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Speaker 1: You're listening to Daily Devotions with Pastor John. I'm John

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Speaker 1: Stogey and today's devotion is inspired by Matthew Chapter four,

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Speaker 1: verse four, which says, but he answered, it is written

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Speaker 1: man shall not live by bread alone, but by every

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Speaker 1: word that comes from the mouth of God. What are

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Speaker 1: you convinced you need in order to survive? What does

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Speaker 1: your heart long for? What are you currently seeking to

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Speaker 1: satisfy your deepest level of satisfaction in this world? All

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Speaker 1: of us, in one way or another, have spent time

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Speaker 1: convinced that what we need from this world in order

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Speaker 1: to be truly content is more of the physical resources

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Speaker 1: on this planet. We mistakenly think that acquiring more food

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Speaker 1: will make us content, but it won't. Or maybe we

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Speaker 1: believe earthly riches, stately homes, and romantic relationships are what

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Speaker 1: we really need. But Jesus reminds us that the source

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Speaker 1: of life and contentment can't be found in any of

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Speaker 1: those temporary options. Jesus is who we really need. When

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Speaker 1: we have him, we find contentment and lasting peace. His

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Speaker 1: word brings us comfort and hope. His counsel grants us

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Speaker 1: wisdom and understanding the truth of his gospel brings enlightenment

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Speaker 1: and joy. If you've been telling your heart that all

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Speaker 1: you need is one more thing from this world in

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Speaker 1: order to be content, please remember Christ's teaching in this passage.

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Speaker 1: He is the one we need. His word points us

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Speaker 1: toward him. Let's pray. Lord, we thank you for your word,

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Speaker 1: and we thank you for the privilege that it is

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Speaker 1: to look at this portion of scripture from the Gospel

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Speaker 1: of Matthew, and Lord, we're grateful for the things that

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Speaker 1: you reveal to us in this passage. You make it

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Speaker 1: clear to us that it's not more of what this

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Speaker 1: world supplies that our hearts truly need. It's You. We

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Speaker 1: need you. We need the teaching of your word. We

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Speaker 1: need to find contentment and rest and ultimate peace in You,

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Speaker 1: and not try to use created things and lesser things

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Speaker 1: to satisfy a whole in our hearts that only You

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Speaker 1: can satisfy. Lord, we know that the things of this

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Speaker 1: world are tempting to us. When we look around us,

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Speaker 1: we see a lot of things that many people are

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Speaker 1: spending their lives chasing after, and many people make foolish

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Speaker 1: decision after foolish decision, pursuing the things of this world,

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Speaker 1: thinking that that's what's ultimately going to bring there our

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Speaker 1: hearts rest. But Lord, we know that you teach us

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Speaker 1: in your word that you ultimately are the source of contentment.

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Speaker 1: We will not ultimately be content until we find contentment

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Speaker 1: in you. So, Lord, just as you remind us from

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Speaker 1: this portion of your word, we pray that we would

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Speaker 1: take these truths to heart, that we would acknowledge and

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Speaker 1: recognize that we don't live by bread alone, that we

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Speaker 1: live rather by your word, every word that comes forth

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Speaker 1: from your mouth. Again, Lord, we're grateful for this reminder today,

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Speaker 1: and by your grace we pray that we would learn

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Speaker 1: to live it out. We pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen,