January 5 – Divine GPS

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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 5th.

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Divine GPS.
Have you ever trusted your own

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sense of direction only to
realize later you were

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completely wrong?
Proverbs chapter 3 verses 5 to 6

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invites us into a different way
of living.

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Trust in the Lord with all your
heart and do not lean on your

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own understanding.
Acknowledge Him in all your ways

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and He will make your path
straight.

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Trusting God doesn’t mean
turning off your brain.

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It means recognizing that His
perspective is bigger than

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yours.
In Matthew chapter 2, the wise

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men followed a star they didn’t
fully understand simply because

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God was guiding them.
When God warned them in a dream

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not to return to Herod, they
listened and changed direction.

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Their obedience protected them
and kept God’s plan moving

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forward.
Sometimes God’s guidance leads

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us down unexpected roads, but
those roads are always covered

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by His care.
When you trust God’s direction,

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even detours have purpose.
Even unfamiliar paths can lead

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to joy, growth, and protection.
You are never lost when God is

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leading, even if the journey
feels uncertain.

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Let’s pray.
Heavenly Father, help me trust

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You with all my heart.
Teach me to release my need to

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understand everything and follow
your guidance.

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Instead, when you call me to
change direction, give me

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courage to obey.
Lead me on paths of peace and

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purpose as I walk with you in
Jesus name, Amen.

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What if the ache you feel for
more is actually God calling you

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deeper?
Thirst for God is a powerful

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inspired by Psalm 63, created

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on spiritual leftovers.

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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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If you’re spiritually hungry,

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weary, or simply longing for
more of God, this is your

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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 3 verses 5 to 6

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World English Bible.
Trust in Yahweh with all your

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heart and don’t lean on your own
understanding.

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In all your ways.
Acknowledge Him and He will make

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your paths straight.
Matthew Chapter 2 World English

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Bible Now when Jesus was born in
Bethlehem of Judea, in the days

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of King Herod, behold, wise men
from the east came to Jerusalem,

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saying, Where is he who is born
King of the Jews?

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For we saw his star in the east,
and have come to worship him.

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When King Herod heard it, he was
troubled, and all Jerusalem with

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him.
Gathering together all the chief

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priests and scribes of the
people, he asked them where the

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Christ would be born.
They said to him in Bethlehem of

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Judaea, for this is written
through the prophet.

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You, Bethlehem, land of Judah,
are in no way least among the

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Princess of Judah, for out of
you shall come a governor who

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shall shepherd my people Israel.
Then Herod secretly called the

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wise men and learned from them
exactly what time the star

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appeared.
He sent them to Bethlehem and

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said, Go and search diligently
for the young child.

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When you have found him, bring
me word, so that I also may come

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and worship him.
They, having heard the King,

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went their way, and behold, the
star which they saw in the East

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went before them until it came
and stood over where the young

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child was.
When they saw the star, they

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rejoiced with exceedingly great
joy.

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They came into the house and saw
the young child with Mary his

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mother, and they fell down and
worshipped him.

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Opening their treasures, they
offered to him gifts, gold,

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frankincense, and myrrh.
Being warned in a dream not to

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return to Herod, they went back
to their own country another

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way.
Now when they had departed,

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behold, an Angel of the Lord
appeared to Joseph in a dream,

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saying, Arise and take the young
child and his mother, and flee

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into Egypt, and stay there until
I tell you, for Herod will seek

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the young child to destroy him.
He arose and took the young

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child and his mother by night,
and departed into Egypt, and was

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there until the death of Herod,
that it might be fulfilled.

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Which was spoken by the Lord
through the prophet saying Out

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of Egypt I called my son.
Then Herod, when he saw that he

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was mocked by the wise men, was
exceedingly angry and sent out

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and killed all the male children
who were in Bethlehem and in all

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the surrounding countryside from
2 years old and under, according

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to the exact time which he had
learned from the wise men.

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Then that which was spoken by
Jeremiah the prophet was

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fulfilled, saying a voice was
heard in Rama, lamentation,

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weeping and great mourning.
Rachel weeping for her children.

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She wouldn’t be comforted,
because they are no more.

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But when Herod was dead, behold,
an Angel of the Lord appeared in

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a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
saying, Arise, and take the

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young child and his mother, and
go into the land of Israel.

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For those who sought the young
child’s life are dead.

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He arose and took the young
child and his mother and came

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into the land of Israel.
But when he heard that Archelaus

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was reigning over Judea in the
place of his father Herod, he

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was afraid to go there.
Being warned in a dream, he

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withdrew into the region of
Galilee and came and lived in a

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city called Nazareth, that it
might be fulfilled, which was

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spoken through the prophets,
that he will be called a

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Nazarene.
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