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September 26 - Proverbs 16:22-28 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean. Here it is, a Friday.
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  It's the 26th of September. Oh, could it be it's the last
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  Friday of September already. Here we are, but it is Friday
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  and you have made it here. And for that I say well done.
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  The end of another week has been achieved, or maybe will be
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  achieved later today. But wherever you are, whatever's
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  going on, great to have your company.
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  As we pause, take a deep breath. Yeah, do it with me.
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  Nice deep breath and we put down madness of today, the
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  expectation of what may be coming, the memory of what has
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  passed, the pressure that may be landed on our shoulders.
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  We just rest that all place it all down and we come before God,
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  ready for His truth to shape us. Come Holy Spirit, may the truth
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  of your proverbs speak to us and share your wisdom with us.
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  Oh yes, we are ready. So without further ado, let us
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  dive in for our weekly dose of God's wisdom through the
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  Proverbs as we read Proverbs 2622 to 28.
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  Discretion is a life giving fountain to those who possess
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  it, but discipline is wasted on fools.
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  From a wise mind comes wise speech.
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  The words of the wise are persuasive.
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  Kind words are like honey, sweet to the soul and healthy for the
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  body. There is a path before each
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  person that seems right, but it ends in death.
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  It is good for workers to have an appetite.
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  An empty stomach drives them on. Scoundrels create trouble.
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  Their words are a destructive blaze.
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  A troublemaker plants seeds of strife.
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  Gossip separates the best of friends.
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  And again, discretion is a life giving fountain to those who
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  possess it. But discipline is wasted on
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  fools. From a wise mind comes wise
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  speech. The words of the wise are
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  persuasive. Kind words are like honey, sweet
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  to the soul and healthy for the body.
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  There is a path before each person that seems right, but it
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  ends in death. It is good for workers to have
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  an appetite. An empty stomach drives them on.
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  Scoundrels create trouble. Their words are a destructive
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  blaze. A troublemaker plants seeds of
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  strife. Gossip separates the best of
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  friends. Oh wowzers, Lord, there is so
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  much in these proverbs that we could just spend time reflecting
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  on, and I pray that we do that through the day.
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  But ah, Lord, right now I want to thank you for these words
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  about kindness. Kind words like honey, sweet to
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  the soul and healthy for the body.
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  What kindness? So often, particularly in the
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  the rushed and busy and pressured world of today, seems
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  like like a quaint luxury almost.
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  But Lord, again and again we see your kindness to us.
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  And in this proverb, the words of the King tell us that kind
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  words are good for the soul and good for the body, good to be
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  able to share kind words and good to receive kind words.
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  So Lord, we can't control the words that we'll receive today,
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  but Lord make us kind people who have kind words for others.
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  It's easy to pick holes in things, and it's easy to speak
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  critically and harshly. And that's often our native
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  tongue, particularly as we listen to the media around us.
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  Lord, I pray that you would, through US, show the world a
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  different way of being, the way of kindness.
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  So, Holy Spirit, I pray that you would grow kindness within us so
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  that we can be known as kind people.
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  And that in itself will shake things up and usher in your
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  kingdom's way. So kind, kind God, pray for your
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  kindness. Amen.