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May 30 - Proverbs 13:7-12 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's Friday.
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  Hey, hey, you've made it to the end of another week.
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  It's the 30th of May. And Can you believe it?
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  Next week we will be in June. Ah, but that's next week.
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  We are still in May. And as it's a Friday, we are
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  going to open up the book of Proverbs again, and a little bit
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  controversially, as yes, you may have noted that I have changed
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  the way I read it back to the original when we repeat the
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  proverbs, reading them through from the first to the last, and
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  then reading them through again, rather than each one twice.
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  And if you thought politics was divisive, there are some strong
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  opinions on either side of the camp, friends.
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  But I'm afraid this is the way I feel like we should be reading
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  it. It gives us the opportunity to
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  hear much more clearly these these themes and these petitions
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  that come in the groupings of Proverbs rather than each one by
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  itself. But ultimately, whether we read
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  it one way or the other, what is important is that as we read it,
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  we've got Proverbs one verse 7 bouncing around in our heads as
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  the lens through which we read all of them, which is the fear
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  of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.
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  So as we hear all of these different pithy little
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  statements of wisdom and knowledge, we know that all of
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  these only make sense when we hear them and live them out
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  knowing that there is a mighty God who loves us.
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  So in that spirit, friends, it's time to dive in.
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  And today we're going to read together Proverbs 13 seven to
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  12. Some who are poor pretend to be
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  rich. Others who are rich pretend to
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  be poor. The rich can pay a ransom for
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  their lives, but the poor won't even get threatened.
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  The life of the godly is full of light and joy, but the light of
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  the wicked will be snuffed out. Pride leads to conflict.
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  Those that take advice are wise. Wealth from get rich quick
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  schemes quickly disappears. Wealth from hard work grows over
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  time. Hope deferred makes the heart
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  sick. But a dream fulfilled is a tree
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  of life. And again, some who are poor
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  pretend to be rich, others who are rich pretend to be poor.
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  The rich can pay a ransom for their lives, but the poor won't
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  even get threatened. The life of the godly is full of
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  light and joy, but the light of the wicked will be snuffed out.
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  Pride leads to conflict. Those who take advice are wise.
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  Wealth from get rich quick schemes quickly disappears.
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  Wealth from hard work grows over time.
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  Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a
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  tree of life. Oh Lord, I'm so aware that many
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  times as people speak about faith in you and the benefits of
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  living a life of faith, they talk about the afterlife.
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  They talk about our citizenship in heaven and that we can wait
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  for that glorious day when we meet you face to face in heaven
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  to receive the good things of of your Kingdom.
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  But Lord, you promise us a change now.
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  You promise us companionship and a change of identity and
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  membership in your family and your embrace and your love in
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  your Kingdom now and today, right here in the midst of our
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  lives in this broken place, the world in which we live.
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  So Lord, as as you speak about hope deferred, making the heart
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  sick, Lord, I pray that we would not only cast our eyes
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  heavenward, that we would see you in the here and now so that
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  we can have our dreams fulfilled.
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  Our dreams of standing on a firm foundation, our dreams of being
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  loved unconditionally, our dreams of being freed from our
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  failures of the past. Lord, these are things you offer
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  us now and that as these dreams are fulfilled, as the proverb
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  says, may this be like a tree of life with deep roots spreading
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  down, giving us this firm foundation and branches of
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  influence and love bearing outward to provide shade and
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  fruit for those around us. Our Lord, the gift of your
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  presence in our lives, the deal that you offer us is truly
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  remarkable, not only in eternity, but right now.
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  Thank you. We claim your promises today in
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  our lives. May they transform us from this
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  moment so that this world can be touched by your presence through
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  us now. We praise you, our incredible
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  God, and pray all of this through the name of your Son,
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  Jesus, Amen.