January 10 – Stay Solid When Life Shakes

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Welcome to Bible Chat, where we
have devotional conversations

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rooted in scripture and relevant
for today, January 10th.

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Stay solid when life shakes.
Have you ever built something

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you were proud of, only to watch
it fall apart when pressure hit?

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Maybe it was a plan that didn’t
work out, a relationship that

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didn’t last, or confidence that
crumbled the moment things got

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hard.
Life has a way of shaking what

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we build, and when it does, it
quickly reveals whether our

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foundation was solid or just
convenient.

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Jesus paints A vivid picture in
Matthew Chapter 7.

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He talks about two people who
both hear his words.

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On the outside.
They look the same, but there’s

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one key difference.
One actually lives out what

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Jesus says and the other
doesn’t.

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Jesus says the one who hears his
words and does not do them is

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like a man who built his house
on sand.

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When the storms came, and they
did, the house collapsed.

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It wasn’t the storm that caused
the failure, it was the

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foundation.
Proverbs chapter 3 verses 25 to

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26 speak straight into our fear
when life feels unstable.

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Do not be afraid of sudden
terror or of the ruin of the

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wicked when it comes, for the
Lord will be your confidence and

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will keep your foot from being
caught.

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Notice what God doesn’t say.
He doesn’t say trouble won’t

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come.
He says you don’t have to be

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afraid when it does.
Why?

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Because the Lord himself is your
confidence, not your

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circumstances, not your
emotions, not how strong you

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feel that day.
God is the one keeping you

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steady.
Storms will come, pressure will

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rise, unexpected news will hit.
Fear will try to get loud.

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But when your life is anchored
in Jesus, when his words shape

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your choices, your reactions,
your habits and your values, you

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don’t fall apart.
When things shake, you may bend,

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you may feel the wind, but you
stand.

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Staying solid isn’t about
pretending everything is fine.

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It’s about trusting the one who
holds you when everything isn’t.

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It’s about choosing obedience
over convenience, truth over

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feelings, and faith over fear.
Especially when it’s hard.

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When Jesus is your foundation,
chaos doesn’t get the final

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word.
Let’s pray.

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Heavenly Father, thank you for
being the solid foundation my

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life can stand on.
Teach me not just to hear your

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words, but to live them out
daily when fear rises and life

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feels unstable.
Help me trust you as my

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confidence and my security.
Strengthen my faith so I can

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stand firm no matter what shakes
around me.

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In Jesus name, Amen.
What if the ache you feel for

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more is actually God calling you
deeper?

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This is a journey from longing

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to encounter, from dryness to
delight.

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Seek teaches you how to pursue
God with passion and

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intentionality.
Savor trains your heart to

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recognize and enjoy His presence
in every season.

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SEE opens your spiritual eyes to
God’s power, glory, and beauty

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at work in your life.
Satisfy leads your soul into

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fullness, strength, and deep
contentment in Him alone.

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Sing ignites joy, gratitude, and
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from intimacy with God.
Stay anchors your heart in

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away, and Stand equips you to
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Proverbs chapter 3 verses 21 to
26 World English Bible.

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My son, let them not depart from
your eyes.

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Keep sound wisdom and
discretion, so they will be life

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to your soul and grace for your
neck.

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Then you shall walk in your way
securely.

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Your foot won’t stumble when you
lie down.

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You will not be afraid.
Yes, you will lie down and your

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sleep will be sweet.
Don’t be afraid of sudden fear.

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Neither of the desolation of the
wicked when it comes for Yahweh

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will be your confidence and will
keep your foot from being taken.

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Matthew Chapter 7 World English
Bible Don’t judge so that you

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won’t be judged.
For with whatever judgement you

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judge, you will be judged, and
with whatever measure you

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measure, it will be measured to
you.

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Why do you see the speck that is
in your brother’s eye, but don’t

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consider the beam that is in
your own eye?

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Or how will you tell your
brother, Let me remove the speck

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from your eye and behold the
beam is in your own eye.

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You hypocrite.
First remove the beam out of

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your own eye, and then you can
see clearly to remove the speck

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out of your brother’s eye.
Don’t give that which is holy to

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the dogs, neither throw your
pearls before the pigs, lest

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perhaps they trample them under
their feet and turn and tear you

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to pieces.
Ask and it will be given.

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You seek, and you will find.
Knock, and it will be open for

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you.
For everyone who asks, receives.

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He who seeks finds to him who
knocks it will be opened.

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Or who is there among you, who,
if his son asks him for bread,

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will give him a stone?
Or if he asks for a fish, who

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will give him a serpent?
If you then, being evil, know

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how to give good gifts to your
children, how much more will

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your Father, who is in heaven
give good things to those who

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ask him?
Therefore, whatever you desire

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for men to do to you, you shall
also do to them.

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For this is the law.
And the prophets.

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Enter in by the narrow gate.
For the gate is wide, and the

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way is broad.
That leads to destruction, and

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there are many who enter in by
it.

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How narrow is the gate?
And the way is restricted that

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leads to life.
There are few who find it.

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Beware of false prophets who
come to you in sheep’s clothing

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but inwardly are ravening
wolves.

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By their fruits you will know
them.

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Do you gather grapes from thorns
or figs from thistles?

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Even so, every good tree
produces good fruit, but the

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corrupt tree produces evil
fruit.

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A good tree can’t produce evil
fruit, neither can a corrupt

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tree produce good fruit.
Every tree that doesn’t grow

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good fruit is cut down and
thrown into the fire.

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Therefore by their fruits you
will know them.

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Not everyone who says to me,
Lord, Lord, will enter into the

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Kingdom of heaven, but he who
does the will of my Father who

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is in heaven.
Many will tell me in that day,

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Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophecy
in your name, in your name cast

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out demons, and in your name do
many mighty works?

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Then I will tell them, I never
knew you.

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Depart from me You who work
iniquity.

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Everyone, therefore who hears
these words of mine and does

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them, I will liken him to a wise
man who built his house on the

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rock.
The rain came down, the floods

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came, and the winds blew and
beat on that house, and it

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didn’t fall, for it was founded
on the rock.

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Everyone who hears these words
of mine and doesn’t do them will

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be like a foolish man who built
his house on the sand.

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The rain came down, the floods
came, and the winds blew and

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beat on that house and it fell
and it’s fall was great.

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When Jesus had finished saying
these things, the multitudes

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were astonished at His teaching,
for He taught them with

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authority and not like the
scribes.

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Until next time, stay rooted in
truth, anchored in hope, and

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walking daily with Jesus.