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May 27 - Proverbs 8 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's shown here. It is a new week.
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  It's Monday, it is the 27th of May.
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  Thank you for tapping on play and inviting me into your day.
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  Hope you're doing well. Hope the week ahead is looking
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  full of promise and not too scary from your vantage point.
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  But no matter what your week looks like, we we are in for a
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  Solomon tastic week. We are going to today and
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  tomorrow finish off the first stanza of the book of Proverbs.
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  And then we are going to start reading through the book of
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  Ecclesiastes in which we will spend the next three weeks.
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  And then and then we are going to dive back into the New
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  Testament for a few months and cover well, cover a lot of
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  territory in the New Testament. But that is for a few weeks
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  time. For now, we are focusing on
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  finishing off Proverbs as we read the last two chapters of
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  this first part. That really sets the stage, sets
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  the scene as the Father converses with his son, telling
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  him about the joys of wisdom to be pursued in his life.
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  So that is what we are going to do together, friends.
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  So gather round two in your ears, Holy Spirit.
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  Open our hearts so that we can hear your truth.
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  Alright friends, let us read together Proverbs chapter 8.
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  Listen as wisdom calls out here, as understanding raises her
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  voice on the hilltop along the road, she takes her stand at the
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  crossroads, by the gates, at the entrance to the town, on the
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  road leading in, she cries out. I call to you, to all of you.
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  I raised my voice to all people. You simple people use good
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  judgement. You foolish people show some
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  understanding. Listen to me, for I have
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  important things to tell you. Everything I say is right, for I
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  speak the truth and detest every kind of deception.
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  My advice is wholesome. There is nothing devious or
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  crooked in it. My words are plain to anyone
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  with understanding, clear to those with knowledge.
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  Choose my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge
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  rather than pure gold, for wisdom is far more valuable than
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  rubies. Nothing you desire can compare
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  with it. I wisdom live together with good
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  judgement. I know where to discover
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  knowledge and discernment. All who fear the Lord will hate
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  evil. Therefore, I hate pride and
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  arrogance, corruption and perverse speech.
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  Common sense and success belong to me, insight and strength and
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  mine because of me. King's reign and rulers make
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  just decrees, rulers lead with my help, and nobles make
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  righteous judgments. I love all who love me.
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  There's the search will surely find me.
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  I have riches and honour, as well as enduring wealth and
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  justice. My gifts are better than gold,
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  even the purest gold. My wages better than sterling
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  silver. I walk in righteousness, in
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  paths of justice. Those who love me inherit
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  wealth. I will fill their treasures.
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  The Lord formed me from the beginning before He created
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  anything else. I was appointed in ages past as
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  the very first before the Earth began.
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  I was born before the oceans were created, before the springs
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  bubbled forth their waters, before the mountains were
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  formed, before the hills. I was born before he had made
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  the earth and fields and the first handfuls of soil.
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  I was there when he established the heavens, when he drew the
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  horizon on the oceans. I was there when he set the
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  clouds above, when he established springs deep in the
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  earth. I was there when he set the
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  limits of the Seas so they would not spread beyond their
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  boundaries, and when he marked off the earth's foundations.
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  I was the architect at his side. I was his constant delight,
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  rejoicing always in his presence.
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  And how happy I was with the world He created, How I rejoiced
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  with the human family. And so my children listened to
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  me. For all who follow my ways, I
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  joyful listen to my instruction and be wise.
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  Don't ignore it. Joyful are those who listen to
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  me, watching for me daily at my gates, waiting for me outside my
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  home, for whoever finds me finds life and receives favour from
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  the Lord. But those who miss me injure
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  themselves. All who hate me love death.
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  Our Lord, you truly do lie at the heart of all wisdom, and you
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  are so wise. Wisdom is implicit in all that
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  you have done, right there besides you creating the world
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  and everything in it. Thank you for the simplicity
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  that you offer us about wisdom. That wisdom is not some lofty
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  ideal filled with incomprehensible knowledge, but
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  wisdom is putting you first. Wisdom is putting you at the
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  centre of our lives. And so that's what we do right
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  now, and we need your help, Holy Spirit, to shift our own
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  priorities away from the Nexus, away from the heart of it all,
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  so that you can take your place on that throne in our heart
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  because we worship you, our Father, when we love you and we
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  pray all these things. And the precious saving name of
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  Jesus. Ah, man.