December 31 – Praise that Never Ends

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Welcome to Bible Chat, where we
have devotional conversations

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rooted in Scripture and relevant
for today, December 31st.

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Praise that never ends.
Have you ever experienced a

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moment of worship, joy, or
beauty so strong it felt like

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time slowed down?
Like your chest felt full and

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your worries got quiet for a
second?

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Those moments are like little
previews of what’s coming.

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Psalm 150 verse 6 says, let
everything that has breath

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praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord, not some

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people, not just church people.
Everything that breathes praise

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is the purpose of your lungs.
And Revelation chapters 21 to 22

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show the future of God’s people.
Revelation chapter 21 verse 22

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says, and I saw no temple in the
city, for its temple is the Lord

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God the Almighty and the Lamb.
There’s no need for a building

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to contain God because His
presence fills everything.

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Then Revelation chapter 22
verses 4 to 5 says they will see

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His face and night will be no
more.

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No more darkness, no more
distance, no more waiting face

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to face with God forever.
That means your praise now is

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practice for your forever.
Every time you worship in a hard

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season, you’re declaring that
God is still worthy.

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Every time you praise when
you’re tired, you’re choosing

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heaven’s rhythm over the world’s
heaviness.

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And every time you set your hope
on that future, no night, no

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pain, no separation.
You find strength to endure

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right now.
So as the year closes, don’t

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just think about what you’re
leaving behind.

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Think about what you’re living
toward a future where praise

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never ends, because God’s
presence never ends.

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And you can start living that
today.

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With every breath.
Let’s pray.

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Heavenly Father, thank you for
giving me breath and a reason to

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praise.
Thank you for the promise of a

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future where there is no more
night and where I will be with

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You forever.
Teach me to praise You now, not

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only with songs, but with my
whole life.

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Let my worship be real, steady
and full of hope.

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And help me live like heaven is
my home in Jesus name, Amen.

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Imagine stepping into a new year
with clarity in your spirit,

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strength in your soul, and the
supernatural backing of heaven

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behind every step you take.
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Now I invite you to spend time

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with God in today’s three-year
Bible reading plan, Psalm 150

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World English Bible.
Praise Yah.

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Praise God in His sanctuary,
Praise Him in His heavens for

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His acts of power.
Praise Him for His mighty axe.

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Praise Him according to His
excellent greatness.

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Praise Him with the sounding of
the trumpet.

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Praise Him with harp and lyre.
Praise Him with tambourine and

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dancing.
Praise Him with stringed

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instruments and flute.
Praise Him with loud cymbals.

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Praise Him with resounding
symbols.

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Let everything that His breath
praise Yah, Praise Yah.

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Revelation 21 to 22 World
English Bible I saw a new heaven

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and a new earth, for the 1st
heaven and the first earth have

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passed away, and the sea is no
more.

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I saw the holy city, New
Jerusalem coming down out of

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heaven from God, prepared like a
bride adorned for her husband.

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I heard a loud voice out of
heaven saying, Behold, God’s

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dwelling is with people, and he
will dwell with them, and they

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will be his people, and God
himself will be with them as

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their God.
He will wipe away every tear

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from their eyes.
Death will be no more.

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Neither will there be mourning
nor crying nor pain anymore.

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The first things have passed
away.

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He who sits on the throne said,
Behold, I am making all things

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new.
He said right, for these words

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of God are faithful and true.
He said to me, I am the Alpha

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and the Omega, the beginning and
the end.

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I will give freely to him who is
thirsty from the spring of the

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water of life.
He who overcomes, I will give

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him these things.
I will be his God and He will be

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my son.
But for the cowardly,

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unbelieving sinners, abominable
murderers, sexually immoral

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sorcerers, idolaters, and all
liars, their part is in the lake

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that burns with fire and sulfur,
which is the second death.

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One of the seven angels who had
the seven bowls which were

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loaded with the seven last
plagues, came, and he spoke with

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me, saying, Come here, I will
show you the bride, the Lamb’s

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wife.
He carried me away in the Spirit

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to a great and high mountain and
showed me the holy city,

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Jerusalem, coming down out of
heaven from God, having the

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glory of God.
Her light was like a most

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precious stone, like a Jasper
stone, clear as crystal, having

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a great and high wall with 12
gates, and at the gates 12

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angels and names written on
them, which are the names of the

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12 tribes of the children of
Israel.

