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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">“<b>TWO
ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>Jim
& Marie Watt</b></p>
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<a href="http://www.2rbetter.org/">www.2rbetter.org</a></b></p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">January 2, 2012</p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><br></p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<b>APR
4 - Deuteronomy 5-11 - EXPERIENCE AND OBEDIENCE</b></p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"></p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><b>1.
5:9-10 (5) REPETITION OF DECALOGUE. “You shall not bow down to
them or serve them; for I the LORD your God am a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and
fourth generation of those who hate me, <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">10</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">
but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep
my commandments” (ESV). </font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style>Your
Kingdom Father, is to honor </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><span style>You
alone</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>!
</span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallowed
be your :name.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">2.
6:4-5 (6) THE “SHEMAH”: FOR CHILD EDUCATION. “Hear, O
Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">5</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">
You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all
your soul and with all your might.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>This
is the heart of Your will, O Father! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your
:kingdom come!</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">3.
7:15 (7) DEALING WITH THE HEATHEN. “And the LORD will take away
from you all sickness, and none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which
you knew, will he inflict on you, but he will lay them on all who
hate you.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Healing
comes when we drive out the Canaanites. Deal with the seven deadly
sins in your life (2 Corinthians 7:1); and then healing comes!
Father, we thank You for Your faithfulness in this! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth!</span></i></font></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="LEFT">
<b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">4.
8:18 (8) WARNING CONCERNING GOD'S CHOICE. “You shall remember
the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth,
that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it
is this day.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>There
is a blessing in walking with You, Father; but the converse is true
also. O forgive us that we forget You so easily, and turn to our own
ways! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
:daily :bread Give us this day!</span></i></font></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="LEFT">
<b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">5.
9:26 (9) INTERCESSION FOR REBELLION. “And I prayed to the LORD,
'O Lord GOD, do not destroy your people and your heritage, whom you
have redeemed through your greatness, whom you have brought out of
Egypt with a mighty hand.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Thank
You Father, for Moses Your Intercessor. How we need to understand
this ministry of spiritual warfare more effectively. </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
forgive us our :debts, As we have forgiven our :debtors.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="LEFT">
<b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">6.
10:12-13 (10) A PENETRATING CHARGE! “And now, Israel, what does
the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to
walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with
all your heart and with all your soul, </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">13</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">
and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD, which I am
commanding you today for your good?” </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Father,
as we so walk in Your word, You will deliver us from the evil one.
</span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
bring us not into temptation!</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">7.
11:12 (11) THE LAND: BLESSING AND CURSE. “A land that the LORD
your God cares for. The eyes of the LORD your God are always upon it,
from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Your
land will vomit a rebellious people out of it, Father. How sober the
thought! But to walk with You is to understand that Yours is the
Kingdom, and the Power and the Glory forever! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">one!</span></font></b></p>
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<h1 class="western" style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">NOTE</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">:
6:6-7 (6) GOD'S WORD: FOR OUR CHILDREN! “And these words that I
command you today shall be on your heart. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">7
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">You
shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them
when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when
you lie down, and when you rise.” </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Write
these words on our heart, Father.</span></span></font></font></h1>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>This
portion of Scripture was given to Israel by God through Moses. The 5
books of Moses contain types and shadows - that the early church
apostles wisely and effectively applied to the church, especially the
apostle Paul. What Moses was to Israel, Jesus through Paul was to the
church. God gave him an insight on the OT “Mysteries” - at the
time he spent 3 years with the Lord in the desert of Arabia, where
Mount Sinai was situated according to the Book of Galatians. This
Book - plus Acts 15 - delivers Gentiles from the legalism of the OT
law for Israel. We are part of the “One New Man” - the </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><span style>Key</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
Mystery God gave to Paul to explain.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>The
Old Testament is by the </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><span style>New</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
explained. George Muller saw this most clearly.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Then
look again at Deuteronomy 11:12. From the </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><span style>beginning
of the year</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
(January 1, 2012) to the end of the year - December 31, 2012) - the
eyes of the LORD are upon the land of Israel for His Chosen People.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">But
what is the equivalent of the land for New Testament saints - of the
“One New Man” - Jew and Gentile alike?</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style>Our
body</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
is the Temple of the Holy Spirit, both individually and corporately.
We in our bodies are the land of the LORD. God is the Father of the
</span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style>spirits</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
of all men. Our spirit with our redeemed soul and renewed mind - with
God - lives in these human bodies - awaiting our resurrected and
glorified bodies at the Coming of the Lord and the First
Resurrection!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>And
now - our Psalm for the day: </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>94:18-19
(94:1-23) “THE LORD WILL NOT FORSAKE HIS PEOPLE. When I thought,
'My foot slips,' your steadfast love (CHEsed), O LORD</b></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>,
</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>held
me up. </b></span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>19</b></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>
When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my
soul.” </b></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>O
Father, how marvelous are Your ways unto Your children. Your rain
falls on all men! </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Hallowed
be your :name!</b></span></i></font></font></p>
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