April 9 – Voices You Can Trust

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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 9th.

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Voices you can trust We live
surrounded by voices.

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Some are loud, some are subtle,
some sound confident but carry

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no wisdom at all.
Opinions come from everywhere

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and not every voice deserves
your trust.

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Proverbs chapter 14 verses 5 and
seven says that a faithful

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witness does not lie and that we
should leave the presence of a

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fool because there we do not
meet words of knowledge.

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Then in Mark Chapter 9 verse 7,
as Jesus stands in glory, a

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voice comes from the cloud
saying, this is my beloved son,

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listen to him.
That command is just as needed

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now as it was then.
Listen to Him, not just admire

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him, not just quote him when it
is convenient.

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Listen to Him in a noisy world.
The voice of Jesus is the one

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voice that is always true,
always pure, and always leading

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toward life.
There are voices that stir fear

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in you, voices that pressure you
to compromise, voices that

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normalize sin and make you feel
foolish for wanting to honor

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God.
There are also inner voices, the

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ones that whisper that you are
not enough, not loved, or too

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far gone.
And sometimes those are the

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hardest voices to silence.
But the Father points us back to

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Jesus.
Listen to Him.

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He tells the truth about sin,
but also about grace.

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He calls for surrender, but he
also offers rest.

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He exposes what is false, but he
never leads with cruelty.

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His voice is steady in a world
of confusion.

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Learning to hear Him means
staying close to Scripture,

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making room for prayer, and
being humble enough to receive

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wisdom from mature believers who
reflect His heart.

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It also means being willing to
step away from foolish

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influence, even when it is
popular or familiar.

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The voice you follow will shape
the person you become, so do not

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hand your heart to every
opinion.

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Let Jesus be the loudest voice
in your life.

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His words will never lead you
wrong.

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Let’s pray.
Heavenly Father, thank you for

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speaking clearly through Your
Son in a world full of noise and

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confusion.
Help me recognize Your truth and

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follow it with courage.
Teach me to step away from

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voices that pull me from You and
to tune my heart to the voice of

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Jesus.
Fill me with discernment, peace,

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and obedience so that my life is
shaped by what you say, not by

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the noise around me.
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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Proverbs chapter 14, verses 5 to
7 World English Bible A truthful

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witness will not lie, but a
false witness pours out lies.

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A scoffer seeks wisdom and
doesn’t find it.

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But knowledge comes easily to a
discerning person.

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Stay away from a foolish man,
for you won’t find knowledge on

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his lips.
Mark Chapter 9 World English

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Bible.
He said to them, most certainly.

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I tell you, there are some
standing here who will in no way

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taste death until they see God’s
Kingdom come with power.

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After six days, Jesus took with
him Peter, James and John and

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brought them up onto a high
mountain privately by

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themselves, and he was changed
into another form in front of

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them.
His clothing became glistening,

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exceedingly white like snow,
such as no launderer on earth

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can whiten them.
Elijah and Moses appeared to

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them and they were talking with
Jesus.

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Peter answered.
Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us

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to be here.
Let’s make 3 tents, one for you,

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one for Moses, and 1:00 for
Elijah.

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For he didn’t know what to say,
for they were very afraid.

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A cloud came overshadowing them,
and a voice came out of the

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cloud.
This is my beloved son.

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Listen to him.
Suddenly looking around, they

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saw no one with them anymore
except Jesus.

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Only as they were coming down
from the mountain, he commanded

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them that they should tell no
one what things they had seen

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until after the Son of Man had
risen from the dead.

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They kept this saying to
themselves, questioning what the

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rising from the dead meant.
They asked him, saying, Why do

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the scribes say that Elijah must
come first?

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He said to them, Elijah indeed
comes first and restores all

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things.
How is it written about the Son

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of Man that he should suffer
many things and be despised?

