January 31 – The Choice That Shapes Your 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, January 31st.

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The choice that shapes your path
every single day you’re choosing

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which voice to listen to.
Some voices are loud, confident,

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and seductive.
They promise fun, freedom, and

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an easy path.
Proverbs Chapter 9 describes

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that voice as folly.
Loud, flashy, and careless, she

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calls out with confidence, but
Scripture says she knows

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nothing.
Her invitation looks appealing

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on the surface, but it hides A
devastating truth.

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The path she offers leads to
emptiness, regret, and

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destruction.
The danger isn’t just the choice

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itself.
It’s not realizing where that

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choice is taking you until
you’re already lost.

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Then there’s another voice in
today’s readings, A quieter,

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more honest 1.
Psalm 13 gives us David’s raw

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emotions.
He feels forgotten.

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He feels overwhelmed.
He wonders how long God will

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seem distant.
That’s real life.

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Faith doesn’t mean you never
feel doubt or frustration.

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But what matters is where David
lands, he says.

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But I have trusted in your
steadfast love.

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My heart shall rejoice in your
salvation.

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David chooses trust even before
his situation changes.

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He doesn’t deny the pain.
He decides not to let it have

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the final word.
And then we come to Matthew

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chapter 28, where everything
shifts.

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Jesus has risen from the dead.
He gives his disciples a mission

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that feels bigger than them,
bigger than their strength,

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bigger than their confidence.
And then he makes a promise that

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changes everything.
And behold, I am with you

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always, to the end of the age.
Not sometimes, not only when

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things go well.
Always.

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Jesus doesn’t just call you to
follow him.

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He walks with you every step of
the way.

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That’s the real choice, shaping
your path.

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Will you listen to the loud
voices that promise excitement

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but leave you empty?
Or will you listen to the steady

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voice of truth that offers
presence, purpose, and life?

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Will you let doubt push you away
from God?

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Or will you, like David, choose
to trust his steadfast love even

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when answers feel delayed?
Life doesn’t become easier just

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because you choose God, but it
does become anchored.

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You’re no longer walking alone.
You’re no longer guessing your

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worth or direction.
When you choose God’s truth over

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empty noise, you choose a future
shaped by his presence instead

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of your fears.
Every voice is leading

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somewhere, every influence is
shaping something.

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And today you get to choose
again.

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Choose wisdom over folly, trust
over despair, truth over

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distraction.
And remember this wherever you

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go, whatever you face, Jesus has
already promised.

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I am with you always.
Let’s pray.

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Heavenly Father, thank you for
staying with me even when life

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feels confusing or loud.
Help me recognize the voices

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that pull me away from You and
give me the wisdom to choose

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Your truth instead.
When I feel forgotten or unsure,

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teach me to trust in Your
steadfast love.

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Give me courage to walk forward
with purpose, knowing that Jesus

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is always with me.
In Jesus name, Amen.

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This is a journey from longing
to encounter, from dryness to

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delight.
Seek teaches you how to pursue

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God with passion and
intentionality.

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Savor trains your heart to
recognize and enjoy His presence

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in every season.
See opens your spiritual eyes to

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God’s power, glory, and beauty
at work in your life.

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Satisfy leads your soul into
fullness, strength, and deep

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contentment in Him alone.
Sing ignites joy, gratitude, and

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worship that rises naturally
from intimacy with God.

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Stay anchors your heart in
steadfast devotion when

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distractions try to pull you
away, and Stand equips you to

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remain firm in God’s justice,
protection, and victory.

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Now I invite you to spend time
with God in today’s three-year

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Bible reading plan.
Proverbs Chapter 9 verses 13 to

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18 World English Bible.
The foolish woman is loud,

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undisciplined, and knows
nothing.

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She sits at the door of her
house, on a seat in the high

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places of the city to call to
those who pass by, who go

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straight on their ways.
Whoever is simple, let him turn

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in here.
As for him who is void of

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understanding, she says to him,
stolen water is sweet, food

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eaten in secret is pleasant, but
he doesn’t know that the

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departed spirits are there, that
her guests are in the depths of

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she all.
Psalm chapter 13.

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World English Bible for the
chief musician.

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A Psalm by David.
How long, Yahweh, will you

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forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face

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from me?
How long shall I take counsel in

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my soul, having sorrow in my
heart every day?

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How long shall my enemy triumph
over me?

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Behold and answer me, Yahweh, my
God, give light to my eyes, lest

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I sleep in death, lest my enemy
say I have prevailed against

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him, lest my adversaries rejoice
when I fall.

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But I trust in your loving
kindness.

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My heart rejoices in your
salvation.

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I will sing to Yahweh because He
has been good to me.

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Matthew Chapter 28 World English
Bible Now after the Sabbath, as

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it began to dawn on the first
day of the week, Mary Magdalene

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and the other Mary came to see
the tomb.

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Behold, there was a great
earthquake, for an Angel of the

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Lord descended from the sky and
came and rolled away the stone

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from the door and sat on it.
His appearance was like

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lightning, and his clothing
white as snow.

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For fear of him the guards shook
and became like dead men.

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The Angel answered the women.
Don’t be afraid, for I know that

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you seek Jesus who has been
crucified.

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He is not here, for He has risen
just like he said.

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Come see the place where the
Lord was lying.

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Go quickly and tell his
disciples He has risen from the

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dead, and behold, he goes before
you into Galilee.

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There you will see him.
Behold, I have told you.

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They departed quickly from the
tomb with fear and great joy,

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and ran to bring his disciples
word.

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As they went to tell his
disciples, behold, Jesus met

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them saying rejoice.
They came and took hold of his

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feet and worshipped him.
Then Jesus said to them, don’t

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be afraid, go tell my brothers
that they should go into

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Galilee, and there they will see
me.

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Now while they were going,
behold, some of the guards came

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into the city and told the chief
priests all the things that had

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happened.
When they were assembled with

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the elders and had taken
counsel, they gave a large

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amount of silver to the
soldiers, saying, Say that his

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disciples came by night and
stole him away while we slept.

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If this comes to the governor’s
ears, we will persuade him and

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make you free of worry.
So they took the money and did

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as they were told.
This saying was spread abroad

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among the Jews and continues
until today.

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But the 11 disciples went into
Galilee to the mountain where

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Jesus had sent them.
When they saw him, they bowed

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down to him, But some doubted.
Jesus came to them and spoke to

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them, saying, All authority has
been given to me in heaven and

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on earth.
Go and make disciples of all

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nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father and of the

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Son and of the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all

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things that I commanded you.
Behold, I am with you always,

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even to the end of the age.
Amen.

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