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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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8 - PROVERBS 30 - WORDS OF AGUR</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.
30:2-3 (30:1-3) WORDS OF AGUR. <font size="3">“Surely I am too
stupid to be a man. I have not the understanding of a man. </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">3
</font><font size="3">I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge
of the Holy One.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
it is good for us to know our limitations. It is good to be chastened
and humbled. It is good to have a broken and contrite heart. Let the
fruit of the Spirit, the beauty of Christ: gentleness, meekness,
longsuffering - come in us. </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.
30:4 QUESTIONS. <font size="3">“</font><font size="3">Who has
ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his
fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has
established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is
his son’s name? Surely you know! </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
as Agur sought for wisdom and answers - especially to know You better
- so we seek You and Your Son Jesus! </span><b><i>Your :kingdom
come!</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>3.
30:5-6 GOD’S WORDS. <font size="3">“Every word of God proves
true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">6
</font><font size="3">Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and
you be found a liar.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Your
Word O Father, is </span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">purified</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
7 times. Forever, O Jehovah, Your Word is settled in heaven
(Deuteronomy 12:32; Revelation 22:18-19). We will always trust You
through Your Word, and we know </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Your</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
faithfulness! </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.
30:8 (30:7-9) AGUR’S REQUESTS. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Remove
far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with the food that is needful for me.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">If
we have too much, we tend to forget You; if we have too little, we
are tempted to dishonesty. Forgive us Father, for wrong attitudes
toward You, carelessness, forgetfulness, lack of love and
appreciation. </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.
30:10 ACCUSATION. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Do
not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be
held guilty.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
teach us to go first to a brother with a fault, before telling anyone
else. Let us deliver ourselves of a grievance in the correct way
(Matthew 18:15-17). Let us remember the Golden rule! Then we can
count on you Lord Jesus, to be both our inward and outward armor.
</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.
30:18-19 (30:11-31) SIX GROUPS OF FOUR THINGS. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Three
things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand: </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">19
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">the
way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way
of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a virgin.”
</span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Shy
young men as well as strong men, know how to find their mate. You
have put in us the wisdom for this, 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.
30:32 (30:32-33) FORBEARANCE. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">If
you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been
devising evil, put your hand on your mouth.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
humble ourselves and ask forgiveness from You Father, and from the
one we have offended. We thank You for the wisdom and convicting
power of Your Word. Ever keep us with a humble and contrite heart.
</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">Thank
You Father for all the variety and helpfulness in Your Word. It is
like a beautiful garden, with all manner of fruit and beauty. All we
need we find in it. And best of all, beyond the sacred page, we find
</span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">You</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">,
Lord!</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">Our
Psalm for the day: 8:6 (8) </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">HOW
MAJESTIC IS YOUR NAME! </span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
</span></span><b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“You
have given him (man) dominion over the works of your hands; you have
put all things under his feet.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">You
have made man a little lower than Elohim; yet to rule angels,
ministering spirits to the heirs of salvation. What purposes for man
You have planned for all Your creation! No wonder Father, we </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">We
may style this Psalm “the Song of the Astronomer.” 8:1 </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>O
Lord our Lord, how excellent is Your name in all the earth! Who has
set Your glory above the heavens. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">Unable
to express the glory of God, the Psalmist utters a note of
exclamation. O Jehovah, our Lord! The solid fabric of the universe
leans upon His eternal arm. Universally is He present, and everywhere
is His name excellent.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">Descend,
if you will, into the lowest depths of the ocean, where undisturbed
the water sleeps, and the very sand is motionless in unbroken quiet,
but the glory of the Lord is there, revealing its excellence in the
silent palace of the sea. Borrow the wings of the morning and fly to
the uttermost parts of the sea, but God is there. Mount to the
highest heaven, or dive into the deepest hell, and God is in both
hymned in everlasting song or justified in terrible vengeance.
Everywhere and in every place, God dwells and is manifestly at work.
We can scarcely find more fitting words that those of Nehemiah,
“You, even You, are Lord alone; You have made heaven, the heaven of
heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are
therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and You preserve them
all; and the host of heaven worships You.” Returning to the text we
are led to observe that this Psalm is addressed to God, because none
but the Lord Himself can full</span><span style="text-decoration:none">y</span><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span><span style="text-decoration:none">k</span><span style="text-decoration:none">now
His own glory!</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">8:2
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Out of the mouth of
babes and sucklings You have ordained strength because of Your
enemies.</b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none"> How
often will children tell us of a God Whom we have forgotten! Did not
the children cry, “Hosannah!” in the Temple, when proud Pharisees
were silent and contemptuous?And did not the Savior quote these very
words as a justification of their infantile cries? When one of
the popish chaplains told Mr. Wishart, the great Scotch martyr, that
he had a devil in him, a child that stood by cried out, “A devil
cannot speak such words as yonder man speaks.” One more instance is
still nearer to our time. In a postscript to one of his letter, in
which he details his persecution when first preaching in Moorfields,
Whitefield says, “I cannot help adding that several little boys and
girls were fond of sit</span><span style="text-decoration:none">t</span><span style="text-decoration:none">ing
round me on the pulpit while I preached, and handed to me people’s
notes - though they were often pelted with eggs, dirt, etc., thrown
at me - never one gave way; but on the contrary, every time I was
struck, turned up their little weeping eyes, and seemed to wish they
could receive the blows for me. God make them, in their growing
years, great and living martyrs for Him, who, ‘out of the mouths of
babes and sucklings, perfects praise!’”</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">8:4
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>What is man, that
You are mindful of him? and the son of man, that You visit him?
</b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">Perhaps there are
no rational beings throughout the universe among whom pride would
appear more unseemly or incompatible than in man, considering the
situation in which he is placed. He is exposed to numerous
degradations and calamities, to the rage of storms and tempests, the
devastations of earthquakes and volcanoes, the fury of whirlwinds,
and the tempestuous billows of the ocean, to the ravages of the
sword, famine, pestilence, and numerous diseases; and at length he
must sink into the grave, and his body must become the companion of
worms! The most dignified and haughty of the sons of men are liable
to these and similar degradations as well as the meanest of the human
family. Yet, in such circumstances, man - that puny worm of the dust,
whose knowledge is so limited, and whose follies are so numerous and
glaring - has the effrontery to strut in all the haughtiness of
pride, and to glory in his shame. Dr. Chalmers, in his
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Astronomical
Discourses</span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">, very
truthfully says, “We gave you but a feeble image of our
comparative insignificance, when we said that the glories of an
extended forest would suffer no more from the fall of a single leaf,
that the glories of this extended universe would suffer though the
globe we tread upon, ‘and all that it inherits, should dissolve.’”
C. H. S.<br></span><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></font></font></p>
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