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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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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>2012-05-18
- FOCUS ON JESUS - Oswald Chambers</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>(From
“My Utmost for His Highest”)</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">“<b>Look
at the birds of the air ... Consider the lilies of the field” -
Matthew 6:26, 28</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>Living
Simply - Yet <u>Focused</u></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT">“<b>Consider
the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin”
- they simply <i>are</i><span style="font-style:normal">! Think of
the sea, the air, the sun, the stars, and the moon - all of these
simply </span><i>are</i><span style="font-style:normal"> as well -
yet what a ministry and service they render on our behalf! So often
we impair God's designed influence, which He desires to exhibit
through us, because of our own conscious efforts to be consistent and
useful. Jesus said there is only one way to develop and grow
spiritually, and that is through </span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>focusing</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
and </span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>concentrating</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
on God. In essence, Jesus was saying, “Do not worry about being of
use to others; simply believe on Me.” In other words, pay attention
to the Source, and out of you “will flow rivers of living water”
(John 7:38). We cannot discover the source of our natural life
through common sense and reasoning, and Jesus is teaching here that
growth in our spiritual life comes not from focusing directly on it,
but from concentrating on our </span></span></b>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Father
in heaven. Our heavenly Father knows our circumstances, and if we
will stay </span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>focused</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
on Him, instead of our circumstances, we will grow spiritually - just
as “the lilies of the field.”</span></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">The
people who influence us the most are not those who detain us with
their continual talk, but those who live their lives like the stars
in the sky and “the lilies of the field” - simply and
unaffectedly. Those are the lives that mold and shape us.</span></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">If
you want to be of use to God, maintain the proper relationship with
Jesus Christ by staying </span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>focused</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
on Him, and He will make use of you every minute you live - yet you
will be unaware, on the conscious level of your life, that you are
being used of Him.</span></span></b></p>
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</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><u><b><span style="font-style:normal">NOTE</span></b></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
</b></span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>On
December 7, 2009, Jesus revealed to me the last 5 “Component Parts”
of His “Organic Laser-Telescope” that produces for Him the
“Spiritual Star Wars.” In 1967 He revealed the first 2 component
parts: “The Outlined Interlinear NT” based on the 2 discoveries
of Ivan Panin; and “The City Church concept” with an Eldership in
its Gate.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Now
32 years later He revealed the last 5 parts. The 6</span></span></span><sup><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>th</span></span></span></sup><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
Component Part: “</span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>Focusing</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
on Jesus” as brought forth through Oswald Chambers in a special way
- “</span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>My
Utmost</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
for </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>His
Highest</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>”
- and - Personal, passionate devotion to Jesus! One of the chief
things to </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>focus</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
on in Jesus - is what God has made Him for Israel and for the “One
New Man” - a </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>Covenant</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>!
See Isaiah 42:6 - </span></span></span><b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">“I
am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by
the hand and keep you; I will give you </span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">as
a covenant</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
for the people, a </span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">light</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
for the nations.” </span></span></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>This
the Father did for His Son, our Messiah! And again in Isaiah 49:8 -
</span></span></span><b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Thus
says the LORD: “In a time of favor I have answered you; in a day of
salvation I have helped you; I will keep you and give you </span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">as
a covenant</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
to the people, to establish the land.”</span></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT">
<span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">To
see Jesus as God's Covenant for Israel and the Church - as the
Christ, the Promised Messiah! as the Son of God; as our Savior
through His Finished Work on Calvary! On the Giver of the Holy Spirit
in us and we in Him; as our Hope in the Coming King - all of these
and much more - are what we ought to </span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">Focus</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
on in Him at all times! It is only Galatians 2:20 constantly at work
in us - we being dead to ourselves and constantly </span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">alive</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
in Him by His Spirit - with Him living out His life through us - only
</span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">this</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
makes true disciples - makes us well-pleasing to our God!</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT">
<span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">And
can any one of us do this perfectly? </span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">No</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">!
But we </span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">can be</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
on the way - and our hope is that at His coming He will send His
angels and gather us to Himself. </span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">Then</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
we receive our resurrection bodies like His! Then as overcomers on
the way now - we become </span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">perfected</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">!
</span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">This</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
is our hope! It is the </span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">blessed</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
hope! J.W.Watt</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT">
<span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Could
the following be an illustration of this? </span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">The
Romney You May Not Know</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
- You won't hear this on the evening “news”. This man has
Character with a capital “C”!</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Sometimes,
this facet of Romney's personality isn't so subtle. In July 1996, the
14-year-old daughter of Robert Gay, a partner at Bain Capital, had
disappeared. She had attended a rave party in New York City and
gotten high on ecstasy.</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Three
day later, her distraught father had no idea where she was. Romney
took immediate action. He closed down the entire firm and asked all
30 partners and employees to fly to New York to help find Gay's
daughter. Romney set up a command center at the La Guardia Marriott
and hired a private detective firm to assist with the search. He
established a toll-free number for tips, coordinating the effort with
the NYPD, and went through his Rolodex and called everyone Bain did
business with in New York, and asked them to help find his friend's
missing daughter. Romney's accountants at Price Waterhouse Cooper put
up posters on street poles, while cashiers at a pharmacy owned by
Bain put fliers in the bag of every shopper. Romney and the other
Bain</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT">
employees scoured every part of New York and talked with everyone
they could: prostitutes, drug addicts, anyone.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT">
That day, their hunt made the evening news, which featured photos of
the girl and the Bain employees searching for her. As a result, a
teenage boy phoned in, asked if there was a reward, and then hung up
abruptly. The NYPD traced the call to a home in New Jersey, where
they found the girl in the basement, shivering and experiencing
withdrawal symptoms from a massive ecstasy dose. Doctors later said
the girl might not have survived another day.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT">
Romney's former partner credits Mitt Romney with saving his
daughter's life, saying, “It was the most amazing thing, and I'll
never forget this to the day I die.”</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT">
So, here's my epiphany: Mitt Romney simply can't help himself. He
sees a problem, and his mind immediately sets to work solving it,
sometimes consciously, and sometimes not-so-consciously. He doesn't
do it for self-aggrandizement, or for personal gain. He does it
because that just how he's wired.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT">
Many people are unaware of the fact that when Romney was asked by his
old employer, Bill Bain, to come back to Bain & Company as CEO to
rescue the firm from bankruptcy, Romney left Bain Capital to work at
Bain & Company for an annual salary of one dollar.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT">
When Romney went to the rescue of the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics, he
accepted no salary for three years, and wouldn't use an expanse
account. He also accepted no salary as Governor of Massachusetts.</p>
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