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February 21 - Proverbs 10:13-18 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. Well done, you've made it to the
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  end of another week. It's Friday the 21st of
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  February, and here we are ready to put down the Old Testament
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  narrative that we have been working our way through this
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  week and to come sit down at the foot of the wise one who is
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  going to teach us more about the way to live.
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  Yes, we are going to read another series of Proverbs.
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  Are you enjoying the proverbs so far?
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  No, this is just week 3 and we're just getting started.
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  But they're so cool, aren't they?
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  It's it's so unlike anything that we read in today's culture
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  where we are able to sit down and hear this unfettered wisdom
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  from the wise one. Yeah, we get to put down our
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  cynicism for a moment and just take some good advice, not
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  bankable guarantees, but advice about the way the world tends to
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  be. Yes.
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  If if you want something amusing, you can do a little
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  Google search for promises from the Proverbs or God's guarantees
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  in the Proverbs. Not true.
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  Not true. These are observations about the
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  way the world is, and so we are going to hear these observations
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  and learn a bit more of God's wisdom for our lives.
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  So you ready, friends? Excellent.
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  Me too. Let us read together Proverbs
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  chapter 1013 to 18. Wise words come from the lips of
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  people with understanding, but those lacking sense will be
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  beaten with a rod. Wise people treasure knowledge,
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  but the babbling of a fool invites disaster.
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  The wealth of the rich is their fortress, the poverty of the
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  poor is their destruction. The earnings of the godly
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  enhance their lives, but evil people squander their money on
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  sin. People who accept discipline are
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  on the pathway to life, but those who ignore correction will
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  go astray. Hiding hatred makes you a liar.
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  Slandering others makes you a fool.
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  Oh, Jesus, it's so interesting as we reflect on these proverbs
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  and your wisdom for our life and this proverb that says the
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  earnings of the godly will enhance their lives, but evil
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  people squander their money on sin.
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  So often the world has its magnifying glass, its focus on
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  our earnings and our money and the things that we achieve.
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  But here in this Proverbs, you teach us that it's our heart,
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  it's our approach to life, it's our posture of worship that
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  dictates what happens with the things that we have.
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  Ah, so Jesus, I pray that you would shift our focus away from
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  achievement and earning and possessions to our character.
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  Because no matter what we have, what we possess, our character
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  defines what good that will do in our lives or how easily we
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  will lose it. So continue your slow, good work
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  of transformation in us. We just surrender ourselves to
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  you, Jesus, and pray that through your Spirit you continue
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  to build our character to be men and women, boys and girls of
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  your Kingdom so that as we live, we live in a way that brings
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  glory to you and brings attention to a different way of
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  being. We love you and we want to be
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  more and more like you, Jesus, our loving Saviour, our perfect
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  example. And we pray all of this in your
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  name, Amen.