April 16 – Choosing the Right Path

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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 16th.

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Choosing the right path Every
day is filled with choices, and

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some of them feel small enough
to ignore but little.

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Choices shape direction, and
direction shapes who you become.

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Proverbs chapter 14, verses 18
to 19 says the simple inherit

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folly, but the prudent are
crowned with knowledge That

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reminds us that wisdom is not
automatic.

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It comes through paying
attention, learning from God,

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and letting truth guide your
steps.

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Mark chapter 16, verses 5 to 8
tells us about the women at the

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empty tomb.
They had come expecting death

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and grief, but instead they were
met with the shocking news that

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Jesus had risen.
The passage says they were

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trembling and astonished and
they were afraid.

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That reaction feels so human.
Sometimes God is at work in ways

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we do not understand, and fear
rushes in before faith has time

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to catch up.
Maybe that is where you are

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right now.
You want to choose the right

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path, but you feel unsure,
nervous, or overwhelmed.

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You know God is calling you to
trust him, but fear keeps making

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everything feel harder than it
should.

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That is why prudence matters.
Wisdom does not mean having

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every answer.
It means choosing to follow God

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even when you are trembling.
The simple path often says just

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go with what is easiest, what
feels natural, what everyone

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else is doing.
But the prudent path says stop

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and ask what is true.
Stop and ask what honors God.

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Stop and ask which direction
leads to life.

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You do not have to let fear
decide for you.

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Fear is loud, but it is not
always wise.

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God’s presence may not remove
every uncertain feeling

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immediately, but it does give
you a faithful guide.

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He knows how to lead you when
you feel shaky.

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He knows how to steady your
heart while you walk.

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So choose the path that keeps
you close to Jesus.

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Choose what builds faith, not
just comfort.

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Choose what reflects obedience,
even if it costs you something.

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The right path may not always
feel easy, but it will always be

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worth it.
Let’s pray.

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Heavenly Father, thank you for
caring about the direction of my

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life.
Help me choose wisdom over

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carelessness and faith over
fear.

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When I feel uncertain, guide me
with Your truth and steady my

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heart with Your presence.
Teach me to trust You one step

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at a time and to walk the path
that brings honor to You and

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life to my soul 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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Death Defeated is a powerful
five book prayer series for

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believers who are ready to
confront premature death, break

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demonic cycles, and enforce
God’s covenant of life over

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their destiny and household.
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Death, activates supernatural
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overthrows deadly assaults and
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destruction.
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Proverbs chapter 14 verses 18 to
19 World English Bible The

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simple inherit folly, but the
prudent are crowned with

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knowledge, the evil bow down
before the good and the wicked

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at the gates of the righteous.
Mark Chapter 16 World English

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Bible When the Sabbath was
passed, Mary Magdalene and Mary

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the mother of James and Salome
bought spices that they might

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come and anoint him.
Very early on the first day of

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the week they came to the tomb.
When the sun had risen, they

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were saying among themselves,
Who will roll away the stone

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from the door of the tomb for
us, for it was very big.

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Looking up they saw that the
stone was rolled back.

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Entering into the tomb, they saw
a young man sitting on the right

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side dressed in a white robe,
and they were amazed.

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He said to them, Don’t be
amazed, you seek Jesus the

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Nazarene, who has been
crucified.

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He has risen, He is not here.
See the place where they laid

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him, but go tell His disciples
and Peter, He goes before you

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into Galilee.
There you will see Him, as He

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said to you.
They went out and fled from the

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tomb, for trembling and
astonishment had come on them.

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They said nothing to anyone, for
they were afraid now.

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When he had risen early on the
first day of the week, he

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appeared first to Mary
Magdalene, from whom he had cast

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out seven demons.
She went and told those who had

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been with him as they mourned
and wept.

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When they heard that he was
alive and had been seen by her,

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they disbelieved.
After these things he was

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revealed in another form to two
of them as they walked on their

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way into the country.
They went away and told it to

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the rest.
They didn’t believe them either.

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Afterward, he was revealed to
the 11 themselves as they sat at

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the table, and he rebuked them
for their unbelief and hardness

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of heart because they didn’t
believe those who had seen him.

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After he had risen, he said to
them, Go into all the world and

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preach the good news to the
whole creation.

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He who believes and is baptized
will be saved, but he who

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disbelieves will be condemned.
These signs will accompany those

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who believe in my name.
They will cast out demons, they

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will speak with new languages,
they will take up serpents, and

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if they drink any deadly thing
it will in no way hurt them.

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They will lay hands on the sick,
and they will recover.

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So then the Lord, after he had
spoken to them, was received up

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into heaven, and sat down at the
right hand of God.

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They went out and preached
everywhere, the Lord working

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with them and confirming the
word by the signs that followed.

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Amen.
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