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January 2 - Proverbs 19:25-29 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. Happy Friday.
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  It's Yvonne, too. Good to have you by the
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  microphone. Do you know today, Yvonne, we
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  should go to the gym? Because statistically, today is
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  the day when more people go to the gym than any the day.
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  Of the. Year because they're like,
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  right, this year's going to be different, we're going to be
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  healthy and they go to the gym on the 2nd.
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  Oh that is awesome. So if you've been to the gym,
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  great job. Unfortunately, January the 2nd
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  is also the day that most people realise they've already broken
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  one of their New Year's resolutions.
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  Already. So at whatever end of the
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  spectrum you fall at, whether you've already broken a
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  resolution or two, or whether you have been at the gym, maybe
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  you were hoping to get more involved in God's Word.
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  And here you are listening today.
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  What? Thanks.
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  For joining us. And of course, today it's
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  Friday, so we are going to read some proverbs.
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  We are going to read the last handful of proverbs from
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  Proverbs chapter 19, five of them.
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  So you ready? OK, I'm good.
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  Let's do it. Let's read together Proverbs
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  1925 to 29. If you punish A mocha, the
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  simple minded will learn a lesson.
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  If you correct the wise, they will be all the wiser.
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  Children who mistreat their father or chase away their
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  mother are an embarrassment and a public disgrace.
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  If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will
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  turn your back on knowledge. A corrupt witness makes a
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  mockery of justice. The mouth of the wicked gulps
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  down evil. Punishment is made for mockers,
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  and the backs of fools are made to be beaten.
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  And again. If you punish a mocker, the
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  simple minded will learn a lesson.
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  If you correct the wise, they will be all the wiser.
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  Children who mistreat their father or chase away their
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  mother are an embarrassment and a public disgrace.
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  If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you'll
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  turn your back on knowledge. The corrupt witness makes a
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  mockery of justice. The mouth of the wicked gulps
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  down evil. Punishment is made for mockers,
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  and the backs of fools are made to be beaten.
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  Boy, there's a reoccurring theme of being open to feedback, isn't
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  there? Yeah, absolutely.
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  And the wisest people are those who can take that feedback and
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  become even more wise from it. But even if we start off a bit
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  foolish, that's that's OK because we can still be made
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  wiser by listening to that, that lesson that someone might teach
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  us. Yeah.
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  Absolutely. Boy, pretty brutal at the backs
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  of fools are made to be beaten though.
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  Oh yeah. Don't recommend.
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  Well, I guess if this is all about being wise, then if people
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  choose to be fools by not listening, then it's saying that
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  they're kind of setting themselves up for failure.
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  Our Lord, thank you for your wisdom, your wisdom that says we
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  don't have to have it all, that we don't have to be the fountain
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  of all knowledge, but we need an open heart, an open heart to to
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  hear from those around us when they would speak words of life
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  and and wisdom to us. And Lord, most of all, it's you
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  that speaks words of life and wisdom.
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  I said, Lord, I pray that you would keep us with a open
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  hearted posture, ready to hear your wisdom and ready to change
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  if required, to live more wisely and not be that fool who's
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  already sealed his fate. So as this new year begins, we
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  pray that your wisdom would guide us and that we would grow
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  more and more like you every day.
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  And we pray this in your name, Jesus, Amen.