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May 23 - Proverbs 13:1-6 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here and you and I have made it to
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  the end of another week. It's the 23rd of May and it's
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  Friday and it's great to have your company as we continue, as
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  we do on Fridays, to dive back into some old school wisdom.
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  Thank you King Solomon, thank you God for capturing it and
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  sharing it with us through all the iterations that these things
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  take before they reach the printed word sitting in your
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  hand or the printed word that I'm going to read to you.
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  Yes, there were many steps between the original thoughts
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  and us getting to share them today, but here they are.
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  Thank you, Holy Spirit for bringing them to us as we are
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  going to read these to get a little bit of God's wisdom for
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  you and I today because I certainly need it and I reckon
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  you might too. So we are going to read together
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  today. Proverbs 13, one to six.
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  A wise child accepts a parent's discipline.
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  A mocker refuses to listen to correction.
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  Wise words will win you a good meal, but treacherous people
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  have an appetite for violence. Those who control their tongue
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  will have a long life. Opening your mouth can ruin
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  everything. Lazy people want much but get
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  little, but those who work hard will prosper.
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  The godly hate lies. The wicked cause shame and
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  disgrace. Godliness guards the path of the
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  blameless, but the evil are misled by sin.
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  And again, a wise child accepts a parent's discipline.
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  A mocker refuses to listen to correction.
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  Wise words will win you a good meal, but treacherous people
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  have an appetite for violence. Those that control their tongue
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  will have a long life. Opening your mouth can ruin
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  everything. Lazy people want much but get
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  little, but those who work hard will prosper.
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  The godly hate lies, the wicked cause shame and disgrace.
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  Godliness guards the path of the blameless, but the evil are
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  misled by sin. Our Lord, here the proverb
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  writer writes about people who want much but through their
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  laziness only get little. Our Lord, you know that we live
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  in a world that says more and more and more is better, and so
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  if we leave it unchecked, our desires will grow and grow and
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  we will want more and more. But Lord, You promise us
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  contentment. You bring everything that our
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  heart needs. Not everything the world tells
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  us that we should want and need, but You fulfil the deepest
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  desires of our heart. Lord, fine tune our focus so
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  that rather than focusing on what the world tells us we
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  should have let us lift our eyes to you and see in You everything
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  that we need. We need Your love.
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  We need our place in your Kingdom, we need a secure
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  future, and we need an identity rooted in you and your
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  perfection rather than us and our broken efforts.
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  Oh, and let's face it, our laziness.
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  Underneath it all, you are so good.
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  And in you we have everything that we need.
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  Build in us that sense of contentment that we can gaze
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  upon you. Be content now.
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  We love you and we see all that we need in you.
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  And we pray all of this in your saving name, Jesus, Amen.