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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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<a href="http://www.2rbetter.org/" target="_blank">www.2rbetter.org</a></b></p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">December 23, 2012</p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
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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
31 - JEREMIAH 1 - CALL OF THE PROPHET</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.
1:2-3 (1:1-3, ESV) JEREMIAH: HIS HISTORICAL BACKGROUND. <font size="3">“To
whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon,
king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">3
</font><font size="3">It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah, king of Judah, and until the end of the eleventh year of
Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the captivity of
Jerusalem in the fifth month.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
You reign in Your Kingdom by Your word through Your prophets and
apostles. You build Your church on this foundation. </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.
1:4-5 JEREMIAH: GOD’S AMAZING PREPARATION. <font size="3">“Now
the word of the LORD came to me, saying, </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">5
</font><font size="3">‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet
to the nations.’” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">We
acknowledge Your sovereign predestinating power, Father! You declare
the end from the beginning! You call the things that are not as
though they were! </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.
1:6-8 JEREMIAH: GOD OVERRULES HIS FEARFULNESS. <font size="3">Then I
said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am
only a youth.” </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">7 </font><font size="3">But
the LORD said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’; for to
all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you
shall speak. </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">8 </font><font size="3">Do
not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the
LORD.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Provision!
Provision! Your callings Father, are Your enablements! All we need we
find in You. All our secret springs are in You! </span><b><i>Your
:will be done, As in he</i><font size="3"><i>aven, so on earth.</i></font></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>4.
1:9-10 JEREMIAH: SUPERNATURAL STRENGTHENING AND COMMISSION. <font size="3">“Then
the LORD</font></b><font size="3"><span style="font-weight:normal">
</span></font><b><font size="3">put out his hand and touched my mouth.
And the LORD said to me, ‘Behold, I have put my words in your
mouth. </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">10 </font><font size="3">See,
I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up
and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to
plant.” </font></b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
forgive us, so many of us, for applying this verse to ourselves.
There are </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">few</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
Jeremiahs! There are few called to the </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">office</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
of prophet. Possessing the lesser gift of prophecy does </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">not</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
qualify one for the office! The lesser does </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">not</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
</span></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">include
greater. </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
:daily :bread Give us this day.</span></i></font></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">5.
1:12 (1:11-12) JEREMIAH: SIGN OF THE ALMOND TREE. </span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Then
the LORD said to me, ‘You have seen well, for I am watching over my
word to perform it.’” </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">The
almond tree: Your emblem Father, of Your watchful care over Your
promises, and Your haste in performing them! You are </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">not</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
slack in fulfilling Your promises. Your day is but 1000 years! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors!</span></i></font></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">6.
1:14 (1:13-16) JEREMIAH: SIGN OF THE SEETHING POT. </span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Then
the LORD said to me, ‘Out of the north disaster shall be let loose
upon all the inhabitants of the land.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
You </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">must</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
judge sin, lawlessness and rebellion. Yet You will not punish the
righteous with the lawless. You preserved Lot in the midst of
righteous judgment! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
bring us not into temptation.</span></i></font></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">7.
1:17 (1:17-19) JEREMIAH: GOD’S ENCOURAGEMENT. </span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">But
you, dress yourself for work; arise, and say to them everything that
I command you. Do not be dismayed by them, lest I dismay you before
them.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Though
we are </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">not</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
all called to be prophets like Jeremiah, yet we must all bear witness
to the </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">truth</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
according to our calling. We </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">loose</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
Your wisdom for this, Father! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">one!</span></font></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><b><font style="font-size:11pt">NOTE</font></b></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
1:19 (1:17-19) JEREMIAH: GOD’S PROMISE OF DELIVERANCE. </b></span></font><b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“They
will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you, for I
am with you, declares the LORD, to deliver you.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Yes
Father, You will give us our life as a prey, in all places where You
lead us, and in the midst of danger and temptation. </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-weight:normal">Great</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
is Your faithfulness, O God our Father!</span></span></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><font style="font-size:11pt">C.H.
Spurgeon Quotes: </font></b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-weight:normal">
Afraid to Save The Non-Elect. “Some people seem to be afraid lest
we should be the means of saving some of the non-elect - but that is
a fear which never troubles either my head or my heart, for I know
that with all the effort and preaching in the world, we shall never
bring more to Christ that Christ has had given to Him by His Father!”</span></font></font></font></p>
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