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But I tell you that Elijah has
come, and they have also done to

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him whatever they wanted to,
even as it is written about him

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coming to the disciples, He saw
a great multitude around them,

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and scribes questioning them.
Immediately all the multitude,

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when they saw him, were greatly
amazed, and running to him,

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greeted him.
He asked the scribes, What are

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you asking them?
One of the multitude answered.

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Teacher, I brought to you my son
who has a mute spirit, and

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wherever it seizes him, it
throws him down, and he foams at

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the mouth, grinds his teeth and
becomes rigid.

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I asked your disciples to cast
it out, and they weren’t able.

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He answered him, Unbelieving
generation, how long shall I be

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with you?
How long shall I bear with you?

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Bring him to me.
They brought him to him, and

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when he saw him, immediately the
spirit convulsed him and he fell

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on the ground, wallowing and
foaming at the mouth.

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He asked his father, How long
has it been since this has been

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happening to him?
He said from childhood often it

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has cast him both into the fire
and into the water to destroy

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him.
But if you can do anything, have

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compassion on us and help us.
Jesus said to him, If you can

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believe, all things are possible
to him who believes?

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Immediately the father of the
child cried out with tears.

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I believe, help my unbelief.
When Jesus saw that a multitude

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came running together, he
rebuked the unclean spirit,

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saying to Him, You mute and deaf
spirit, I command you come out

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of him and never enter him
again.

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After crying out and convulsing
him greatly, it came out of him.

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The boy became like 1 dead, so
much that most of them said He

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is dead.
But Jesus took him by the hand

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and raised him up, and he arose.
When he had come into the house,

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his disciples asked him
privately, Why couldn’t we cast

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it out?
He said to them, This kind can

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come out by nothing, but by
prayer and fasting.

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They went out from there and
passed through Galilee.

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He didn’t want anyone to know
it, for He was teaching his

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disciples and said to them, The
Son of Man is being handed over

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to the hands of men, and they
will kill him, and when he is

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killed on the third day he will
rise again.

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But they didn’t understand the
saying and were afraid to ask

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him.
He came to Capernaum, and when

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he was in the house he asked
them, What were you arguing

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among yourselves on the way?
But they were silent, for they

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had disputed with one another on
the way about who was the

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greatest.
He sat down and called the 12,

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and he said to them, If any man
wants to be first, he shall be

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last of all, and servant of all.
He took a little child and set

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him in the middle of them,
taking him in his arms.

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He said to them, Whoever
receives one such little child

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in my name receives me, and
whoever receives me doesn’t

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receive me, but him who sent me.
John said to him, Teacher, we

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saw someone who doesn’t follow
us casting out demons in your

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name, and we forbade him because
he doesn’t follow us.

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But Jesus said, don’t forbid
him.

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For there is no one who will do
a mighty work in my name and be

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able quickly to speak evil of
me.

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For whoever is not against us is
on our side.

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For whoever will give you a cup
of water to drink in my name,

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because you are Christ S most
certainly, I tell you, He will

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in no way lose his reward.
Whoever will cause one of these

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little ones who believe in Me to
stumble, it would be better for

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him if you were thrown into the
sea with a millstone hung around

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his neck.
If your hand causes you to

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stumble, cut it off.
It is better for you to enter

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into life maimed rather than
having your two hands to go into

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Gehenna, into the unquenchable
fire.

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Where their worm doesn’t die.
And the fire is not quenched.

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If your foot causes you to
stumble, cut it off.

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It is better for you to enter
into life lame rather than

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having your two feet to be cast
into Gehenna, into the fire that

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will never be quenched.
Where their worm doesn’t die.

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And the fire is not quenched.
If your eye causes you to

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stumble, throw it out.
It is better for you to enter

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into God’s Kingdom with one eye
rather than having two eyes to

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be cast into the Gehenna fire.
Where their worm doesn’t die.

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And the fire is not quenched,
for everyone will be salted with

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fire, and every sacrifice will
be seasoned with salt.

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Salt is good, but if the salt
has lost its saltiness, with

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what will you season it?
Have salt in yourselves and be

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at peace with one another.
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