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On the east were three gates,
and on the N 3 gates, and on the

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South 3 gates, and on the West 3
gates.

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The wall of the city had 12
foundations, and on them 12

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names of the 12 apostles of the
Lamb.

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He who spoke with me had for a
measure a golden Reed to measure

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the city, its gates and its
walls.

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The city is square.
Its length is as great as its

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width.
He measured the city with the

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Reed 12,012 stadia.
Its length, width and height are

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equal.
Its wall is 144 cubits.

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By the measure of a man, that is
of an Angel.

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The construction of its wall was
Jasper.

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The city was pure gold, like
pure glass.

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The foundations of the city’s
wall were adorned with all kinds

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of precious stones.
The first foundation was Jasper,

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the second sapphire, the third
chalcedony, the 4th emerald, the

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5th Sardonics, the 6th Sardius,
the 7th Chrysalite, the 8th

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barrel, the 9th Topaz, the 10th
Chrysopraze, the 11th Jasonth,

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and the 12th Amethyst.
The 12 gates were 12 pearls

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each.
One of the gates was made of 1

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Pearl.
The street of the city was pure

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gold, like transparent glass.
I saw no temple in it, for the

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Lord God the Almighty and the
Lamb are its temple.

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The city has no need for the sun
or moon to shine, for the very

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glory of God illuminated it, and
its lamp is the Lamb.

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The nations will walk in its
light.

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The kings of the earth bring the
glory and honor of the nations

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into it.
Its gates will in no way be shut

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by day, for there will be no
night there, and they shall

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bring the glory and the honor of
the nations into it, so that

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they may enter.
There will in no way enter into

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it anything profane, or one who
causes an abomination or a lie,

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but only those who are written
in the Lamb’s book of Life.

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He showed me a river of water of
life, clear as crystal,

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proceeding out of the throne of
God and of the Lamb in the

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middle of its St. on this side
of the river, and on that was

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the tree of life, bearing twelve
kinds of fruits, yielding its

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fruit every month.
The leaves of the tree were for

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the healing of the nations.
There will be no curse anymore.

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The throne of God and of the
Lamb will be in it, and His

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servants will serve Him.
They will see His face, and His

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name will be on their foreheads.
There will be no night, and they

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need no lamp, light or sunlight,
for the Lord God will illuminate

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them.
They will reign forever and

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ever.
He said to me, These words are

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faithful and true.
The Lord God of the spirits of

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the prophets sent His Angel to
show to His bond servants the

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things which must happen soon.
Behold, I am coming soon.

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Blessed is he who keeps the
words of the prophecy of this

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book.
Now I, John, am the one who

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heard and saw these things.
When I heard and saw, I fell

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down to worship before the feet
of the Angel who had shown me

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these things.
He said to me, You must not do

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that.
I am a fellow bond servant with

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you and with your brothers the
prophets, and with those who

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keep the words of this book.
Worship God.

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He said to me, don’t seal up the
words of the prophecy of this

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book, for the time is at hand.
He who acts unjustly, let him

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act unjustly still.
He who is filthy, let him be

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filthy still.
He who is righteous, let him do

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righteousness still.
He who is holy, let him be holy

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still.
Behold, I am coming soon.

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My reward is with me to repay to
each man according to his work.

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I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the 1st and the last, the

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beginning and the end.
Blessed are those who do His

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commandments that they may have
the right to the Tree of Life

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and may enter in by the gates
into the city.

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Outside are the dogs, the
sorcerers, the sexually immoral,

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the murderers, the idolaters,
and everyone who loves and

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practices falsehood.
I, Jesus, have sent my Angel to

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testify these things to you for
the assemblies.

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I am the root and the offspring
of David, the Bright and Morning

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Star, the Spirit and the Bride.
Say, Come.

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He who hears, let him say, come.
He who is thirsty, let him come.

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He who desires, let him take the
water of life freely.

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I testify to everyone who hears
the words of the prophecy of

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this book.
If anyone adds to them, God will

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add to him the plagues which are
written in this book.

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If anyone takes away from the
words of the book of this

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prophecy, God will take away his
part from the tree of life and

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out of the holy city which are
written in this book.

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He who testifies these things
says, Yes, I am coming soon,

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Amen.
Yes, come Lord Jesus, the grace

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of the Lord Jesus Christ be with
all the Saints.

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Amen.
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