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December 12 - Proverbs 19:7-12 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. And Yvonne too.
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  Which means it must be Friday. Happy Friday, Proverbs.
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  And it must be time for Proverb. We're going to take a break from
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  the apocalyptic literature of Daniel to something much more
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  straightforward. Yes, yesterday's reading, it was
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  a little bit stunned. And we haven't even got into the
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  four headed beast. That's that's Monday's joy.
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  Oh. Dear.
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  But for now, we are going to travel back in time, sit down at
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  the feet of the king, and here 6 proverbs to brighten our day and
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  make us wiser people. So you ready?
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  I'm ready. Let us read together Proverbs 19
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  seven to 12. The relatives of the poor
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  despise them. How much more will their friends
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  avoid them? Though the poor plead with them,
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  their friends are gone. To acquire wisdom is to love
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  yourself. People who cherish understanding
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  will prosper. A false witness will not go
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  unpunished, and a liar will be destroyed.
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  It isn't right for a fool to live in luxury or for a slave to
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  rule over Princess. Sensible people control their
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  temper. They earn respect by overlooking
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  wrongs. The King's anger is like a
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  lion's roar, but his favour is like Jew on the grass.
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  And again. The relatives of the poor
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  despise them. How much more will their friends
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  avoid them? Though the poor plead with them,
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  their friends are gone. To acquire wisdom is to love
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  yourself. People who cherish understanding
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  will prosper. A false witness will not go
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  unpunished, and a liar will be destroyed.
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  It isn't right for a fool to live in luxury or for a slave to
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  rule over Princess. Sensible people control their
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  temper. They earn respect by overlooking
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  wrongs. The King's anger is like a
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  lion's roar, but his favour is like dew on the grass.
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  What really resonates for me out of that is this talk about
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  overlooking wrongs, how that's how we earn respect, not by
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  getting justice or fighting for right, but by being gracious and
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  overlooking the wrongs of each other.
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  I liked the people who cherish Understanding Will Prosper and I
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  guess that follows on from that idea, but part of overlooking
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  wrongs is if you try and have a deeper understanding about
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  what's happening. And favour, Favour is as lovely
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  as dew on the grass. That life giving moisture that
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  keeps the world green. Ah.
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  So poetic. So poetic.
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  Our Holy Spirit, thank you for your wisdom.
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  I pray that we would have a larger dose today as we go about
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  living our day, as we overlook the wrongs and the challenges
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  that are laid before us by the people we're surrounded by.
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  That we could put our anger and righteousness aside and go the
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  way of grace and understanding. And may that fall like dew on
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  grass, bringing new life and sustenance around to us and to
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  our days. We love you and we thank you for
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  authoring this and being the first to bring sustenance to us.
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  So we bask in the glory of your grace and pray all these things
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  in your name, Jesus, Amen.