January 6 – Choose His Way Over Yours

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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 6th.

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Choose his way over yours.
Have you ever felt the pressure

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to have it all figured out?
To know exactly where you’re

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going, who you’re becoming, and
how everything will work out?

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Maybe you’ve been told just
trust yourself or follow your

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heart.
That sounds empowering, but deep

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down it can also feel
exhausting.

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Carrying the weight of every
decision on your own shoulders

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can leave you anxious, restless,
and worn down.

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Proverbs chapter 3, verses 7 to
8 speaks right into that

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tension.
It says be not wise in your own

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eyes, fear the Lord, and turn
away from evil.

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It will be healing to your flesh
and refreshment to your bones.

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God isn’t trying to limit you.
He’s inviting you to rest.

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When we stop pretending we know
best and choose to honor Him

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instead, something shifts inside
us.

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There’s healing, there’s relief,
there’s a piece that reaches

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places no self help advice ever
could.

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Psalm 4 reminds us of something
just as powerful verse 3 says.

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But know that the Lord has set
apart the godly for himself.

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The Lord hears when I call to
him.

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That means you’re not lost in
the noise.

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You don’t have to fight for
attention or prove your worth.

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When you pray, really pray, God
hears you.

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You are seen, known, and set
apart by Him.

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Then we look at Matthew chapter
3 where Jesus is baptized.

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This moment is striking because
Jesus didn’t need to do this.

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He was without sin, and yet he
chose humility and obedience.

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And the moment he came up from
the water, heaven opened.

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The Spirit of God descended like
a dove, and God affirmed him.

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Obedience opened the door to
divine confirmation.

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Choosing God’s way won’t always
be popular or easy.

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Sometimes it won’t even make
sense to the people around you.

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But it always leads to life.
It leads to clarity, peace, and

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purpose.
When you choose His way over

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your own, you’re not losing
control.

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You’re placing your life in the
safest hands possible.

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Let’s pray.
Heavenly Father, help me release

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the need to be wise in my own
eyes.

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Teach me to trust You, to honor
You, and to turn away from

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anything that pulls me from Your
path.

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Thank You for hearing me when I
call and for setting me apart as

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Yours.
Give me the courage to choose

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obedience, even when it’s
uncomfortable or misunderstood.

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Shape my heart to follow Your
way above all else, in Jesus

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name, Amen.
What if the ache you feel for

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more is actually God calling you
deeper?

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Thirst for God is a powerful
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on spiritual leftovers.
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
worship that rises naturally

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from intimacy with God.
Stay anchors your heart in

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steadfast devotion when
distractions try to pull you

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away, and Stand equips you to
remain firm in God’s justice,

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protection, and victory.
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If you’re spiritually hungry,
weary, or simply longing for

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more of God, this is your
invitation to drink deeply.

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satisfies.
Now I invite you to spend time

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with God in today’s three-year
Bible reading plan.

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Proverbs chapter 3, verses 7 to
8 World English Bible.

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Don’t be wise in your own eyes.
Fear Yahweh and depart from

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evil.
It will be health to your body

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and nourishment to your bones.
Psalm chapter 4 World English

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Bible for the chief musician on
stringed instruments.

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A Psalm by David.
Answer me when I call God of my

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righteousness, give me relief
from my distress.

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Have mercy on me and hear my
prayer.

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You sons of men, how long shall
my glory be turned into

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dishonor?
Will you love vanity and seek

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after falsehood?
Selah but know that Yahweh has

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set apart for himself him who is
godly.

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Yahweh will hear when I call to
Him.

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Stand in awe and don’t sin.
Search your own heart on your

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bed and be still.
Selah Offer the sacrifices of

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righteousness.
Put your trust in Yahweh.

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Many say who will show us any
good?

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Yahweh, let the light of your
face shine on us.

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You have put gladness in my
heart more than when their grain

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and their new wine are
increased.

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In peace I will both lay myself
down and sleep for you alone.

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Yahweh make me live in safety.
Matthew Chapter 3 World English

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Bible In those days John the
Baptizer came preaching in the

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wilderness of Judea saying
Repent for the Kingdom of heaven

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is at hand.
For this is he who was spoken of

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by Isaiah the prophet, saying,
the voice of one crying in the

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wilderness, make the way of the
Lord ready, make his path

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straight.
Now John himself wore clothing

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made of camel’s hair with a
leather belt around his waist.

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His food was locusts and wild
honey.

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Then people from Jerusalem, all
of Judea, and all the region

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around the Jordan went out to
him.

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They were baptized by him in the
Jordan, confessing their sins.

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But when he saw many of the
Pharisees and Sadducees coming

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for his baptism, he said to
them, You offspring of Vipers,

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who warned you to flee from the
wrath to come, therefore produce

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fruit worthy of repentance.
Don’t think to yourselves we

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have Abraham for our father.
For I tell you that God is able

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to raise up children to Abraham
from these stones even now.

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The axe lies at the root of the
trees.

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Therefore every tree that
doesn’t produce good fruit is

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cut down and cast into the fire.
I indeed baptize you in water

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for repentance, but he who comes
after me is mightier than I,

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whose sandals I am not worthy to
carry.

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He will baptize you in the Holy
Spirit.

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His winnowing fork is in his
hand, and he will thoroughly

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cleanse his thrashing floor.
He will gather his wheat into

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the barn, but the chaff he will
burn up with unquenchable fire.

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Then Jesus came from Galilee to
the Jordan to John to be

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baptized by him.
But John would have hindered

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him, saying, I need to be
baptized by you, and you come to

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me.
But Jesus answering, said to

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him, allow it now, for this is
the fitting way for us to

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fulfill all righteousness.
Then he allowed him.

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Jesus, when he was baptized,
went up directly from the water,

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and behold, the heavens were
open to him.

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He saw the Spirit of God
descending as a dove and coming

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on him.
Behold, a voice out of the

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heaven said, This is my beloved
son, with whom I am well

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pleased.
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