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April 4 - Proverbs 11:19-24 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's Friday, it's the 4th of
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  April and well done for reaching the end of the week.
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  Done about your weekend, but oh mine is looking spectacular.
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  I'm heading into the Wilds of Tasmania today, attempting to
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  get to the top of Frenchman's cap.
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  It is a glorious 4 day hike, two days there, two days back,
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  surrounded by just breathtaking beauty.
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  So that's what I'll be doing. I hope that your weekend is
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  shaping up looking lovely as well.
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  But right now we we get to dip our toes into the incredible
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  wisdom of our God as shared in the Proverbs.
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  And thanks for letting me know your thoughts.
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  The consensus is that as we read the Proverbs, we're going to
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  read each one twice and then move on to the next one, just to
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  give our brains a bit of extra time to process these pithy
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  statements that are over before they've started but contain so
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  much goodness. So that is how we will do them
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  as we go on. But friends, as always, if
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  you've got any thoughts or anything you'd like to let me
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  know or feedback or ideas, you know how to get me.
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  Here's an email address and the show notes.
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  Get in touch anytime. And thank you for those of you
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  who have already done that. I love hearing from you.
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  So all that aside, how about friends?
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  Let's do it. Let us hear the wisdom of our
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  God as written by the Teacher in Proverbs 11/19 to 24.
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  Godly people find life. Evil people find death.
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  Godly people find life, Evil people find death.
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  The Lord detests people with crooked hearts, but he delights
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  in those with integrity. The Lord detests people with
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  crooked hearts, but He delights in those with integrity.
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  Evil people will surely be punished, but the children of
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  God will go free. Evil people will surely be
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  punished, but the children of God will go free.
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  A beautiful woman who lacks discretion is like a gold ring
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  in a pig's snout. A beautiful woman who lacks
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  discretion is like a gold ring in a pig's snout.
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  The godly can look forward to a reward, while the wicked can
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  expect only judgement. The godly can look forward to a
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  reward, while the wicked can expect only judgement.
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  Give freely and become more wealthy.
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  Be stingy and lose everything. Give freely and become more
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  wealthy. Be stingy and lose everything.
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  Our Lord, as we read through these proverbs, we just see this
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  theme emerging of all of our actions having consequences and
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  that when we choose to follow You and live in the godly ways
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  that You teach us, we don't need to fear judgement or punishment.
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  Our Lord, continue your good work in us to overcome our
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  broken human nature and always choose You and Your way and your
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  generosity of spirits. The last proverb that you say
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  when we give freely, we become wealthy.
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  And Lord, wealth in your Kingdom is wealth of character, wealth
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  of forgiveness, wealth of connection.
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  Our Lord, help us broaden our concept of wealth from the the
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  world's broken concept of what wealth looks like, so that we
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  see wealth in our relationship with you and each other and all
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  the wonderful things that flow from that, Yes, including the
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  physical things that we need to survive each day and maybe even
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  a little bit more. Thank you for blessing us, for
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  loving us, for guiding us and shaping us.
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  You are our wonderful, loving God, and we just worship you.
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  And we pray all of this in that saving name of Jesus, Amen.