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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/" target="_blank">www.2rbetter.org</a></b></p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">October 13, 2012</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"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>JUN
8 - 1 JOHN 4-5 - VICTORIES THROUGH THE NEW BIRTH</b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>1.
4:4 (4:1-6, NNT) OVERCOMING FALSE SPIRITS THROUGH NEW BIRTH. <font size="3">“YOU
are of :God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater
is the </font><font size="3"><i>one</i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">
in you than the </span></font><font size="3"><i>one</i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">
in the world.” </span></font></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">False
prophets speak of the world, from the world and to the world. By
their </span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">fruits</span></u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
do we know them. Their’s is the spirit of Antichrist. But the
Spirit of </span></span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Christ</span></u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
is </span></span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">greater</span></u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
</span></span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">This</span></u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
is the spirit of Your present Kingdom, Father! </span></span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallowed
be your :name.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">2.
4:7-8 (4:7-10) OVERCOMING THROUGH CHRIST’S PROPITIATORY LOVE.
</span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Beloved,
let us love one another: for :love is of God; and every one that
loves is begotten of :God, and knows :God. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">8
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">Who
loves not knows not :God; for :God is love.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
Your gift of Christ to us as a propitiation for our sins, is the
greatest gift we can ever receive! We magnify You for Him, and as an
act of thanksgiving offer ourselves as living sacrifices to You!
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your :kingdom
come.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">3.
4:11-12 (4:11-16a) OVERCOMING THROUGH CONFESSION OF JESUS’
SONSHIP. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Beloved,
if :God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">12
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">No one
has ever beheld God: if we love one another, :God abides in us, and
his :love is perfected in us.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Look
at the result of loving one another: </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Your</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
abiding, and Your love </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">perfected</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
in us! You are so bountiful in Your spiritual gifts! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">4.
</span><span style="text-decoration:none">4:20-21 (4:16b-21)
OVERCOMING FEAR THROUGH LOVE. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“If
one say that I love :God, and hates his :brother, he is a liar: for
who loves not his :brother whom he has seen, cannot love :God whom he
has not seen. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">21
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">And
this :commandment we have from him, that who loves :God love his
:brother also.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">As
we go in love, You are </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">always</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
with us, Father. And proof of our love for You is </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">always</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
demonstrated in our love one for another. O forgive us that often we
fail in this, and that we walk in fear. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
:daily :bread Give us this day.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">5.
1, 4 (5:1-12) OVERCOMING THE WORLD THROUGH FAITH. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Every
one that believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of :God: and
every one that loves the Begetter loves the </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">one</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
begotten of him. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">4
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">And
his :commandments are not grievous, because whatever is begotten of
:God overcomes the world: and this is the victory that has overcome
the world, our :faith.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Overcomes
</span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">know</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
that Jesus is the Christ, and they </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">overcome</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
the world. Strengthen us in temptation Father, that we should </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">never</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
doubt Jesus’ Sonship to You! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">6.
5:14-15 (5:13-17) OVERCOMING THROUGH BOLDNESS IN PRAYER. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“And
this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask
anything according to his :will, he hears us; </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">15
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">and if
we know that he hears us whatever we ask, we know that we have the
petitions which we have asked of him.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Walking
in You Father, permits us to walk in the path of declarative prayer!
The </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">righteous</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
are bold as a lion; they call the things which are not as though they
were! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
bring us not into temptation.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">7.
5:18 (5:18-21) OVERCOMING SIN THROUGH NEW BIRTH. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“We
know that every </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">one
</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">:begotten
of :God sins not; but who was begotten of :God keeps himself, and the
evil one touches him not.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">It
is Christ </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">in us</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
who is our victory and hope of glory. In the Spirit, You have made
</span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Him</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
our righteousness, Peace and Joy, Father! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">one!</span></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
5:11-12 (5:1-12) OUR OVERCOMING WITNESS! </b></span><b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“And
the witness is this, that :God gave us eternal life, and this :life
is in his :Son. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">12
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">Who
has the Son has the life; who has not the Son of :God has not the
life.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">All
we need is Your Son Father, and You have given Him unstintingly to
us!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">This
is the 4</span></span><sup><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">th</span></span></sup><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
and last section of 1 John. The preceding 3 sections are the basis
and foundation for this last section. May we bask in the culmination
of the teaching of the Spirit through John - and fully avail
ourselves of the ingredients of God’s “Overcoming Life” for us.
And, because He is no respecter of persons - all of these precious
promises are available for each one of us. The Beatitudes of Matthew
5:3-12 help us into this place of reception - especially Beatitude 4
- “They who hunger and thirst after righteousness - </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">shall</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
be filled!”</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">1
John 5:11-12 are two verses selected by the Navigators for their 108
verses in their “Topical Memory System.” Back in the 50’s we
memorized them, and in the 60’s our 3 children did also.</font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">The
7 verse selection above are so clear that further explanation would
be superfluous. May we each one fully enter into the Overcoming Life!</font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
chapter of Proverbs for the day: 8:20-21 (8, ESV) THE BLESSINGS OF
WISDOM. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“I
walk in the way of righteousness, in the paths of justice, </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">21
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">granting
an inheritance to those who love me, and filling their treasuries.”
</span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">In
the gates of the city, through the channel of the city Eldership,
Wisdom sounds forth this promise and invitation. You Father, will
enable city elders to hear Your Word and proclaim it. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallowed
be your :name!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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