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February 27 - Proverbs 21:19-24 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello, friends. Oh, it's Shawn.
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  Here. And it's Yvonne, too.
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  Happy Friday. Wow, apparently when you're here
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  I'm just looking for you to do all the heavy lifting.
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  It is indeed Friday. It's the 27th of February, the
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  2nd last day of the month. And what is the important thing
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  that is happening today? Today is my last day.
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  After more than 10 years of getting dressed and going to my
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  hospital, it's the last day there.
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  Wow. It's the end of an era, but an
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  exciting new chapter awaits. Yeah, right.
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  And when I say my hospital, it's not actually my hospital, but
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  it's where I've gone to work for a long time.
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  So yeah, big changes, new things, great opportunities in
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  ministry. So cool.
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  I am dead set excited. Yep, that's it, and I'm excited
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  to get stuck into some proverbs today.
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  OK, let's do just that. We are continuing on our
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  Proverbs journey through the year, and today we're continuing
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  reading through Proverbs 21 Reading chapter 19 to 24.
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  It's better to live alone in the desert than with a quarrelsome,
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  complaining wife. The wise have wealth and luxury,
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  but fools spend whatever they get.
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  However, pursues righteousness and unfailing love will find
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  life, righteousness and honour. The wise conquer the city of the
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  strong and level the fortress in which they trust.
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  Watch your tongue and keep your mouth shut and you will stay out
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  of trouble. Mockers are proud and haughty.
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  They act with boundless arrogance.
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  And again. It's better to live alone in the
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  desert than with a quarrelsome, complaining wife.
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  The wise have wealth and luxury, but fools spend whatever they
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  get. Whoever pursues righteousness
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  and unfailing love will find life, righteousness and honour.
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  The wise conquer the city of the strong and level the fortress in
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  which they trust. Watch your tongue and keep your
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  mouth shut and you will stay out of trouble.
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  Mockers are proud and haughty. They act with boundless
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  arrogance. Well, there's a few gems in
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  there today. You know how much I love the
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  verses about the quarrelsome complaining wives.
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  I love the look of disdain you gave the Bible as you had to
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  read that. Do you know, I'm sure there's
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  something in there for all of us of all genders about being not
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  someone who's quarrelsome and complaining.
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  Which Which are the gems that hit you today?
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  Oh my goodness, I'm verse 21. Can we just stick that on?
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  I don't know, posters? Yes, we can.
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  Can we make that? You know, let's put it up in our
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  house. Whoever pursues righteousness
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  and unfailing love will find life, righteousness and honour.
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  And the only place we're ever going to find unfailing love is
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  in God, right? Absolutely.
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  Like whoever's pursuing God is going to find life and
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  righteousness and honour. Isn't that beautiful?
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  Oh. So beautiful.
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  And it it contrasts that with the following one which those
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  who rely on a fortress, you know, trust in a fortress to be
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  their strength, they will be conquered.
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  And it's the wise who will do that conquering, because they
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  will be pursuing God. So let us put everything else
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  away to the side and pursue our God.
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  Ah, our holy, wonderful God, who is worth pursuing.
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  We come before you, and we thank you that in you lies
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  righteousness, true righteousness, and the only
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  source of unfailing love. What a wonderful God you are.
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  Let us not trust in any fortress, but let you be our
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  strong foundation and You be our castle in which we choose to
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  live and spend our days. Lord, I pray that in each
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  decision that we make that we would pursue you, that we would
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  put aside our own selfish desires and what the world tells
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  us is a good idea, and instead let us wrap our desires around
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  You and around Jesus in everything that he tells us and
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  shows us about your nature. Our wonderful God S we pray this
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  in his precious name, Amen. Amen.