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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
6 - PROVERBS 21-24 - MAXIMS AND COUNSELS</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.
21:2 (21, ESV) CHARACTER BUILDING PROVERBS FOR A SON. <font size="3">“Every
way of man is right in his own eyes but the LORD weighs the heart.”
</font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father, You look upon
our motives and attitudes as You taught Samuel when choosing David.
Let the words of our mouth, and the meditation of our heart be
acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, our strength and our Redeemer
(Psalm 19:14). Search us O God, and know our heart. Come Your
Kingdom, which is righteousness, peace and joy in </span><span style="font-weight:normal">the
Holy Spirit</span><span style="font-weight:normal">! </span><b><i>Hallowed
be your :name!</i></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><span style="font-style:normal">2.
22:6 (22:1-16) GOOD COUNSEL FOR A SON. </span><font style="font-size:13pt" size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">“Train
up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not
depart from it.” </span></font></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">But
this takes time, patience and love. Yet this is what You </span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">do
with us, Father. Your purpose is to bring many sons into glory - for
us to be like Jesus. You love us too much to let us stray
unchallenged. </span></span><b><i>Your :kingdom come.</i></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><span style="font-style:normal">3.
22:22-23 (22:17-29) WORD FOR A WISE SON. </span><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">“Do
not rob the poor because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the
gate, </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal">23
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">for the
LORD will plead their cause and rob of life those who rob them.”
</span></font></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">Let
us O Father, always regard the life of a poor and needy man. Let us
share of our abundance. </span></span><b><i>Your :will be done, As
in heaven, so on earth</i></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><span style="font-style:normal">4.
23:13-14 (23:1</span><span style="font-style:normal">-21) WISE
WORDS FOR A SON. </span><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">“Do
not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod,
he will not die. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal">14</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">
</span><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">If you strike
him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">.”
</span></font></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">Forgive
us Father, for not taking Your Word seriously. Forgive us for not
seeing that </span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">You
and Your Word</span></u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
are </span></span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">one</span></u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
(John 1:1; 2 Peter 1:4)! Forgive us for letting the unbelief of the
world intimidate us. Forgive us for not being willing to suffer
reproach for Your Word’s sake! </span></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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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="LEFT">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">5.
23:23 (23:22-35) A FATHER AND MOTHER’S DESIRE FOR A SON. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Buy
truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and
understanding.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">O
Lord, You are the Truth (John 14:6), and Your Word is truth (John
17:17), and the Paraclete is the Spirit of Truth (John 15:26). We
break the spirit of error over our children, and into them we loose
the Spirit of Truth, th</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">at</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
Christ </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">be
</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">within
them. </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.
24:3-4 (24:1-20) WISDOM FOR A SON CONCERNING EVIL. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“By
wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">4</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">by knowledge
the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Any
child following this format will be delivered from the evil one.
Father, let this truth sink deeply into the heart of our sons and
daughters. </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>7.
24:27 (24:21-34) WORDS ON RELATIONSHIP FOR A SON. <font size="3">“Prepare
your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field,
and after that build your house.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">We
seek </span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">first</span></u><span style="font-weight:normal">
Your Kingdom and Your righteousness Father, and then all things we
need will be added unto us. First complete love to You Father, and
then to neighbor as ourselves. Father, we pledge to live You out in
this truth. </span><b><i>But deliver us from the evil </i>one!</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">What
a prayer for our sons and daughters. How wonderful to pray the Lord’s
Prayer on their behalf from these truths of Scripture. O Father, You
are worthy of our deepest praise in the light of these Prayer-truths!</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: 6:9 (6) </span><span style="text-decoration:none">O
LORD, DELIVER MY LIFE! </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“The
LORD has heard my plea; the LORD accepts my prayer.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">In
the midst of our troubles Father, You are always there. When we cry
unto You in our distress, You always hear. As a mother is sensitive
to the cry of her child, so are You aware of the best for Your child.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallowed be
your :name, </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">for
we can </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">always</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
trust You!</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
Psalm is commonly known as the first of “The Penitential Psalms,”
and certainly its language well becomes the lip of a penitent, for it
expresses at once the sorrow (6:3, 6-7), the humiliation (6:2, 4),
and the hatred of sin (6:8), which are the unfailing marks of the
contrite spirit when it turns to God.</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">6:2
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">For I am
weak</span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
Urge not your goodness or your greatness, but plead your sin and
your littleness. A sense of sin had so spoiled the Psalmist’s
pride, so taken away his vaunted strength, that he found himself weak
to obey the law, weak through the sorrow that was in him, too weak
perhaps, to lay hold on the promise. “I am weak.” The original
may be read, “I am one who droops,” or withered like a blighted
plant.</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">6:4.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">For Your
mercies sake.</span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
If we turn to justice, what plea can we urge? But if we turn to
mercy, we may still cry, notwithstanding the greatness of our guil</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">,
“Save me for Your mercies’ sake.”</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">Observe
how frequently David here pleads the Name of Jehovah, which is always
intended where the word LORD is given in capitals. Five times in four
verses we here meet with it. Is not this a proof that the glorious
name is full of consolation to the tempted saint?</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">6:6
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">I am weary
with my groaning.</span></i></b><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
</span></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">God’s
people may groan but they may not grumble! It may seem a
marvelous change in David, being a man of such magnitude of mind, to
be thus dejected and cast down. Prevailed he not against Goliath,
against the lion and the bear, through fortitude and magnanimity? But
now he is sobbing, sighing, and weeping like a child! When men and
beasts are his opposites, then he is more than a conqueror; but when
he has to do with God against whom he sinned, then he is less than
nothing.</span></span></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"><i><b><span style="text-decoration:none">All
the night I make my bed to swim</span></b></i><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">;
or, “I caused my bed to swim.” As the woman with the bloody issue
that touched the hem of Christ’s garment was no less welcome to
Christ than Thomas, who put his fingers in the print of the nails, so
God looks not at the quantity, but the sincerity of our repentance.
Conviction sometimes has such an effect upon the body that even the
outward organs are made to suffer.</span></span></span></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"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">6:8.
</span></span></span><i><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Depart
from me, all you workers of iniquity. </span></b></i><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Repentance
is a practical thing. It is not enough to bemoan the desecration of
the temple of the heart; we must scourge out the buyers and sellers
and overturn the tables of the money-changers. A pardoned sinner will
hate the sins which cost the Savior His blood. - Charles Spurgeon -
from “The Treasury of David”, abridged by David Otis Fuller</span></span></span></font></font></p>
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