January 9 – True Riches

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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 9th.

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True riches.
We all chase things we believe

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are valuable.
Maybe it’s money, success,

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grades, recognition, or the
feeling of being admired and

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noticed.
It can feel like if we just get

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one more thing, one more
achievement, one more upgrade,

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one more win, we’ll finally feel
secure.

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But deep down, most of us have
discovered that those feelings

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don’t last.
The excitement fades, the

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pressure returns, and we’re left
wanting more.

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That’s because we were never
meant to build our lives on

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temporary treasure.
Proverbs chapter 3, verses 19 to

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20 reminds us who God is and how
he works.

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It says the Lord by wisdom
founded the earth by

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understanding.
He established the heavens by

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his knowledge.
The deeps broke open, and the

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clouds drop down the dew.
Everything we see, every system,

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every rhythm, every detail of
creation was built by God’s

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wisdom.
That means wisdom isn’t just

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helpful advice, it’s
foundational.

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When you pursue God’s wisdom,
you’re aligning your life with

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the very principles that hold
the world together.

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Jesus takes this even deeper in
Matthew chapter 6.

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He says, do not lay up for
yourselves treasures on earth,

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but lay up for yourselves
treasures in heaven.

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For where your treasure is,
there your heart will be also.

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Jesus isn’t saying that material
things are evil.

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He’s saying they’re unstable.
Earthly treasures can be lost,

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broken, stolen, or outdated.
But heavenly treasure, things

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like obedience, faithfulness,
generosity, integrity, and love

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can never be taken away.
What you value most will quietly

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shape your heart, your habits,
and your direction.

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True riches aren’t measured by
what you own, but by who you’re

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becoming.
When you choose honesty over

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shortcuts, kindness over clout,
and obedience over popularity,

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you’re storing up treasure that
lasts.

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When you invest time in God’s
Word, listen for His voice, and

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walk in His wisdom, you’re
building a life that’s rooted,

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steady, and secure.
The world will always push you

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to chase what looks impressive,
but God invites you to pursue

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what’s eternal.
And when you do, you discover

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that His wisdom brings peace,
clarity, and purpose that

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nothing else can offer.
Let’s pray.

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Heavenly Father, thank you for
showing me that true riches are

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found in You.
Help me not to be distracted by

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things that fade, but to
treasure what lasts forever.

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Teach me to seek Your wisdom in
every decision and to set my

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heart on what matters most to
You.

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Shape my desires, guide my
choices, and help me live for

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eternal treasure 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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Seven Book prayer scripts series
inspired by Psalm 63, created

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for believers who refuse to live
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.
C 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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With over 210 prophetic
scripture anchored prayers, this

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communion, personal revival, and

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a lifestyle of holy pursuit.
If you’re spiritually hungry,

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

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deeper intimacy with the God who
satisfies.

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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 13 to

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20 World English Bible.
Happy is the man who finds

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wisdom, the man who gets
understanding.

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For her good profit is better
than getting silver, and her

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return is better than fine gold.
She is more precious than

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rubies.
None of the things you can

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desire are to be compared to
her.

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Length of days is in her right
hand.

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In her left hand are riches and
honor.

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Her ways are ways of
pleasantness.

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All her paths are peace.
She is a tree of life to those

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who lay hold of her.
Happy is everyone who retains

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her by wisdom.
Yahweh founded the earth.

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By understanding He established
the heavens.

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By His knowledge the depths were
broken up and the skies dropped

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down the dew.
Matthew Chapter 6 World English

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Bible Be careful that you don’t
do your charitable giving before

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men to be seen by them, or else
you have no reward from your

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Father who is in heaven.
Therefore, when you do merciful

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deeds, don’t sound a trumpet
before yourself as the

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hypocrites do in the synagogues
and in the streets, that they

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may get glory from men.
Most certainly, I tell you, they

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have received their reward.
But when you do merciful deeds,

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don’t let your left hand know
what your right hand does, so

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that your merciful deeds may be
in secret.

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Then your Father, who sees in
secret, will reward you openly.

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When you pray, you shall not be
as the hypocrites, for they love

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to stand and pray in the
synagogues and in the corners of

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the streets, that they may be
seen by men.

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Most certainly, I tell you, they
have received their reward.

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But you, when you pray, enter
into your inner room, and having

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shut your door, pray to your
Father who is in secret, and

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your Father who sees in secret,
will reward you openly.

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In praying.
Don’t use vain repetitions as

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the Gentiles do, for they think
that they will be heard for

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their much speaking.
Therefore don’t be like them,

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for your Father knows what
things you need before you ask

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him.
Pray like this.

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Our Father in heaven, may your
name be kept holy.

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Let your Kingdom come, let your
will be done on earth as it is

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in heaven.
Give us today Our Daily Bread.

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Forgive us our debts, as we also
forgive our debtors.

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Bring us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil

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one.
For yours is the Kingdom, the

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power, and the glory forever.
Amen.

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For if you forgive men their
trespasses, your heavenly Father

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will also forgive you.
But if you don’t forgive men

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their trespasses, neither will
your Father forgive your

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trespasses.
Moreover, when you fast, don’t

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be like the hypocrites with sad
faces, for they disfigure their

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faces, that they may be seen by
men to be fasting.

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Most certainly, I tell you, they
have received their reward.

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But you, when you fast, anoint
your head and wash your face, so

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that you are not seen by men to
be fasting, but by your father

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who is in secret, And your
father who sees in secret, will

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reward you.
Don’t lay up treasures for

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yourselves on the earth where
moth and rust consume and where

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thieves breakthrough and steal,
but lay up for yourselves

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treasures in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust consume,

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and where thieves don’t
breakthrough and steal.

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For where your treasure is,
there your heart will be also.

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The lamp of the body is the eye.
If therefore your eye is sound,

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your whole body will be full of
light.

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But if your eye is evil, your
whole body will be full of

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darkness.
If therefore the light that is

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in you is darkness, how great is
the darkness?

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No one can serve 2 masters, for
either he will hate the one and

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love the other, or else he will
be devoted to 1 and despise the

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other.
You can’t serve both God and

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Mammon.
Therefore I tell you, don’t be

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anxious for your life, what you
will eat or what you will drink,

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nor yet for your body what you
will wear.

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Isn’t life more than food and
the body more than clothing?

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See the birds of the sky that
they don’t sow, neither do they

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reap nor gather into barns.
Your heavenly Father feeds them.

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Aren’t you of much more value
than they?

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Which of you by being anxious
can add 1 moment to his

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lifespan?
Why are you anxious about

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clothing?
Consider the lilies of the

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field, how they grow.
They don’t toil, neither do they

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spin.
Yet I tell you that even Solomon

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in all his glory was not dressed
like one of these.

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But if God so clothes the grass
of the field, which today

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exists, and tomorrow is thrown
into the oven, won’t he much

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more clothe you?
You have little faith, therefore

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don’t be anxious saying, what
will we eat, what will we drink,

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or with what will we be clothed?
For the Gentiles seek after all

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these things, for your heavenly
Father knows that you need all

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these things.
But seek first God’s Kingdom and

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His righteousness, and all these
things will be given to you as

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well.
Therefore, don’t be anxious for

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tomorrow, for tomorrow will be
anxious for itself.

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Each day’s own evil is
sufficient.

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Thanks for joining us on Bible
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