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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>Jim
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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
30 - 1 CORINTHIANS 16 - ON GIVING, AND CLOSING WORDS</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.
16:2 (16:1-4, NNT) THE COLLECTION: RULES AND SAFEGUARDS. <font size="3">“Upon
</font><font size="3"><i>the</i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">
first </span></font><font size="3"><i>day</i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">
of </span></font><font size="3"><i>the</i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">
week let each of you lay by him in store, as he may prosper, that
when I come no collections be made.” </span></font></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
Your ways are wise, orderly and thoughtful. These were Your wise </span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">w</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">ays
for David and Old Covenant saints. They are Your ways for us today.
We pledge to observe them. </span></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;font-style:normal" align="LEFT">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>2.
16:8-9 (16:5-9) PAUL’S FUTURE PLANS. <font size="3">“But I will
tarry at Ephesus until :Pentecost; </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">9
</font><font size="3">for a great door and effectual is opened to me,
and adversaries </font><font size="3"><i>are</i></font><font size="3">
many.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father, make
us sensitive like Paul to Your Providential open doors. Guide us
intuitively through Your providential leadings. </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.
16:10-11a (16:10-11) TIMOTHY: A WORD ON HELPING HIM. <font size="3">“Now
if Timothy come, see that he be with you without fear; for he works
</font><font size="3"><i>the</i></font><font size="3"> Lord’s work, as
I </font><font size="3"><i>also</i></font><font size="3">: </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">11a
</font><font size="3">let none therefore despise him.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Paul
safeguarded Your design through these words, Father. Make us
sensitive to work cooperatively with You as Paul did through Timothy.
</span><b><i>Your :will be done, As in heaven, so on earth!</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>4.
16:12 APOLLOS: POSSIBILITY FOR THE FUTURE. <font size="3">“But as
touching Apollos the brother, I besought him much to come unto you
with the brethren: and it was not at all </font><font size="3"><i>the</i></font><font size="3">
will to come now; but he will come when he shall have opportunity.”
</font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father, forgive us for
forcing our will on others and playing God. Give us that keen insight
of Paul to rely on You through men for the best timing! Help us also
to forgive others who try to eclipse You and force their will upon
us! </span><b><i>Our :daily :bread Give us this day!</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>5.
16:13-14 EXHORTATION TO VIGILANCE AND LOVE. <font size="3">“Watch,
stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">14
</font><font size="3">Let all you do be in love.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Hallelujah!
Father, we bless You for Your words of wisdom through St. Paul. These
are words of spiritual armor, permitting You to lead us not into
undue purging. Yet, where purging is necessary, be the refiner and
purge out the dross (Malachi 3:1-3), and the farmer and prune off the
extraneous (John 15:1-8). </span><b><i>And forgive us our :debts, As
we also have forgiven our :debtors.</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>6.
16:15-16 (16:15-18) A WORD TO HONOR WORTHY MINISTERS. <font size="3">“Now
I beseech you, brethren (you know the house of Stephanas, that it is
a first fruit of Achaia, and they have set themselves to minister to
the saints, </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">16 </font><font size="3">that
you also submit to :such, and to every one that helps in </font><font size="3"><i>the</i></font><font size="3">
work and toils.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">We
too Father, would be </span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">addicted</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
in serving one another above ourselves! We would submit ourselves to
leaders with this beautiful servant spirit. </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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<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">7.
16:19 (16:19-24) CLOSING SALUTATIONS AND BENEDICTION. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“The
churches of :Asia salute you. Aquila and Prisca salute you much in
</span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
Lord, with the church in their house.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">How
simple were Your ways in the beginning of the church. How we have
</span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">made void</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
Your word and way of the city church, and church in the home, by our
traditions through the centuries. Forgive us, and return us, 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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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="LEFT">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
16:22-24 (16:19-24) PAUL’S STERN, YET BLESSED CLOSING. </b></span><b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“If
any man loves not the Lord, let him be anathema. Maranatha. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">23
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">The
grace of the Lord Jesus Christ </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">be</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
with you. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">24
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">My
:love with you all in Christ Jesus. </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
we embrace You and Your Word. We embrace You in Christ Jesus. We
embrace You in Your Spirit. We move from childhood to bridal love.</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: 30:5 (30, </span><span style="text-decoration:none">ESV</span><span style="text-decoration:none">)
</span><span style="text-decoration:none">JOY COMES WITH THE
MORNING. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“For
his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.”
