May 9 – Unity in Action

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Welcome to Bible Chat, where we
have devotional conversations

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rooted in Scripture and relevant
for today.

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May 9th Unity in Action Have you
ever been part of a group where

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one person’s selfishness
affected everybody?

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One bad attitude can drain a
room, 1 greedy decision can hurt

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a family.
One careless word can divide a

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friendship.
But the opposite is also true.

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One gracious person can bring
healing, unity, and strength.

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Proverbs chapter 15, verses 26
to 27 says The thoughts of the

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wicked are an abomination to the
Lord, but gracious words are

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pure.
Whoever is greedy for unjust

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gain troubles his own household,
but he who hates bribes will

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live.
First Corinthians chapter 12

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verse 7 says to each is given
the manifestation of the Spirit

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for the common good.
And 1st Corinthians chapter 12

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verse 11 says that the same
Spirit gives gifts to each

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person as he wills.
That means your life is not

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random and your gifts are not
just for you.

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God has placed something in you
that can bless others.

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It may not look dramatic.
Maybe you encourage people.

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Maybe you notice the lonely
person.

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Maybe you serve quietly.
Maybe you bring creativity,

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wisdom, kindness, leadership, or
prayer.

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In God’s family, every part
matters.

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But unity requires more than
having gifts.

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It requires the right heart.
Greed troubles a household

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because selfishness always
spills over.

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Pride says my gift matters most.
Insecurity says my gift does not

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matter at all.
But the Spirit teaches us to say

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what God gave me is for the
common good.

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You are needed, but you are not
the whole body.

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Others are needed too.
When you honor what God placed

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in them and faithfully use what
He placed in you, unity becomes

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more than an idea, it becomes
action.

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Let’s pray.
Heavenly Father, thank you for

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giving me a place in your body.
Help me reject selfishness,

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greed, pride, and comparison.
Teach me to use my gifts for the

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common good and to honor the
gifts you have placed in others.

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Make my words gracious, my
motives pure and my life a

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blessing to my family, friends,
church and community.

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In Jesus name, Amen.
What if the battles hitting your

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family are not random and your
home can become a place where

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darkness loses every right to
stay?

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The Secured Home is a powerful
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in Jesus Christ.

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unrest, and spiritual
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Book 3, Closed Breaches, exposes
hidden access points and severs

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every agreement with darkness.
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confronts oppression, torment,
and attacks against your family.

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of the home to God.
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Proverbs chapter 15 verses 26 to
27 World English Bible Yahweh

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detests the thoughts of the
wicked, but the thoughts of the

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pure are pleasing.
He who is greedy for gain

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troubles his own house, but he
who hates bribes will live.

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First Corinthians chapter 12
World English Bible Now

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concerning spiritual things,
brothers, I don’t want you to be

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ignorant.
You know that when you were

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heathen you were led away to
those mute idols, however you

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might be LED.
Therefore I make known to you

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that no man speaking by God’s
Spirit says Jesus is a cursed.

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No one can say Jesus is Lord but
by the Holy Spirit.

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Now there are various kinds of
gifts, but the same Spirit.

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There are various kinds of
service and the same Lord.

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There are various kinds of
workings, but the same God who

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works all things in all.
But to each one is given the

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manifestation of the Spirit for
the prophet of all.

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For to 1 is given through the
Spirit the word of Wisdom, and

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to another the Word of
Knowledge, according to the same

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Spirit, to another faith by the
same Spirit, and to another

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gifts of healings, by the same
Spirit, and to another workings

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of miracles, and to another
prophecy, and to another

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discerning of spirits, to
another different kinds of

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languages, and to another the
interpretation of languages.

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But the one and the same Spirit
produces all of these,

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distributing to each one
separately as he desires.

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For as the body is 1 and has
many members, and all the

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members of the body, being many,
are one body, so also is Christ.

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For in one Spirit we were all
baptized into one body, whether

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Jews or Greeks, whether bond or
free, and we’re all given to

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drink into one spirit.
For the body is not one member,

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but many.
If the foot would say, because

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I’m not the hand, I’m not part
of the body, it is not therefore

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not part of the body.
If the ear would say, because

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I’m not the eye, I’m not part of
the body, it’s not therefore not

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part of the body.
If the whole body were an eye,

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where would the hearing be?
If the whole were hearing, where

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would the smelling be?
But now God has set the members,

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each one of them, in the body,
just as He desired.

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If they were all one member,
where would the body be?

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But now they are many members,
but one body, the I can’t tell

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the hand, I have no need for
you.

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Or again, the head to the feet,
I have no need for you.

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No, much rather, those members
of the body which seem to be

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weaker are necessary.
Those parts of the body which we

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think to be less honorable.
On those we bestow more abundant

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honor, and our unpresentable
parts have more abundant

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propriety, whereas our
presentable parts have no such

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need.
But God composed the body

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together, giving more abundant
honor to the inferior part.

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That there should be no division
in the body, but that the

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members should have the same
care for one another.

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When 1 member suffers, all the
members suffer with it.

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When 1 member is honored, all
the members rejoice with it.

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Now you are the body of Christ
and members individually.

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God has set some in the
assembly.

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First apostles, second prophets,
third teachers, then miracle

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workers, then gifts of healings,
helps governments, and various

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kinds of languages.
Are all apostles, Are all

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prophets, are all teachers, are
all miracle workers?

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Do all have gifts of healings?
Do all speak with various

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languages?
Do all interpret but earnestly

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desire the best gifts?
Moreover, I show a most

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excellent way to you.
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