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March 14 - Proverbs 11:1-6 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello, friends. It's Sean here and it's Friday.
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  It's the 14th of March. Well done.
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  I'm making it to the end of the week.
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  Good on you. Thanks for your company.
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  And here I sit with a little bit of an ethical dilemma and maybe
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  you can help me. What would you do if your very
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  first original Regimental Sergeant Major, that is the
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  soldier that everyone looks at with terror in their hearts
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  because he is the guy that pulls everyone into line?
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  What if this guy discovered your podcast and asked you for a
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  shout out? Would you give him one?
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  Well, you know, even though he might have celebrated a birthday
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  this week, and even though he was the one that pretty much
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  taught me most of what I know about soldiering, like how to
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  iron my uniform in March. And even though he's an absolute
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  legend and I will forever be grateful for him for taking me
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  under his wing when I first joined up.
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  Yeah, I don't think I can give him a shout out.
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  Yeah, sorry, Joel. Can't do it.
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  Ah, yes. Just as life is full of these
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  ethical little challenges, isn't it great that we can come to
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  God's Word, open it to the Proverbs?
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  And here are proverb after proverb after proverb of God's
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  wisdom helping us through the tricky times of life.
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  And today we are going to crack open the next chapter, Proverbs
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  Chapter 11, and read through six of these proverbs to hear a bit
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  of God's wisdom speaking through the ages to our life.
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  So join me friends, as we read together Proverbs 11 verses 1:00
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  to 6:00. The Lord detests the use of
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  dishonest scales, but he delights and accurate weights.
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  Pride leads to disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
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  Honesty guides good people. Dishonesty destroys treacherous
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  people. Riches won't help on the day of
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  judgement, but right living can save you from death.
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  The godly are directed by honesty.
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  The wicked fall beneath their load of sin, the godliness of
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  good people rescues them, and ambition of treacherous people
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  traps them. Oh, there is so much in these
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  proverbs. Lord, thank you.
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  Thank you for your gift of wisdom.
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  We can go back and listen to them again and again and again,
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  and shape our lives just on these six.
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  But Lord, here we hear you tell us that riches are no good to us
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  on the day of judgement, that it doesn't matter how successful or
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  it doesn't matter how much stuff we accumulate, even though
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  that's what the world screams at us more and more, richer,
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  better. Ultimately that's worth nothing
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  in your eyes and in the reality of eternity.
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  But it's right, living and being aligned to You and your grace in
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  our lives, that ultimately does save us from death.
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  No, not death in this body, but make sure that our soul stays
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  with you from today all the way through into eternity.
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  So Lord, as this world tells us to be richer and more successful
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  and gather more things into our larger and larger and fancier
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  homes and drive them around in our prettier cars, our Lord,
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  shift our focus above all of the din to see you and your ways and
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  your love and Your grace for us so that every day we can walk
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  according to the beat of your drum, sharing your love and
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  knowing that ultimately we are so loved every step of the way.
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  So we lift you up, our wonderful, glorious God, and we
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  praise you, and we thank you for first loving us in Jesus name,
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  Amen.