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ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER"><font size="3"><b>Jim
& Marie Watt</b></font></p>
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<a href="http://www.2rbetter.org/">www.2rbetter.org</a></b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER">August 25, 2011</p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER">
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</p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER"><b> FEB
18 - MARK 10:32-13-37 - TEACHING PRECEDING BETRAYAL OF JESUS</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b>1.
10:45 (10:32-45) JESUS: DIFFICULTY IN BEING UNDERSTOOD. “For the
Son of :man also came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and
to give his :life a ransom for many” (NNT). </b><u><span style="">A
Servant Spirit</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">:
This is a key mark of Your Kingdom Father, and a high characteristic
of Your Son. If we are yoked with Jesus, we will be dead to
self-will, and will manifest Him! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Hallowed
be your :name!</span></i></b></p>
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<b>2. 10:52 (10:46-52) JESUS: FAITH - THE KEY TO HEALING. And
:Jesus said to him, “Go; your :faith has made you whole.” And
straightway he received <i>his</i> sight, and followed him in the
way. </b><span style="">What is Your will for us,
Father? That we believe in and obey Your Son! This is Your will, that
we be yoked to Jesus! </span><b><i>Your :kingdom come.</i></b></p>
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<b>3. 11:9-10 (11:1-11) JESUS: TRIUMPHAL ENTRY. And who went
before and who followed cried, “Hosanna; Blessed who comes in the
Lord's name. <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">10</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
Blessed the coming kingdom of our :father David: Hosanna in the
highest.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">What
magnificent praise, Father; and it all redounds to you! </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth!</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">4. 11:22-23 (11:12-26)
JESUS: LESSONS FROM THE FIG TREE. And :Jesus answered </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>
and </i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">said to them,
“Have God's faith. </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">23</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
Amen I say </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>un</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">to
you, [that] Whoever shall say to this mountain, Be taken up and cast
into the sea; and shall not doubt in his :heart, but shall believe
that what he says comes to pass, he shall have it.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Ah,
here it is! It is </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">Your
faith</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">
we operate in Father, not our own! O forgive us for being so blind,
for failing to rest in You, and for seeking to bring in Your Kingdom
by works of the flesh! </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Our
:daily :bread, Give us this day!</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">5. 12:26-27 (11:27-12:27)
JESUS: HIS AUTHORITY QUESTIONED. “But about the dead, that they
are raised; have you not read in the book of Moses, in </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>the
passage about</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"> the
Bush, how :God spoke to him, saying, I </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>am</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
the God of Abraham, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob? </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">27</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
He is not God of </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>the</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
dead, but of </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>the</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
living: you greatly err. </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Father,
may we not fall into the trap of testing You! </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors!</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">6. 12:29-30 (12:28-44)
JESUS: EXPOSES SCRIBES. “:Jesus answered, </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>The</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
first is, Hear, Israel; </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>The</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
Lord our :God, </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>the</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
Lord is one: </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">30</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
and you shall love </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>the</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
Lord your :God from all your heart, and from all your :soul, and from
all your :mind, and from all your :strength. </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">30</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
A second is this, You shall love your :neighbor as yourself. No other
commandment is greater than these.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">These</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">
are the keys to entering the Kingdom of God. Father, we embrace
Jesus' teaching! </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>And
bring us not into temptation!</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">7. 13:30-31 (13:1-37)
JESUS: FORETELLS A DOUBLE DESTRUCTION. “Amen I say </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>un</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">to
you, that, this :race shall in no wise pass away until all these
</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>things</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
be accomplished. </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">31</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
:Heaven and :earth shall pass away: but my :words shall not pass
away.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">These
are sober words; they concern things of the future, and are not
always easy to understand. </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>But
deliver us from the evil </i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">one!</font></b></p>
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<u><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">NOTE</font></b></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:
11:24-25 (11:12-26) JESUS: CONDITIONS FOR ANSWERED PRAYER.
“Therefore I say unto you, All </b></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">things</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">received</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
them, and you shall have them. </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">25</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against
any </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">one</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">;
that your :Father also who is in the heavens may forgive you your
:trespasses.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Answers
to prayer apart from a </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">forgiving
heart</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
are impossible!</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Teachings
such as above are </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">not</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
truly and spiritually understood by the wise and prudent who are </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">not</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
born from above. It is </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">only</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
by those indwelt and possessed of the Holy Spirit who have true
understanding concerning the Words of Jesus and God. Ph D's and
learning do not give such understanding.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">George
Whitefield in his day had education as an Episcopal priest. But it
wasn't because of this that he had true understanding. Until once he
was born by the Spirit - which was a time of deep trial for him - he
immediately entered into a relationship with God that was unique.
Throughout the rest of his life he was up at 4:00 AM, and on his
knees before the Word of God. He usually read portions of the
Scripture in both English and Greek. He also carefully read through
the Commentary on the Bible by Matthew Henry. Then word by word and
phrase by phrase he meditated aloud upon what he had read until it
became living and crystal clear. Such an understanding of the Word
came to him through this discipline, that in the next 30 years he
preached some 30,000 sermons - that gripped his hearers by thousands
and tens of thousands. This included the poor, the highly educated
and children on both sides of the Atlantic. It was no doubt because
of his unusual devotional time that he was enabled to preach often 3
times a day, with little preparation apart from these early morning
devotional times. Then at 5:00 AM he often preached his first sermon
of the day.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">At
the time of his death in his early 50's - Charles Wesley wrote a
poetic eulogy on his behalf of over 500 lines.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Few
people have truly and fully understood the effect of this man on the
Kingdom of God - but God knew! His biography by Arnold A. Dallimore
“George Whitefield: God's Anointed Servant in the Great Revival of
the Eighteenth Century” more than adequately gives credit where
credit is due - but </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">all</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
to the glory of God!</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">In
conclusion, let us consider our Psalm for the day - 48:9-10 (48:1-14)
</span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">ZION:
THE CITY OF OUR GOD. “We have thought on your steadfast love, O
God, in the midst of your temple.</span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> 10</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
As your name, O God, so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth.
Your right hand is filled with righteousness” (ESV). </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Zion
is a place of </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">dryness</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">;
a place of </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">faith</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
a place of </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">unity</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
a place of </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">worship</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
a place of </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">holiness</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
a place of </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Your
Presence</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
Father. It is a place of </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">maturity</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
for the 100-fold. Here we minister to You! J.A.Watt</span></span></font></p>
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