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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>AUG
25 - EZEKIEL 35-37 - VALLEY OF DRY BONES</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.
35:15 (35, ESV) PROPHECY AGAINST EDOM. <font size="3">“As you
rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was
desolate, so I will deal with you; you shall be desolate, Mount Seir,
and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
</font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">When Your judgments are
upon earth, O Great Jehovah Father, then shall we learn
righteousness. </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.
36:12 (36:1-15) PROPHECY TO THE MOUNTAINS OF ISRAEL. <font size="3">“I
will let my people walk on you, even my people Israel. And they shall
possess you, and you shall be </font><font size="3">t</font><font size="3">heir
inheritance, and you shall no longer bereave them of children.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">In
Your time Father, a righteous remnant shall inherit their
inheritance, both naturally and spiritually. </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.
36:26-27 (36:16-38) PROPHECY TO ISRAEL: RESTORATION AND INCREASE.
<font size="3">“And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I
will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your
flesh and give you a heart of flesh. </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">27
</font><font size="3">And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause
you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">What
grace! What </span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">great</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
grace! This is </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Your</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
promise Father, and will be fulfilled in fullness both in Israel and
Your Church! </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.
37:10 (37:1-10) VISION: THE VALLEY OF DRY BONES. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“So
I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and
they lived and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
marvel at Your great power and patience, Father. All that Your
prophets and apostles have spoken shall find fulfillment at the time
of the restitution of all things. O forgive us our unbelief and
slowness of heart to believe. </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.
37:13-14a (37:11-14) VISION-WORK AND INTERPRETATION. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“And
you shall know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves, and raise
you from your graves, O my people. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">14</span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">a</span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">And I
will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place
you in your own land.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">What
a marvelous picture, O Father! We are weak, but You are strong! </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.
37:22 (37:15-25) SIGN OF THE TWO STICKS. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“And
I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel.
And one king shall be king over them all, and they shall be no longer
two nations, and no longer divided into two kingdoms.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Yes
Father, and James wrote to the reunited 12 tribes scattered abroad!
And the 12 apostles will sit on 12 thrones judging the 12 tribes of
Israel! </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.
37:26 (37:26-28) GOD’S COVENANT OF PEACE. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“I
will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting
covenant with them. And I will set them in their land and multiply
them, and will set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore.”
</span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
forgive us for scarcely being able to comprehend and receive such
great and exceeding precious promises! </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>:
36:37 (36:16-38) A STARTLING PRAYER CONDITION! </b></span><b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Thus
says the Lord GOD: This also I will </span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">l</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">et
the house of Israel ask me to do for them (I will yet for this be
</span></font><u><font size="3">inquired of by the house of Israel</font></u><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
to do it for them - ASV-01); to increase their people like a flock.”
</span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Teach
us this, Father! Write it upon our hearts! Show us the importance of
acting upon this truth as did Daniel (9 & 10). </span></span></font></font>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Spring
of 1944: </span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
The Word of the Lord came unto me: “In the last days I will restore
My church with apostles and prophets - and if you are faithful, you
may have part in this.” This word came in response to my question -
“Why Lord, out of some 500 friends and acquaintance, have You
chose</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">n</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
to reveal Yourself to me?” In June of 1962 in round Lake,
Illinois, He again spoke to me - “You have been faithful to Me for
the past 18 years. Now, resign as pastor from this church, and move
out to the Seattle area. There I am about to lay a foundation for a
strategic last day move, and there you may have a part in it.”</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: 55:16-17 (55) CAST YOUR BURDEN ON THE LORD.
</span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“But I call
to God, and the LORD will save me. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">17
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">Evening
and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears
my voice.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Yes
Father, it is always right that we seek Your face morning, noon and
night! We gratefully and thankfully come to You! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><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"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">55:2.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Attend
unto me, and hear me. </b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">This
is the third time David prays the same prayer. He is in earnest, in
deep and bitter earnest. If his God does not hear, he feels that all
is over with him. He begs for his God to be a Listener and an
Answerer. </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>I
mourn in my complaint and make a noise. </b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">What
a comfort that we may be thus familiar with our God! We may not
complain of Him, but we may complain to Him. Our rambling thoughts
when we are distracted with grief, we may bring before Him, and that
too in utterances rather to be called “a noise” than language.
“Groanings that cannot be uttered” are often prayers which cannot
be refused. Our Lord Himself used strong crying and tears and was
heard in that He feared.</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">55:4.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>And
the terrors of death are fallen upon me. </b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">Think
of our Lord in the garden, with His “soul exceeding sorrowful even
unto death,” and you have a parallel to the griefs of the Psalmist.
Perchance, dear reader, if as yet you have not trodden this gloomy
way, you will do so soon; then be sure to mark the footprints of your
Lord in this miry part of the road.</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">55:6.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>And
I said, Oh, that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away,
and be at rest. </b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">It
is cowardly to shun the battle which God would have us fight. We had
better face the danger, for we have no armor for our backs. He had
need of a swifter conveyance than doves’ pinions who would out-fly
slander; he may be at rest who does not fly but commends his case to
his God. Some of the most astounding sermons ever
delivered have been preached on this text, which was a very favorite
one with the old divines.</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">55:12.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>For
it was not an enemy that reproached me; then could I have borne it</b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">.
</span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">None
are such real enemies as false friends. Reproaches from those who
have been intimate with us, and trusted by us, cut us to the quick;
and they are usually so well acquainted with our peculiar weaknesses
that they know how to touch us where we are most sensitive, and to
speak so as to do us most damage. We can bear from Shimei what we
cannot endure from Ahithophel.</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">55:17.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Evening
and morning and at noon, will I pray. </b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">Often,
but none too often. Seasons of great need call for frequent seasons
of devotion. The three periods chosen are most fitting: to begin,
continue, and end the day with God is supreme wisdom. Where time has
naturally set up a boundary, there let us set up an altar-stone. The
Psalmist means that he will always pray; he will run a line of prayer
right along the day and track the sun with his petitions. Day and
night he saw his enemies busy (55:10), and therefore he would meet
their activity by continuous prayer. </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>(From
“The Treasury of David” by C.H. Spurgeon, abridged by D.O.
Fuller)</b></span></font></font></font></p>
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