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March 7 - Proverbs 10:26-32 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here and it is Friday.
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  Well done, Happy Friday to you. It's the 7th of March and you've
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  made it to the end of the week. And to celebrate the end of the
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  week, not only am I going to give you 2 days off, unless of
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  course you have to work on the weekend, in which case this is
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  very awkward and I'm sorry, but we are also going to celebrate
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  with a proverb or six or seven, as the case may be today.
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  Today we're going to read the final proverbs in chapter 10.
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  And then we will slowly continue to work our way through these
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  treasure troves of God's wisdom captured in these pithy little
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  proverbs and delivered to you and to me to make us better at
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  living this thing called life. So let us dive into the Proverbs
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  1 by 1 and enjoy them together, friends, as we read Proverbs
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  chapter 10, verses 26 to 32. Lazy people irritate their
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  employers like vinegar to the teeth or smoke in the eyes.
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  Fear of the Lord lengthens one's life, but the years of the
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  wicked are cut short. The hopes of the godly result in
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  happiness, but the expectations of the wicked come to nothing.
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  The way of the Lord is a stronghold to those with
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  integrity, but it destroys the wicked.
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  The godly will never be disturbed, but the wicked will
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  be removed from the land. The mouth of the godly person
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  gives wise advice, but the tongue that deceives will be cut
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  off. The lips of the godly speak
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  helpful words, but the mouth of the wicked speaks perverse
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  words. Oh Lord, so much wisdom in these
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  proverbs. Lord, here in verse 28 you tell
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  us that the hopes of the godly result in happiness, but the
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  expectations of the wicked come to nothing.
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  Lord help our hopes rest in you and that as we hope in you.
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  Lord, we hope in something beyond ourselves.
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  And if our hopes truly rest in you, then more often than not we
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  hope for something beyond our own goodness, our own reward,
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  our own ease of life, and that we hope for your Kingdom.
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  And Lord, it's, it's in hoping in you and what you bring that
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  truly happiness lies there. And that when we hear of the
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  expectations of the wicked coming to nothing, Lord, these
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  wicked expectations invariably like us when we plot and scheme
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  for our own well being at the expense or at the exclusion of
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  others. So, Lord, continue to shape our
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  hearts by the persistent and good work of Your Spirit so that
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  our hope can be in You and Your love, not just for us, but for
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  all of us, and that we can look beyond our own hopes and dreams
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  to yours. And then Jesus tells us that
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  when we focus on your Kingdom, you look after our needs.
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  You are a good, good God, and we place you first, and we love
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  you. And we pray all of this in that
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  saving name of Jesus in whom all our hope is found.
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  Amen.