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February 20 - Proverbs 21:13-18 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Shaun here. And it's Yvonne.
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  Happy Friday. And it is Friday, it's the 20th
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  of February, and this is the second time we're doing this
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  because I forgot to unmute Yvonne's microphone.
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  Oh dear, it looked like it was working, but then, alas, it.
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  Was not. You were more quiet than usual
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  when we listened to the recording.
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  So we're gonna do this again. Oh, we're such old pros.
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  It is now. Yeah.
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  Today. Today's 20th.
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  Which means tomorrow. It's a very special day.
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  It's your birthday. No, it's.
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  Not for my birthday. Yeah, yeah.
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  Tomorrow is ordination Day. This is the day that you knew
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  was coming like 26 years ago. My goodness, is there anything
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  else that you knew from like decades ago that that you should
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  just tell me now and I'll just like skip ahead to the part
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  where we actually do it rather than me procrastinating for so
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  long? I'll I'll, I'll ponder that over
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  the weekend. Yeah, Solomon might have written
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  a book of wisdom, but boy, you're doing you're, you're
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  punching well above your weight, I reckon.
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  Thanks. But you have not yet captured
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  your wisdom in a book and published it for the
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  generations. And it would only be my wisdom,
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  not. God's wisdom, and that's what
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  this is in this wonderful book that King Solomon pens for us in
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  these little bite sized moments of wisdom that we can apply to
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  our day. So Holy Spirit, may we hear your
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  wisdom for us as we read these proverbs together.
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  Proverbs, 2113 to 18. Those who shut their ears to the
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  cries of the poor will be ignored in their own time of
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  need. A secret gift calms anger.
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  A bribe under the table pacifies fury.
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  Justice is a joy to the godly, but it terrifies evil doers.
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  The person who strays from common sense will end up in the
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  company of the dead. Those who love pleasure become
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  poor. Those who love wine and luxury
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  will never be rich. The wicked are punished in place
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  of the godly, and traitors in place of the honest.
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  And again. Those who shut their ears to the
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  cries of the poor will be ignored in their own time of
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  need. A secret gift calms anger.
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  A bribe under the table pacifies fury.
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  Justice is a joy to the godly, but it terrifies evil doers.
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  The person who strays from common sense will end up in the
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  company of the dead. Those who love pleasure become
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  poor. Those who love wine and luxury
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  will never be rich. The wicked are punished in place
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  of the godly and traitors in place of the honest.
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  But a bribery action going on here this week.
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  Yvonne, OH. I was a little bit confused by
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  that one really. I mean, if if this is Solomon
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  reflecting on the truth of the world, it's true.
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  Bribes work. Slipping A-100 under the table
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  does pacify fury and and get what you want, but I love having
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  the very next one. It says that justice is a joy to
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  the godly, but it terrifies evil doers.
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  It's like this works in this corrupted world of ours, but God
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  calls us to a better way. A place where justice is a joy
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  to to the godly, but it's going to terrify people who continue
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  to do the wrong thing. Makes a lot more sense, thanks
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  for that. And then the the final one where
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  it talks about, you know, the wicked will be punished in place
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  of the godly and traitors in place of the honest.
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  Oh, and I really like the first proverb.
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  Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor will be
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  ignored in their own time of need.
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  Just a reminder that we really, it's, there's no better time.
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  It's we need to be listening and seeing the needs of the people
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  around us and we need to be doing something to help them
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  that now is the time. Now is the time, Holy Spirit,
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  this is the day that you have made and we are your people.
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  I pray that you call us out to live lives that are wise.
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  Wise, not in the way the world would see where a bribe under
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  the table is going to bring the outcome that we want, but your
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  wisdom that looks like mercy and kindness and generosity and
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  justice so that we can bring about your way in this world and
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  that we can love. Love in a way that makes a
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  difference to those that we love, that we can share and that
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  we can uplift. And that we can bring Your
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  Kingdom, where the poor and the downtrodden are lifted up and
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  celebrated. Our Lord, help us be your
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  people, your Kingdom people today, and whatever that looks
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  like in our part of the world, in our lives, in our day, we
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  pray all of this in your wonderful name, Jesus, Amen.