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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"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>JUL
3 - PROVERBS 1-7 - A FATHER’S COUNSEL: WARNINGS AND WISDOM</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.
1:23 (1, ESV) PROVERBS: THEIR DESIGN. <font size="3">“If you turn
at my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit to you: I will make
my words known to you.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
Your Kingdom is righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit
(Romans 14:17). This day we say, Come Your Kingdom in the Holy
</span><span style="font-weight:normal">S</span><span style="font-weight:normal">pirit.
Let righteousness, peace and joy be our portion in You </span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">all</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
this day! </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.
2:6 (2) WISDOM: ITS PRESERVING QUALITY. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“For
the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and
understanding.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Almighty
Father, surely this is an expression of Your will for us this day. Be
done Your will in us here on earth, as Your angels and saints even
now perform it in heaven. Let wisdom preserve us this day. </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Jesus</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
</span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">is</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
our wisdom! (1 Corinthians 1:30). </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.
3:5-6 (3) WISDOM: ITS MULTI-FACETED BLESSING. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Trust
in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own
understanding. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">6</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your
paths.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Yes
Father, and You will direct our paths in the way of this day’s
provision. Manna from heaven for our soul, and practical provision
for our body. </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.
4:18 (4) WISDOM: SET FORTH BY A FATHER. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“But
the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines
brighter and brighter until full day.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">And
how can this take place Father? By walking in love, contrition,
repentance and reconciliation. By humbling ourselves, confessing our
sins, and walking in forgiveness. Our light now shines forth more and
more in righteousness, peace, joy and love! </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.
5:21 (5) WISDOM: WITHHOLDS YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ADULTERY. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“For
a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and he ponders all
his paths.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
consider this; Your eye is upon us. As we recognize this, You will be
our armor, and will keep us back from unnecessary testing. Father, we
bless You that You are bringing </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">many</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
sons into glory! </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.
6:22 (6) WARNINGS: IN A NUMBER OF AREAS. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“When
you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over
you; and when you awake, they will talk with you.” </span></font></b><u><span style="font-weight:normal">This</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
is Your spiritual Urim and Thummim Father, for believers! It
infallibly led David and kings in former days. Your </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">RE</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">ma-word
in our hearts will do the same for us today, Father. </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.
7:2 (7) WISDOM: WITHHOLDS SINGLES FROM FORNICATION. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Keep
my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye.”
</span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">This
is how Father, we will praise You, and return unto You. When we obey
Your Word, You hold back Your servants from presumptuous sin. </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>:
1:33 (1) THE CALL OF WISDOM. </b></span><b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“But
whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without
dread of disaster.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
let all our young people, children and adults - perceive the wonder
and truthfulness of this promise. May this whole day’s reading fill
us with delight!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
Psalm for the day: 3:3 (3) </span><span style="text-decoration:none">SAVE
ME, O MY GOD! </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“But
you, O LORD, are a shield about me; my glory, and the lifter of my
head.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">O
how wonderful to praise You O Jehovah Father, and to recognize and
receive You in fact and reality as our Shield, our glory, and the
Lifter of our head. Who else is a God like You? </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"><span style="text-decoration:none">Psalm
3 is a Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom, his son. You will
remember the sad story of David’s flight from his own palace, when,
in the dead of the night, he forded the brook Kedron and went with a
few faithful followers to hide himself for a while from the fury of
his rebellious son. Remember that David in this was a type of the
Lord Jesus Christ. He, too, fled; He, too, passed over the brook
Kedron when His own people were in rebellion against Him, and with a
feeble band of followers, He went to the Garden of Gethsemane. He,
too, drank of the brook by the way, and therefore does He lift up the
head. </span><span style="text-decoration:none">B</span><span style="text-decoration:none">y
very many expositors, this is entitled “The Morning Hymn.” May we
ever wake with holy confidence in our hear</span><span style="text-decoration:none">t</span><span style="text-decoration:none">s
and a song upon our lips! C. H. S.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">3:8.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Salvation belongs unto
the Lord. </span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">This verse
contains the sum and substance of Calvinistic doctrine. Search
Scripture through, and you must, if you read it with a candid mind,
be persuaded that the doctrine of salvation by grace alone </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none">is</span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">
the great doctrine of the Word of God. This is a point concerning
which we are daily fighting. Our opponents say, “Salvation belongs
to the free will of man; if not to man’s merit, yet at least to
man’s will”; but we hold and teach that salvation from first to
last, in every iota of it, belongs to the Most high God. It is </span><span style="text-decoration:none">G</span><span style="text-decoration:none">od
that chooses His people. He calls them by His grace; He quickens them
by His Spirit, and keeps them by His power. It is not of man, neither
by man; “not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God
that shows mercy.” May we all learn this truth experimentally, for
our proud flesh and blood will never permit us to learn it in any
other way. C. H. Spurgeon, </span><span style="text-decoration:none">from
“The Treasury of David” abridgment by David Otis Fuller.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">George
Muller started out in his 20’s holding forth for free-will
uppermost. He called the above “a devilish doctrine”. A lady
asked him, “Have you ever done a thorough Bible study on this
subject?” He acknowledged that he had not. Then please, she said,
do not speak any more on this subject until you have done so. This
word did not upset him. Rather he went through the entire Bible verse
by verse on this subject. He discovered that 80% of references on
this subject speak of salvation coming to us by grace. Then
afterwards, as he walked in this new insight for him, he discovered
that the other 20% made sense in the same direction, once he had
started this way.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">George
Whitefield walked this same path, and reasoned Charles Wesley into
the same position. John Wesley however retained the other position
his entire life. George Whitefield walked with John in full Christian
fellowship in spite of their different viewpoints. I fe</span><span style="text-decoration:none">e</span><span style="text-decoration:none">l
the same way as George Whitefield. I have dear friends on both sides
of this question, and know that we will together have fellowship in
heaven. “In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, tolerance; in all
things, charity or love.”</span></font></font></p>
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