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September 12 - Proverbs 16:8-14 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here and hey, hey, hey, it is Friday.
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  It is the 12th of September. Great to have your company as we
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  are going to open up some ancient wisdom from the book of
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  Proverbs and hear what our old mate Solomon has got to share
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  with us. From God's deep pot of golden
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  wisdom for you and for me. Let us do it.
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  Let us read together Proverbs 16-8 to 14.
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  Better to have little with godliness than to be rich and
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  dishonest. We can make our plans, but the
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  law determines our steps. The king speaks with divine
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  wisdom. He must never judge unfairly.
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  The Lord demands accurate scales and balances.
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  He sets the standards for fairness.
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  A king detests wrongdoing, for his rule is built on justice.
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  The king is pleased with words from righteous lips.
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  He loves those who speak honestly.
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  The anger of the King is a deadly threat.
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  The wives will try to appease it.
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  And again, better to have little with godliness than to be rich
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  and dishonest. We can make our plans, but the
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  Lord determines our steps. The King speaks with divine
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  wisdom. He must never judge unfairly.
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  The Lord demands accurate scales and balances.
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  He sets the standards for fairness.
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  A king detests wrongdoing, for his rule is built on justice.
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  The king is pleased with words from righteous lips.
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  He loves those who speak honestly.
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  The anger of the king is a deadly threat.
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  The wise will try to appease it. Our
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  Lord, there seem to be 1000 ways that we can take shortcuts, that
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  we can skim a little off the edges here and there for our own
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  benefit, building up our own little empire here.
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  But in these proverbs, particularly the first verse and
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  verse 8, we hear that it's better not to have all the
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  extras, but to be godly. Far better that than to be rich
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  and dishonest. So, Lord, I pray that you give
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  us your strength to resist the temptation for those sneaky
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  little wins or sneaky little additions that we can make when
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  no one's looking. That we can be people who are
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  upright, people who are filled with integrity so that when
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  people see us, they see us make these decisions.
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  When, when there's a bank error in our favour, collect $10 like
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  in Monopoly, we wouldn't say Yahoo, but we would say, excuse
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  me, Sir, you've overpaid me. And people will say, my
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  goodness, nobody does that. Or we can say, ah, there's a
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  better way because I'm saved and I've got the best superannuation
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  in the whole world and eternity in paradise.
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  We don't need to continually look for little ways that we can
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  get ahead. So, Lord, give us your Spirit
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  and the fruits of your spirit of righteousness so that we can
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  make the good decisions, the just decisions, the honest
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  decisions, and build up the reputation of you and your
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  Kingdom and show people another way.
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  Give us boldness and strength to do that today and every day, and
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  you'll know me pray. Amen.