</span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
we welcome the spiritual night of denial, identification with Jesus
in His cross of suffering, and following Him in union with You! For
out of temporary deprivation comes bountiful union and communion!
</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">Quotes
from C.H. Spurgeon - “The Doctrine We Preach” - </span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">This
is the doctrine that we preach; if a man be saved, all the honor is
to be given to Christ; but if a man be lost, all the blame is to be
laid upon himself. You will find all true theology summed up in these
two short sentences, salvation is all of the grace of God, damnation
is all of the will of 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">Psalm
30 - Title: </span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">“A
Psalm and Song at the Dedication of the House of David”; or rather,
“A Psalm; a Song of Dedication for the House, by David.” A song
of faith since the house of Jehovah, here intended, David never lived
to see. A Psalm of praise, since a sore judgment had been stayed and
a great sin forgiven. 30:1. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">I
will extol You.</span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
I will have high and honorable conceptions of You and give them
utterance in my best music. Others may forget You, murmur at You,
despise You, blaspheme You, but “I will extol You,” for I have
been favored above all others. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">For
You have lifted me up. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Here
is an antithesis, “I will exalt You, for You have exalted me! Grace
has uplifted us from the pit of hell, from the ditch of sin, f</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">rom</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
the Slough of Despond, from the bed of sickness, from the bondage of
doubts and fears: have we no song to offer for all of this? How high
has our Lord lifted us? Lifted us up into the children’s place, to
be adopted into the family; lifted us up into union with Christ, “to
sit together with Him in heavenly places.” Lift high the Name of
our God, for He has lifted us above the stars. </span></span></font></font>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">30:4.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Sing unto
the Lord, O you saints of His. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">David
would not fill his choir with reprobates but with sanctified persons
who could sing from their hearts. He calls to you, you people of God,
because you are saints: and if sinners are wickedly silent, let your
holiness constrain you to sing. You are His saints - chosen,
blood-bought, called, and set apart for God; sanctified on purpose
that you should offer the daily sacrifice of praise. Abound you in
this duty.</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">30:5.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Weeping my
endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">When
the Sun of Righteousness comes, we wipe our eyes, and joy chases out
intruding sorrow. Who would not be joyful that knows Jesus? The first
beams of the morning bring us comfort when Jesus is the day-dawn, and
all believers know it to be so. Mourning only lasts till morning:
when the night is gone the gloom shall vanish. This is adduced as a
reason for saintly singing, and forcible reason it is; short nights
and merry days call for psalter and harp. </span></span></font></font>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">30:6.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">In my
prosperity.</span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
When all his foes were quiet, and his rebellious son dead and
buried, then was the time of peril. Many a vessel founders in a calm.
No temptation is so bad as tranquility.</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">30:7.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">You did hide
Your face, and I was troubled.</span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
There was no need to come to blows, a hidden face was enough. This
proves, first, that David was a genuine saint, for no hiding of God’s
face on earth would trouble a sinner; and, secondly, that the joy of
the saint is dependent upon the presence of his 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">30:10.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Lord, You be
my helper. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
Another compact expressive ever-fitting prayer. It is suitable to
hundreds of the cases of the Lord’s people; it is well becoming in
the minister when he is going to preach, to the sufferer upon the bed
of pain, to the toiler in the field of service, to the believer under
temptation, to the man of God under adversity; when God helps,
difficulties vanish. </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">(From
“The Treasury of David” by C.H. Spurgeon, abridged by D.O.
Fuller)</span></b></font></font></p>
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