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May 1 - Proverbs 23:15-21 · 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. Hello Evonne, it is the 1st of
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  May. Wow, the year has been rolling
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  on. Isn't that awesome?
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  Which means it must almost be time for the public holiday,
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  Mayday as it. Turns out, not in Tasmania.
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  I was so keen for an Anzac Day public holiday, I said on Monday
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  boldly that it was and it actually wasn't in Tasmania, so
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  I will not make that mistake. So Queensland might have Labour
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  Day, the NT might have Mayday, but Tasmania, we're just going
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  to go to work as normal on Monday.
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  Excellent. Yikes.
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  But all of that aside, we've got some work to do today, which is
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  to read some proverbs. And this is the section where
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  rather than these generic sayings of wisdom, it really is
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  the the king talking to my child or my son.
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  It's talking to this young person giving very specific
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  advice, which often comes in larger chunks.
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  Yes. So you might notice we're
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  reading multiple verses together, but keeping it in the
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  keeping it divided in the sections that it was intended.
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  So it's going to sound like 3 proverbs, but actually it's like
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  1234567 different verses. Yep.
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  OK, let's. Do it.
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  Alrighty, we are going to read together Proverbs 2315 to 21.
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  My child, if your heart is wise, my own heart will rejoice.
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  Everything in me will celebrate when you speak what is right.
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  Don't envy sinners, but always continue to fear the Lord.
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  You'll be rewarded for this. Your hope will not be
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  disappointed. My child, listen and be wise.
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  Keep your heart on the right course.
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  Do not carouse with drunkards or feast with gluttons, for they
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  are on their way to poverty and too much sleep clothes them in
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  rags and again. My child, if your heart is wise,
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  my own heart will rejoice. Everything in me will celebrate
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  when you speak what is right. Don't envy sinners, but always
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  continue to fear the Lord. You will be rewarded for this.
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  Your hope will not be disappointed.
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  My child, listen and be wise. Keep your heart on the right
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  course. Do not carouse with drunkards or
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  feast with gluttons, for they are on their way to poverty and
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  too much sleep clothes them in rags.
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  I find this fascinating. So many of the Proverbs talk
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  about observing the actions and behaviours of people, but this
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  time, when Solomon is giving these instructions to this young
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  person, it's all about where do we place our hope?
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  It's all about where our heart is invested.
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  And so many of these ask us to do something actively.
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  They want us not to, like they want us to work for things or
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  just be careful not to just lie around doing nothing.
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  It's a very active process in so many of these.
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  So we can continue to fear the Lord, We can put our hope in the
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  Lord. We can make sure our heart is on
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  the right course toward God. And it's a lifelong journey,
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  isn't it? We're all striving, trying to be
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  more like more like Christ. Yeah.
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  Oh Lord, this is our lifelong journey.
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  Thank you for this continued encouragement to continue to
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  align our heart to you, to continue to put our hope in you
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  and that as we do these things, this is the the way of wise
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  living. Not to be distracted and chasing
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  left, right and centre as different bright shiny things
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  come across our path, but to keep you as our true North.
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  You are never changing, always consistent, always present.
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  God, we love you and we do put our hope in you and all that you
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  have given us and all that you promise in US, particularly
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  through what Jesus has done for us.
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  He has restored us to you, into your family so that we can step
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  confidently into your presence and into your embrace.
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  And so we do that now today and pray that you hold us close as
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  we go about our days and your presence and your wisdom and in
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  your love. And we pray this in Jesus name,
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  Amen.