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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><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><b>WEEK
19 - MAY 6-12 - JAMES: PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>MAY
6</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>. </b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>1:18
(</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>1:1-18</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>)</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>.
WISDOM: PATH TO PERFECTION.</b></font><b> “With intent he brought
us forth by </b><i><b>the</b></i><b> word of truth, that we be a kind
of firstfruits of his :creatures” </b><b>(NNT)</b><b>. </b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Father,
You have made Jesus Your true firstfruits, the beginning of Your New
Creation. And You </font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-weight:normal">have
begotten us in Him, so that as members of His body, we too have a
firstfruits ministry. </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><b>Hallowed
be Your Name!</b></i></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>MAY
7</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>. </b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>1:27
(</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>1:19-27</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>)</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>.
WISDOM: HIGHWAY TO HOLINESS. </b></font><b> “Pure religion and
undefiled before </b><i><b>our</b></i><b> God and Father is this, to
visit orphans and widows in their :affliction, </b><i><b>and</b></i><b>
to keep oneself unspotted from the world.” </b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Wisdom
with You, Father, is the practical outworking of one after Your own
heart. It is a life of good works flowing out of faith and love: a
life with you in Messiah as our holiness shining through! </font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><b>Your
:kingdom come!</b></i></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>MAY
8</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>. </b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>2:12-13
(</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>2</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>)</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>.
WISDOM IN THE CHURCH. </b></font><b> “So speak, and so do, as
those to be judged by a law of liberty. </b><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><b>13
</b></font><b>For the judgment </b><i><b>is</b></i><b> without mercy
to him that has shown no mercy: mercy glories against judgment.”
</b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Righteous judgment without
respect of persons, flowing forth from a life of faith: THIS is the
life that pleases You, Father. We accept Your wisdom in this. </font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><b>Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</b></i></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>MAY
9</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>. </b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>3:6
(</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>3</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>)</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>.
WISDOM IN THE TONGUE.</b></font><b> “And the tongue is a fire:
the world of :iniquity among our :members in the tongue, which
defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the path of :nature, and is
set on fire by :geenna.” </b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Father,
here You clearly show us the terrible seriousness of the uncontrolled
tongue. How we so often sin against You and our fellow man by this
unbridled tongue. </font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><b>Our
:daily :bread Give us this day.</b></i></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>MAY
10</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>. </b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>4:7-8a
(</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>4:1-12</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>)</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>.
WISDOM IN SPIRITUAL WA</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>R</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>FARE</b></font><b>.
“Be subject therefore to :God; but resist the devil, and he will
flee from you. </b><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><b>8a</b></font><b>
Draw nigh to :God, and he will draw nigh to you.” </b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">
Here Father, by Your Spirit, You have given us three simple
principles whereby we can succeed in spiritual warfare: submission to
You; resisting the devil; drawing near to You. </font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><b>And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</b></i></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>MAY
11</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>. </b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>4:17
(</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>4:13-5:6</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>)</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>.
WISDOM IN PLANNING AND RICHES. </b></font><b>“To him therefore
that knows to do good, and does not, to him it is sin.” </b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Do
we believe this? Does the sin of omission come against us, Father?
Help us to search our hearts. Convict us by Your Spirit. Make us like
Nathaniel, a man without guile; like David, a man after Your own
heart. </font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><b>O bring us
not into temptation.</b></i></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>MAY
12</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>. </b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>5:10
(</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>5:7-20</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>).</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>
WISDOM THROUH PATIENT EXPECTATION.</b></font><b> “Take, brothers,
for an example of :suffering and of :patience, the prophets, who
spoke in the name of</b><i><b> the </b></i><b>Lord.” </b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">This
is not the spirit of the world, but it is the spirit of Your true
servants, Father! You would work this same spirit in us! You would
conform many sons and daughters in the image of Jesus, bringing them
into Glory! </font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><b>But
deliver us from the evil </b></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>one.</b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><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>:
</b></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Martin
Luther felt this to be a “right-strawy epistle”. Others have seen
it to be a careful balance to the gospel of the grace of God, and a
guide to the type of life that will flow forth in works from true
faith. Read it prayerfully and judge for yourself.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">3:17-18
</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">(3)</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
show</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">s</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
us an 8-fold picture of heavenly wisdom. All of us who let the Holy
Spirit work out the fruit of the Spirit through us - will have these
attributes shining forth from our lives - so that the Lord </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">may
</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">be
magnified through us - not ourselves. I link this 8-fold picture with
the tribe of Dan, and under our Greek Word Study section will later
have these 8 set forth in order. - </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">“</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">But
the wisdom from above is first </span></font><u><font size="3">pure</font></u><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">,
then </span></font><u><font size="3">peaceable</font></u><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">,
</span></font><u><font size="3">gentle</font></u><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">,
</span></font><u><font size="3">easily entreated</font></u><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">,
full of </span></font><u><font size="3">mercy</font></u><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
and </span></font><u><font size="3">good fruits</font></u><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">,
</span></font><u><font size="3">without variance</font></u><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">,
</span></font><u><font size="3">without hypocrisy</font></u><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">.</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">18</span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">And
the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.</span></font></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">So
- here we find a picture of practical Christianity, a New Covenant
parallel to Old Covenant “Proverbs”. One will do well to
prayerfully consider and understand this teach</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">ing</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
Let it not depart from our mouths - but let us carefully walk in it.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Memory
Verse: </span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">1:22
</span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">(1:19-27)
</span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">-
</span></span></font><b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“But
be doers of </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
word, and not hearers only, deluding yourselves.” </span></span></font></b></font>
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