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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">“<b>TWO
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<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">January 25, 2013</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>AUG
24 - EZEKIEL 33-34 - FALSE SHEPHERDS VERSUS GOOD SHEPHERDS</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.
33:7 (33:1-20, ESV) SERMON ON THE WATCHMAN. <font size="3">“So
you, son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel.
Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning
from me.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">We are like
Ezekiel, O Father; we are like Habakkuk. Make us a corporate
prophetic voice like Samuel! Make us a body of intercessors!
</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.
33:22 (33:21-22) CAPTURE OF JERUSALEM. <font size="3">“Now the
hand of the LORD had been upon me the evening before the fugitive
came; and he had opened my mouth by the time the man came to me in
the morning, so my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.”
</font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">There is a time O
Father, when you command us to hide ourselves like Elijah. Then the
time comes and You say, Show yourself to My enemy, and speak the word
I command you to say. Whatever Your command and timing, we will obey.
</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.
33:29 (33:23-29) PROPHECY TO THE REMNANT. <font size="3">“Then
they will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a
desolation and a waste because of all their abominations that they
have committed.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
You are a holy, Jealous, righteous God! Punishment from Your hand
eventually is meted out upon the rebellious and disobedient. Yet, in
the midst of wrath, You remember mercy! </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.
33:32 (33:30-33) EZEKIEL: DERIDED BY BACKSLIDDEN ISRAEL. <font size="3">“And
behold, you are to them like one who sings lustful songs with a
beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument, for they hear what
you say, but they will not do it.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">O
forgive us Father, for hearing Your voice, but taking it so lightly.
Make us as those who hear and tremble at Your Word, with poor and
contrite spirits (Isaiah 66:2; Matthew 5:3). </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.
34:2 (34:1-10) PROPHECY AGAINST SHEPHERDS. <font size="3">“Son of
man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to
them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord GOD: Ah, shepherds of
Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed
the sheep?” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">O forgive
us Father, that as parents we feed not our children wholesomely on
the bread of heaven; and for leaders of churches for slipping into
professionalism and selfishness. </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.
34:23-24 (34:11-22) FLOCK RESTORED: REMOVAL OF FALSE SHEPHERDS.
<font size="3">“And I will set up one shepherd over them, and He
shall feed them, even My servant David. He shall feed them, and he
shall be their shepherd. </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">24
</font><font size="3">And I, the LORD, will be their God, and my
servant David shall be prince among them. I am the LORD; I have
spoken.” </font></b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
we honor You by believing and receiving Your Word. We will follow
Your True Shepherd, even without the camp! We will share His
reproach. </span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><i>And
bring us not into temptation!</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">7.
34:25 (34:23-31) DAVID’S GREATER SON: GOD’S TRUE SHEPHERD. </font><font size="3">“I
will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild beasts from
the land, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep
in the woods.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
we glorify You for Your tender watch-care toward Your people. You are
married to the backslider. In wrath, You remember mercy! </span><b><i>But
deliver us from the evil </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>:
33:17 (3</b></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">3:1-20</span><span style="text-decoration:none">)
</span><span style="text-decoration:none">GOD RECIPROCATES WITH
CORRECTION! </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Yet
your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just,’ when it is
their own way that is not just.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
may we never impute unto You our shortcomings! Forgive us this sin
and ungrateful, immature act! We may not always understand You and
Your ways, but we </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">will
trust</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
You always in naked faith!</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">C.H.
Spurgeon Quotes: “Suffering for the Church” - </span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Every
sufferer who bears pain, or slander, or loss, or personal unkindness
for Christ's sake, is filling up that amount of suffering which is
necessary to the bringing together of the whole body of Christ, and
the upbuilding of His elect Church.</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">This
Word of the Lord</span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
came unto me in February, 1946 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: “He came
as a burning, flaming fire - to dwell in the hearts of His people.”
At the time, I was a relatively new believer, and thought the Spirit
was reminding me of a verse in Scripture. I discovered this was not
literally correct, although it was entirely consistent with the
general tenor of Scripture. And how does Jesus fulfill this? Through
the Holy Spirit! Read the biography of “Derek Prince” by Stephen
Mansfield, 2005, and you will find extraordinary confirmation through
the interpretation of personal, devotional tongues.</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: 54:6-7 (54) THE LORD UPHOLDS MY LIFE. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“With
a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you; I will give thanks to
your name, O LORD, for it is good. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">7
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">For he
has delivered me from every trouble, and my eye has looked in triumph
on my enemies.” </span></font></b><u><font size="3"><span style="font-weight:normal">Faithfulness</span></font></u><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
is Your Name, O Jehovah Father! And </span></span></font><u><font size="3"><span style="font-weight:normal">Jealous</span></font></u><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
is Your Name also on behalf of Your Son, Your Spirit, Your Word, Your
People! </span></span></font><b><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallowed
be your :name!</span></i></font></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">Monotony
is often the death of congregational praise. Providence is varied and
so should our recording songs be. From 54:1-3, where
the </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Selah</b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">
makes a pause for us, the Psalmist pleads with God, and then in the
rest of the song, laying aside all doubt of anxiety and the birth of
security.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">54:1.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Save me, O God.</b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">
You are my Savior; all around me are my foes and their eager
helpers. No shelter is permitted me. Every land rejects me and denies
me rest, But You, O God, will give me refuge, and deliver me from all
my enemies.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">54:2.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>He</b></span></i><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>ar</b></span></i><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>
my prayer, O God. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">This
has ever been the defense of saints. As long as God has an open ear,
we cannot be shut up in trouble. All other weapons may be useless,
but all-prayer is evermore available. But what is prayer if God hear
not?</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">54:3.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>For strangers are
risen up against me. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">Let
them leave off meddling and mind their own concerns. </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>And
oppressors seek after my soul. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">Kings
generally coin their own likeness. </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>They
have not set God before them. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">They
had no more regard for right and justice than if they knew no God or
cared for none. David felt that atheism lay at the bottom of the
enmity which pursued him. Good men are hated for God’s sake, and
this is a good plea for them to urge in prayer. </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Selah.
</b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">Enough of this.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">54:4.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Behold, God is my
helper. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">He saw
enemies everywhere, and now to his joy as he looks upon the band of
his defenders, he sees One Whose aid is better than all the help of
men; he is overwhelmed with joy at recognizing his divine Champion
and cries, </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Behold</b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">.
And is not this a theme for pious exultation in all time, that the
great God protects us, His own people: what matters the number of
violence of our foes when He uplifts the shield of His omnipotence to
guard us and keep the sword of His power to aid us? Little care we
for the defiance of the foe while we have the defense of God. </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>The
Lord is with them that uphold my soul. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">It
is a great mercy to have some friends left us, but a greater mercy
still to see the Lord among them, for like so many cyphers, our
friends stand for nothing till the Lord sets Himself as a great Unit
in the front of them.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">54:6.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>I will freely
sacrifice unto you. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">Spontaneously
will I bring my free-will offerings. So certain is he of deliverance,
that he offers a vow by anticipation. His overflowing gratitude would
load the altars of God with victims cheerfully presented. The more we
receive, the more we ought to render. The spontaneousness of our
gifts is a great element in their acceptance; “the Lord loves a
cheerful giver.” </span><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>(From
“The Treasury of David” by C.H. Spurgeon, abridged by D.O.
Fuller)</b></span></font></font></p>
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