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April 10 - Proverbs 22:22-29 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. And it's Yvonne, too.
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  It's Friday, it's the 10th of April, and hello and welcome to
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  the microphone. Oh, thanks so much.
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  Great to be back. Yeah, you, you kind of got
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  dissed over the Easter break. Sorry about that.
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  That's OK. It was for a very important
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  reason. Oh.
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  Yeah, Good Friday kind of trumps everything, doesn't.
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  It absolutely. But we're back, and we are
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  reading Proverbs again, and today we're going to be
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  finishing off Proverbs 22. There are some long proverbs
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  here. There are a few, but we are now
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  into the sayings of the wise. So this is like a specific
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  section of the Proverbs. It sure is.
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  And so we are going to read them over these two verses, but
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  rather than you do the first half and I do the second half,
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  we will just each read the two verse proverb.
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  That sounds very complicated. It does, but if you're following
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  along in your Bible, it will make sense.
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  Absolutely. All right, Well, shall we dive
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  in? Absolutely.
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  All right, let's do it. Let's read Proverbs 22, verses
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  22 to 29. Don't rob the poor just because
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  you can, or exploit the needy in court, for the Lord is their
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  defender. He will ruin anyone who ruins
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  them. Don't befriend angry people or
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  associate with hot tempered people or you will learn to be
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  like them and endanger your soul.
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  Don't agree to guarantee another person's debt or put up security
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  for someone else. If you can't pay it, even your
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  bed will be snatched from under you.
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  Don't cheat your neighbour by moving the ancient boundary
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  markers set up by previous generations.
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  Do you see any truly competent workers?
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  They will serve kings rather than working for ordinary
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  people. And again.
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  Don't rob the poor just because you can, or exploit the needy in
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  court, for the Lord is their defender.
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  He will ruin anyone who ruins them.
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  Don't befriend angry people or associated with hot tempered
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  people or you will learn to be like them and endanger your
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  soul. Don't agree to guarantee another
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  person's debt or put up security for someone else.
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  If you can't pay it, even your bed will be snatched from under
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  you. Don't cheat your neighbour by
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  moving the ancient boundary markers set up by previous
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  generations. Do you see any truly competent
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  workers? They will serve kings rather
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  than working for ordinary people.
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  I really liked those beginning verses where it says don't rob
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  the poor just because you can. It's we can all take advantage
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  of people, but that's not what we're meant to do and it's just
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  for the Lord is their defender. Just I love it.
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  That's beautiful and I really appreciate how it talks about
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  not cheating your neighbours by moving those ancient boundary
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  markers that are set up by previous generations.
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  It's like don't forsake the the wisdom that's passed down to us
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  or or turn it against people. I also really felt in that verse
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  24 and 25 when it's talking about associating with hot
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  tempered people, but it just warning us to make sure that we
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  don't become like them. I don't think it's calling us
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  not to be in the world, but just be aware that we need to also
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  make sure that our shaping and our biggest influence is Christ.
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  Like is godly. Yeah, to keep that balance.
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  Yeah. And be aware that we are shaped
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  by what happens around us. Yeah.
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  Oh, thank you for your wisdom so much.
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  Thank You that you are the defender of the needy and the
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  vulnerable, that you don't leave us in our most vulnerable state
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  to our own devices or to fend for ourself.
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  But you are our defender when we are weakest.
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  And that Lord, you want us to be shaped by you and your
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  character. Even though we live in this
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  world surrounded by sin and challenge.
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  You want us to be your light, shaped by your Son.
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  So Lord, I pray that you shape us, that you lead us into these
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  places where we can uplift the vulnerable, that we can speak
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  your truth and that we can share your love with the world that so
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  desperately needs it. We love you and we thank you
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  that you first loved us in Jesus name, Amen.