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January 16 - Proverbs 20:8-14 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. And it's a Friday, so it's
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  Yvonne, too. Hey, welcome to the microphone.
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  What do you think about this whole working from home
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  business? I've been loving having you
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  around more often, it's lovely, but then I do feel guilty when I
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  may not be working quite as hard as you.
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  Seriously lonely though, just sitting in a room by yourself
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  without colleagues and people to bounce ideas off.
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  So here he is, very chatty, ready for this Bible reading
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  you. Betcha, you betcha.
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  Let's read. Let's talk.
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  All right, let's focus. We are focusing on the next
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  chunk of proverbs from our trusty ancient king, King
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  Solomon, whose name I almost forgot, packaged up and
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  delivered to you and to me so that we can be wiser people
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  living in the world today. So without further ado, you
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  ready? Yes, I'm ready.
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  Excellent. Let us read together Proverbs 28
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  to 14. When a king sits in judgement,
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  he weighs all the evidence distinguishing the bad from the
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  good. Who can say I have cleansed my
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  heart? I am pure and free from sin.
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  False weights and unequal measures.
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  The Lord detest double standards of every kind.
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  Even children are known by the way they act, whether their
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  conduct is pure and whether it is right.
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  Ears to hear and eyes to see, both are gifts from the Lord.
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  If you love sleep, you will end in poverty.
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  Keep your eyes open and there will be plenty to eat.
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  The buyer haggles over the price, saying it's worthless,
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  then brags about getting a bargain.
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  And again, when a king sits in judgement, he weighs all the
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  evidence distinguishing the bad from the good.
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  Who can say I have cleansed my heart?
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  I am pure and free from sin. False weights and unequal
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  measures. The Lord detests double
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  standards of every kind. Even children are known by the
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  way they act, whether their conduct is pure and whether it
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  is right. Ears to hear and eyes to see,
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  both the gifts from the Lord. If you love sleep, you will end
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  in poverty. Keep your eyes open and there
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  will be plenty to eat. The buyer haggles over the
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  price, saying it's worthless, then brags about getting a
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  bargain. You are the Queen of Bargains.
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  I. Do.
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  Like to do bargains, but things are.
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  Worthless. No, that is true and actually
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  I'm a terrible person to take if you need to haggle over the
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  price because I. Sean, this is great.
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  I love this one so much. Can we please?
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  Get yes. The second proverb strikes me
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  when it says that no one, no one who can possibly say that
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  they're pure and free from sin, that no matter how hard we try,
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  how good we think we are, we are all sinful and impure.
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  Yeah. You're right, we certainly fail
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  in that department that I liked in verse 8 when it spoke about
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  the king. When a king sits in judgement,
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  he weighs all the evidence distinguishing the bad from the
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  good, and we can just trust in our Heavenly Father to be a fair
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  judge when he is looking at us. And even erring on the side of
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  grace, which boy? Absolutely much needed.
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  Much needed. Oh Lord, thank you that you are
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  a God of grace and that you do sit on that throne of judgement
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  and you see us impure, imperfect people, but you see us as your
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  people, as your beloved children, and you just love us
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  with that decadent love of the Father.
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  And you throw your arms around us and you draw us to yourself.
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  And that is all possible because of your gift of Jesus, who has
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  made a way for us to be right with you.
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  So we thank you for Jesus. We thank you for your grace
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  through him and through all of your actions and through who you
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  are. We are so grateful for it and so
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  dependent on it every day. And so we pray all of this in
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  the name of that wonderful saving son of yours, Jesus.
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  Amen. Amen.