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September 19 - Proverbs 16:15-21 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Oh, there me hearties. How be it today It's be shown
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  here and it's be September 19th, which means that be
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  international talk like pirate day.
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  You're step lively and be welcome me mateys, lovely to
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  have your company. I'll I'll stop now That's a
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  little painful. I'm very sorry, but it is
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  September 19th, which literally is international talk like a
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  pirate day. I wait all year long for this
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  day so I can talk like a pirate. And for those of you who know
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  they're the children's band The Wiggles, they're Captain Feather
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  Sword. Well, he is the quintessential
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  pirate for me. So every time I try and talk
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  like a pirate, I find myself mimicking Captain Feather Sword.
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  You may have your own pirate prototype that you go straight
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  to, but whatever yours may be, yo ho ho buckos, speak like a
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  pirate today. All right, I promise that's the
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  last time. Now it is Friday my friends and
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  we are going to be reading from the Proverbs today.
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  So let's do just that. Let's get a little bit of Gods
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  wisdom all the way through the ages to our pirate cells here.
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  Reading from Proverbs 1615 to 21.
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  When the king smiles, there is life.
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  His favour refreshes like a spring rain.
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  How much better to get wisdom than gold, and good judgement
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  than silver. The path of the virtuous leads
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  away from evil. Whoever follows that path is
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  safe. Pride goes before destruction,
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  and haughtiness before a fall. Better to live humbly with the
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  poor than to share plunder with the proud.
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  Those who listen to instruction will prosper.
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  Those who trust the Lord will be joyful.
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  The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant
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  words are persuasive. And again, when the king smiles,
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  there is life. His favour refreshes like a
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  spring rain. How much better to get wisdom
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  than gold, and good judgement than silver.
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  The path of the virtuous leads away from evil.
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  Whoever follows that path is safe.
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  Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.
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  Better to live humbly with the poor than to share plunder with
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  the proud. Those who listen to instruction
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  will prosper. Those who trust the Lord will be
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  joyful. The wise are known for their
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  understanding and pleasant words are persuasive.
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  Our Lord, thank you for your wisdom
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  and your truth passed down to us.
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  And we see in verse 16 that wisdom is so much better than
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  gold, and good judgement so much better than silver.
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  Our Lord, our world would put gold at the top of the list.
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  Really. We talk about the gold standard,
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  Lord being the best because gold is worth so much material value.
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  But here in your proverb, you teach us that material value is
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  one thing, but it is nothing compared to wisdom.
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  And as King Solomon writes these proverbs, the wisdom that he
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  refers to comes from knowing you and fearing you.
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  So, Lord, help reshape our lenses and our understanding of
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  the world to be reminded that our understanding of you, that
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  is the precious gold that is the most valuable and wonderful
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  thing that we could possibly get.
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  And yes, our days seem to be filled with chasing the other
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  sort of gold and looking after ourselves and our families and
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  our communities that, Lord, help shift our priority always to be
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  you, knowing you, understanding you, fearing you and loving you
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  because you are the prize and our relationship with you is the
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  only eternal thing that we will begin here and our lives on
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  earth. So we commit ourselves again to
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  know you more, to understand you more and to love you more.
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  Draw us ever closer to you, our wonderful, loving Father, our
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  beautiful Saviour, and our comforting spirit.
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  And I pray this all in your triune name, Amen.