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</a></p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>JUL
5 - PROVERBS 10-20 - CONTRASTING PROVERBS</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.
10:22 (10, ESV) CONTRASTED PERSONS AND THINGS. <font size="3">“The
blessing of the LORD makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.”
</font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father, You always
desire to bless: but Your blessing is that we might be conformed to
the image of Jesus - that You might bring many sons and daughters
into glory and maturity. Be King of our lives to shape us through
trials and discipline. </span><b><i>Hallowed be your :name!</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>2.
11:13 (11-12) PROVERBS ON RELATIONSHIPS. <font size="3">“Whoever
goes about slandering reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in
spirit keeps a thing covered.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Set
a watch before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips (Psalm 141:3) </span><span style="font-weight:normal">Let
us not be as Ham and Canaan with Noah; but as Shem and Japheth. Write
on our hearts, that love </span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">covers
a multitude of sins</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
</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.
13:12 (13) PROVERBS CONTRASTING POVERTY AND PROSPERITY. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Hope
deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of
life.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">This
ministers to our spirit, soul and body! You O Father, are more
willing to give than we are to receive. But answers to prayer before
we grow spiritually could hurt us. </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.
15:22 (14-15) PROVERBS CONCERNING VARIOUS CLASSES. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Without
counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Let
us not move unilaterally, Father. Let us find wise confirmation with
spouse, friends and the wise. Yet let us have a true word from </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">You
first</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">!
Give us words that lead us to a contrite heart and repentance. </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.
</span><span style="text-decoration:none">16:32 (16-17) PROVERBS
OF CONFIDENCE, CONTENTMENT AND PEACE. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Whoever
is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his
spirit than he who takes a city.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
only You are truly like this! But You live in us (Galatians 2:20;
1:16; 4:19; Colossians</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">1:27).
Father, we release You in us in all Your self-control, meekness and
longsuffering. You are our armor both within and without. We
voluntarily let You live out Your life through us. </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.
18:10 (18:1-19:19) PROVERBS ON VIRTUE AND CHARACTER. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“The
name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it
and is safe.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Satan
cannot touch us as we walk in this truth. You Father, set a hedge
</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">a</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">bout
us so that we are protected like Job. Therefore we rejoice and live
in Your Name, which is Your Nature. </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.
19:23 (19:20-20:30) INSTRUCTIONS AND ADMONITIONS TO SONS. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“The
fear of the LORD leads to life, and whoever has it rests satisfied;
he will not be visited by harm.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
let </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">t</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">his
truth sink deep into our heart; write it on the table of our heart.
As a sapling is bent and takes up that position permanently, so let
Your fear tend to keep us perpetually in You and Your blessing! </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>:
</b></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">O
Father, our heart rejoices in the truths in this passage. He</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">re</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
we find Your wisdom Personified. Here we find wisdom in building good
relationships with our fellow-man!</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: 5:3 (5) </span><span style="text-decoration:none">LEAD
ME IN YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“O
LORD, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a
sacrifice for you and watch.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
You are a God Who hears and answers prayer. No good thing will You
withhold from him who walks uprightly. Before we ask, You have
already provided the answer! No wonder we spontaneously </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallow
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">To
the devout mind there is here presented a precious view of the Lord
Jesus, of Whom it is said that in the day of His flesh, He offered up
prayers and supplication with strong crying and tears.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">5:1
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Give ear to my words,
O Lord, consider my meditation. </span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">Word</span><span style="text-decoration:none">s</span><span style="text-decoration:none">
are not the essence but the garments of prayer. C. H. S. Meditation
is the best beginning of prayer, and prayer is the best conclusion of
meditation. George Swinnock</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">5:2
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none">The voice of my cry.
</span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">To a loving father,
his children’s cries are music, and they have a magic influence
which his heart cannot resist. </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none">My
King, and my God. </span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">Observe
carefully these little pronouns, </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none">my</span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">
King, and </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none">my </span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">God.
They are the pith and marrow of the plea. Here is a grand argument
why God should answer prayer - because He is </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none">our</span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">
K</span><span style="text-decoration:none">i</span><span style="text-decoration:none">ng
and </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none">our</span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">
God. We are not aliens to Him: He is the King of our country. Kings
are expected to hear the appeals of their own people. We are not
strangers to Him; we are His worshipers, and He is our God: ours by
covenant, by promise, by oath, by blood.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">5:3
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none">My voice shall You
hear. </span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">Observe, this
is not so much a prayer as a resolution. We can sooner die than live
without prayer. </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none">In the
morning. </span></i><span style="text-decoration:none"> An hour in
the morning is </span><u>worth two</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
in the evening. While the dew is on the grass, let grace drop upon
the soul. Let us give God the mornings of our days and the morning of
our lives. Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the
night. </span></font></font>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">I
will direct my prayer unto You, and will look up. </span></i><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
I will put my prayer upon the bow, I will direct i</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">t</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
toward heaven, and then when I have shot up my arrow, I will look up
to see where it has gone. But the Hebrew has a still fuller meaning
this this - “I will </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration:none">direct
</span></i><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">my
prayer.” It is the word that is used for the laying in order of the
wood and the pieces of the victim upon the altar, and it is used also
for putting of the shew-bread upon the table. It means just this: “I
will arrange my prayer before You”; I will lay it out upon the
altar in the morning, just as the priest lays out the morning
sacrifice. I will arrange my prayer; or, as old Master Trapp has it,
“I will marshal up my prayers,” I will put them in order, call up
all my powers, and bid them stand in their proper places, that I may
pray with all my might, and pray acceptably.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
will look up</span></i><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">,
or, as the Hebrew might better be translated, “’I will look out,’
I will look out for the answer. After I have prayed, I will expect
that the blessing shall come.” It is the word that is used in
another place where we read of those who watched for the morning. So
will I watch for Your answer, O my Lord! I will spread out my prayer
like the victim on the altar, and I will look up and expect to
receive the answer by fire from heaven to consume the sacrifice. Do
we not miss very much of the sweetness and efficacy of prayer by a
want of </span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">careful
meditation</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
before it and of hopeful expectation after it? Prayer without
fervency is like hunting with a dead dog, and prayer without
preparation is hawking with a blind falcon. God made man, but He used
the dust of the earth as a material: the Holy spirit is the Author of
prayer, but He employs the thoughts of a fervent soul as the gold
with which to fashion the vessel. Let not our prayers and praises be
the flashes of a hot and hasty brain, but the steady burning of a
well-kindled fire.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">We
are like the ostrich, which lays her eggs and looks not for her
young. We sow the seed and are too idle to seek a harvest. Let holy
preparation link hands with patient expectation, and we shall have
far larger answers to our prayers! C. H. Spurgeon - from “The
Treasury of David”.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Notice
that Psalm 5 is attached as the reading for July 5. This is my
birthday since 1923. On January 5 and July 5, I read this as my
birthday Psalm. Each one of us has a Psalm for our birthday. I
encourage you to find your Psalm, and use it as I do mine, as a
special time in the Lord! </span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">-
</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Jim
Watt</span></span></font></font></p>
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