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December 5 - Proverbs 19:1-6 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here and clever you, you have made it
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  through to Friday. It's Friday.
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  It's the 5th is it? Yes it is and you might be
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  thinking Sean, where is Avon? It's Fridays.
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  We want a double con refix. I'm afraid Avon is crook on the
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  couch with a croaky, croaky voice and is not up to reading.
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  So I'm afraid you're stuck with me.
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  But not just me, but the God of the universe, whose wisdom is
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  distilled and delivered to you and I in these wonderful little
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  proverbs. And so today that is exactly
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  what we are going to share together.
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  We will sit at the feet of King Solomon and hear some of his
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  advice for life or his observations about the way the
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  world is. So without further ado, friends,
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  let us dive in and celebrate some of this wisdom for our own
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  lives today. Reading together Proverbs 19 one
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  to six. Better to be poor and honest
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  than to be dishonest and a fool. Enthusiasm without knowledge is
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  no good. Haste makes mistakes.
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  People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then are
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  angry at the Lord. Wealth makes many friends.
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  Poverty drives them all the way. A false witness will not go
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  unpunished, nor will a liar escape.
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  Many seek favours from a ruler. Everyone is the friend of a
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  person who gives gifts, and again, better to be poor and
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  honest than to be dishonest and a fool.
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  Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good.
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  Haste makes mistakes. People ruin their lives by their
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  own foolishness and then are angry at the Lord.
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  Wealth makes many friends, poverty drives them all the way.
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  A false witness will not go unpunished, nor will a liar
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  escape. Many seek favours from a ruler.
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  Everyone is the friend of a person who gives gifts.
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  Our Lord. As we hear these proverbs, we
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  see a different set of priorities from the one that is
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  shouted to us from every billboard that we would pass.
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  That actually honesty is more important than success or
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  riches, and that if we do have things and even share them
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  generously, that might buy us friends who are not real friends
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  at all. And all that honesty is far more
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  important then escaping some terrible situation through lies.
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  Lord, you want us to emulate you and your character.
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  Your character of honesty, standing up for truth no matter
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  what the cost. And that truth will draw us to
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  you, and that will be the most important thing we could ever
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  need. So, Lord, I pray that you chisel
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  away the deception from our hearts, that you break off the
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  desire to lie, that you crack away all of the other opposing
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  priorities and leave us with a deep desire to be your truthful
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  followers, to speak your truth in this world, and to know that
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  in You we will always hear truth.
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  Truth of your love, Your grace, and your provision for us.
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  And we're so grateful to you, our wonderful God.
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  And we pray all of this in your name, Jesus, Amen.