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August 8 - Proverbs 15:8-14 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here it is Friday it's the 8th of August
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  and so good to have your company and I hope your week has been a
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  good one as here we are on the last day ready to read some
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  proverbs together. That's right cracking open some
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  ancient wisdom literature that is very counter cultural of you
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  friends. But good on you for being here
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  and doing it with me. Anyway to come and hear not what
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  is most recent and cutting edge but what is ancient and true.
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  Ah yes, these observations made by this wise king for you and I
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  today. Let us read together Proverbs
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  15-8 to 14. The Lord detests the sacrifice
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  of the wicked, but he delights in the prayers of the upright.
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  The Lord detests the way of the wicked, but he loves those who
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  pursue. Godliness, however abandons the
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  right path will be severely disciplined.
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  Whoever hates correction will die.
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  Even death and destruction hold no secrets from the Lord.
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  How much more does he know? The human heart?
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  Mockers hate to be corrected, so they stay away from the wise.
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  A glad heart makes a happy face. A broken heart crushes the
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  spirit. A wise person is hungry for
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  knowledge while the fool feeds on trash.
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  And again, the Lord detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but he
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  delights in the prayers of the upright.
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  The Lord detests the ways of the wicked, but he loves those who
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  pursue godliness. Whoever abandons the right path
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  will be severely disciplined. Whoever hates correction will
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  die. Even death and destruction hold
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  no secrets from the Lord. How much more does he know the
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  human heart? Mockers hate to be corrected, so
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  they stay away from the wise. A glad heart makes a happy face.
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  A broken heart crushes the spirit.
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  A wise person is hungry for knowledge while the fool feeds
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  on trash. Oh Jesus, you know that in our
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  lives we have things on the horizon that seem like they are
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  going to bring our destruction, things that we fear.
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  But here, this proverb tells us that even death and destruction
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  hold no secrets for you, that you are already on the other
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  side of those. And you know what is there.
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  And you hold us in the palm of your hand, and You carry us
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  through whatever our lives will bring.
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  So Lord, when we are fearing, when we are daunted, when we
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  don't really feel like we have what we need to keep going
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  forward, Lord, we know that even if the worst things come to
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  pass, You know all about that. And you are on the other side of
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  that. And there are no secrets from
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  You. And there is no part of anything
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  that could happen in our life where You are not already there.
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  And as much as you know about every potential corner that we
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  could turn, Proverbs says, how much more do you even know the
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  human heart? You know us all the way to our
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  core, through the good times and the bad, and you love us.
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  And even when you see into our hearts all of our faults and
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  foibles and broken bits and things that we're too ashamed to
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  share with others, you know about them.
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  And still you love us, and you want us to be right there with
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  you. Ah, so we thank you, our kind
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  and loving God who knows everything, even everything
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  beyond death and destruction, beyond the corners and secrets
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  of our own hearts. There you are, arms wide open,
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  filled with love, acceptance, and compassion.
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  And so we step into your embrace.
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  See in and known and loved. And so we love you, and we
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  praise you, and we pray all of this in your name, Jesus, Amen.