hidden

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battles that no one sees.
And maybe you wonder whether

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change is really possible.
Mark chapter 5 reminds us that

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Jesus is not intimidated by the
places in us that feel most

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broken.
At the same time, Proverbs

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reminds us that our choices
matter.

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Sin is not harmless.
It opens doors to pain.

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But righteousness, by God’s
grace, leads toward life.

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So this is not only a message
about Jesus rescuing us from

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chaos, it is also a call to stop
making peace with the things

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that keep feeding the chaos.
Jesus does not just manage your

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mess, He transforms it.
He brings peace where there was

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torment, clarity where there was
confusion, and dignity where

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there was shame.
Whatever feels too big for you

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is not too big for him.
Let’s pray.

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Heavenly Father, thank You that
nothing in my life is beyond

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your power.
When my mind feels crowded and

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my heart feels overwhelmed, help
me turn to You.

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Instead of giving in to fear,
break every chain that keeps me

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bound and teach me to walk in
the freedom you give.

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Help me choose what is right and
trust that You can bring peace

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into every place of chaos.
In Jesus name, Amen.

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What if you could rise up and
declare with full spiritual

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live?

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Now I invite you to spend time
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Bible reading plan.
Proverbs Chapter 13, Verses 21

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to 23 World English Bible
Misfortune pursues sinners, but

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prosperity rewards the
righteous.

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A good man leaves an inheritance
to his children’s children, but

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the wealth of the Sinner is
stored for the righteous.

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An abundance of food is in poor
people’s fields, but injustice

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sweeps it away.
Mark Chapter 5 World English

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Bible They came to the other
side of the sea, into the

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country of the Gadarenes.
When he had come out of the

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boat, immediately a man with an
unclean spirit met him out of

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the tombs.
He lived in the tombs.

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Nobody could bind him anymore,
not even with chains, because he

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had been often bound with
fetters and chains, and the

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chains have been torn apart by
him and the fetters broken in

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pieces.
Nobody had the strength to tame

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him.
Always night and day in the

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tombs and in the mountains.
He was crying out and cutting

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himself with stones.
When he saw Jesus from afar.

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He ran and bowed down to him and
crying out with a loud voice he

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said, what have I to do with
you?

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Jesus, you son of the Most High
God, I adore you by God, don’t

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torment me.
For he said to him, Come out of

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the man, you unclean spirit.
He asked him, what is your name?

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He said to him, My name is
legion, for we are many.

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He begged him much that he would
not send them away out of the

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country.
Now on the mountainside there

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was a great herd of pigs
feeding.

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All the demons begged him,
saying, Send us into the pigs,

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that we may enter into them at
once.

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Jesus gave them permission.
The unclean spirits came out and

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entered into the pigs.
The herd of about 2000 rushed

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down the steep bank into the
sea, and they were drowned in

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the sea.
Those who fed the pigs fled and

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told it in the city and in the
country.

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The people came to see what it
was that it happened.

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They came to Jesus and saw Him
who had been possessed by demons

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sitting clothed and in his right
mind, even him who had the

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Legion, and they were afraid.
Those who saw it declared to

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them what happened to him who
was possessed by demons and

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about the pigs.
They began to beg him to depart

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from their region.
As he was entering into the

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boat, He who had been possessed
by demons begged him that he

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might be with him.
He didn’t allow him, but said to

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him, Go to your house, to your
friends, and tell them what

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great things the Lord has done
for you, and how he had mercy on

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you.
He went his way and began to

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proclaim into capitalists how
Jesus had done great things for

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him, and everyone marveled.
When Jesus had crossed back over

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in the boat to the other side, a
great multitude was gathered to

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him, and he was by the sea.
Behold, one of the rulers of the

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synagogue, Jairus by name, came,
and seeing him, he fell at his

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feet and begged him much,
saying, My little daughter is at

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the point of death, please come
and lay your hands on her, that

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she may be made healthy and
live.

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He went with him, and a great
multitude followed him, and they

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pressed upon him on all sides.
A certain woman who had a

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discharge of blood for 12 years
and had suffered many things by

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many physicians, and it spent
all that she had and was no

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better, but rather grew worse.
Having heard the things

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concerning Jesus, came up behind
him in the crowd and touched his

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clothes.
For she said, If I just touch

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his clothes, I will be made
well.

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Immediately the flow of her
blood was dried up, and she felt

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in her body that she was healed
of her affliction.

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Immediately Jesus, perceiving in
himself that the power had gone

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out from him, turned around in
the crowd and asked Who touched

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my clothes?
His disciples said to him, You

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see the multitude pressing
against you, and you say, Who

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touched me?
He looked around to see her who

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had done this thing.
But the woman, fearing and

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trembling, knowing what had been
done to her, came and fell down

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before him and told him all the
truth.

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He said to her daughter, Your
faith has made you well.

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Go in peace and be cured of your
disease.

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While he was still speaking,
people came from the synagogue

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ruler’s house saying, Your
daughter is dead, why bother the

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teacher anymore?
But Jesus, when he heard the

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message spoken, immediately said
to the ruler of the synagogue,

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don’t be afraid, only believe.
He allowed no one to follow him

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except Peter, James and John,
the brother of James.

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He came to the synagogue ruler’s
house, and he saw an uproar,

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weeping and great wailing.
When he had entered in, he said

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to them, Why do you make an
uproar and weep?

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The child is not dead, but is
asleep.

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They ridiculed him, but he,
having put them all out, took

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the father of the child, her
mother, and those who were with

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him, and went in where the child
was lying.

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Taking the child by the hand, he
said to her, Telleth Acumi,

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which means being interpreted,
Girl, I tell you, get up

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immediately.
The girl rose up and walked, for

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she was 12 years old.
They were amazed with great

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amazement.
He strictly ordered them that no

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one should know this and
commanded that something should

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be given to her to eat.
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