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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>SEP
19 - PHILIPPIANS 2-3 - EXAMPLE OF CHRIST’S SUFFERINGS</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.
2:5-8 (2:1-11) HUMILITY: LED CHRIST’S EXALTATION. <font size="3">“Have
this mind in you, which </font><font size="3"><i>was</i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">
also in Christ Jesus: </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal">6
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">who,
existing in God’s form, counted not the being on a</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">n</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">
equality with God anything to be grasped at, </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal">7
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">but
emptied himself, taking a bondman’s form, being made in likeness of
me</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">n</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">;
</span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal">8
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">and being
found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient unto
death, yes, death of </span></font><font size="3"><i>the</i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">
cross.” </span></font></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
here we see the outworking of Your Kingdom in Jesus! </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.
2:12-13 (2:12-18) HUMILITY: RELEASES THE FRUIT OF CHRIST’S
SALVATION. <font size="3">“So that, my beloved, even as you have
always obeyed, not as in my :presence only, but now much rather in my
:absence, work our your own :salvation with fear and trembling; </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">13
</font><font size="3">for </font><font size="3"><i>it</i></font><font size="3">
is God who works in you both :to will and :to work, for </font><font size="3"><i>his</i></font><font size="3">
good :pleasure.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">We
bless You for this truth, Father. We submit to it. </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.
2:20-21 (2:19-30) HUMILITY: DEMONSTRATED IN TIMOTHY AND
EPAPHRODITUS. <font size="3">“</font><font size="3">For I have no </font><font size="3"><i>one</i></font><font size="3">
likeminded, who will genuinely care for your state. </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">21
</font><font size="3">For they all seek their :own, not the </font><font size="3"><i>things</i></font><font size="3">
of Jesus Christ.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Now
we see again the high outworking of Your Kingdom in Timothy. We to</span><span style="font-weight:normal">o</span><span style="font-weight:normal">
desire this selflessness in us for the sake of Your Kingdom, will and
Glory. </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.
3:1 JOY: ALWAYS A RIGHT RESPONSE. <font size="3">“</font><font size="3"><i>For</i></font><font size="3">
the rest, my brethren, rejoice in </font><font size="3"><i>the</i></font><font size="3">
Lord. To write the same </font><font size="3"><i>things</i></font><font size="3">
to you, to me indeed is not irksome, but for you is safe.” </font></b><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Joy</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
is the most infallible sign of the presence of God (Pierre Teilhard
de Chardin)! So You revealed by Your Spirit to one of Your saints. O
forgive us for living on such a low level that Your </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">joy</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
is not more manifested through us! </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.
3:2-3 JOY IN JESUS: A MARK OF HEART CIRCUMCISION. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Look
out for the dogs, look out for the evil workers, look out for the
concision: </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">2
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">for we
are the circumcision, who worship by God’s Spirit, and glory in
Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in flesh.” </span></font></b><u><span style="font-weight:normal">This</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
is our place of safety, Father! We guard it. We know how the enemy
would draw us out of this abiding place! </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.
3:10, 12 (3:4-16) JOY: A MARK OF PAUL’S PRESSING ON. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“That
I may know him, and the power of his :resurrection, and fellowship of
his sufferings, be</span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">com</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">ing
conformed to his :death. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">12
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">Not
that I have already received, or am already made perfect: but I
follow on, if so be that I may apprehend that for which also I was
apprehended by Christ Jesus.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
bless You Father, for the example of Paul. He is our living letter.
Out of identification in death with You, Lord Jesus, flowed forth
this incredible joy. The joy of Jehovah is our strength! </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.
3:17 (3:17-21) PAUL: AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL BELIEVERS. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Brethren,
become imitators together of me, and mark them that so walk even as
you have us for an example.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Again
Father, we bless You for Paul’s example. You gave him to us Your
church for our encouragement and direction. </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"><b><u>NOTE</u><span style="text-decoration:none">:
3:13-14 (3:4-16) </span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
</span></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">PAUL: EVER
PRESSING ON! </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Brethren,
I reckon not myself yet to have apprehended: but one thing,
forgetting the </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">things</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
behind, and stretching forward to th</span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">os</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">e
before, </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">14
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">I
follow on toward </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
mark unto the prize of the upward calling of :God in Christ Jesus.”
</span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
we take Paul’s goal, and make it ours.</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: “You cannot carry a bad temper into heaven”. </span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Do
not say, “I cannot help having a bad temper.” Friend, you must
help it. Pray </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">G</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">od
to help you to overcome it at once; for either you must kill it, or
it will kill you. You cannot carry a bad temper into heaven.</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: 79:9 (79). HOW LONG, O LORD? </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Help
us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us,
and atone for our sins, for your name's sake!” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
Your Name is threatened when You chastise Your people. Yet You
chastise only in measure, and that such a short time with eternity's
values in view! We know that You regard the glory of Your Name!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">Psalm
79 - A Psalm of complaint such as Jeremiah might have written amid
the ruins of the beloved city. It evidently treats of times of
invasion, oppression, and national overthrow.</font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">79:1.
<i><b>O God, the heathen are come into Your inheritance. </b></i>It
is with the cry of amazement at sacrilegious intrusion; as if the
poet were struck with horror. <i><b>Your holy Temple have they
defiled. </b></i>It is an awful thing when wicked men are found in
the church and numbered with her ministry. <i><b>They have
laid Jerusalem in heaps.</b></i> It is sad to see the foe in our own
house, but worse to meet him in the house of God; they strike hardest
who smite at our religion.</font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">79:8.
<i><b>O remember not against us former iniquities. </b></i>Sins
accumulate against nations. Generations lay up stores of
transgressions to be visited upon their successors; hence this urgent
prayer. In Josiah’s days, the most earnest repentance was not able
to avert the doom which former long years of idolatry had sealed
against Judah.</font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">79:9.
<i><b>And deliver us, and purge away our sins, for Your names’
sake.</b></i> Sin, the root of the evil, is seen and confessed;
pardon of sin is sought as well as removal of chastisement, and both
are asked not as matter of right but as gifts of grace. God’s Name
is a second time brought into the pleading. Believers will find it
their wisdom to use very frequently this noble plea: it is the great
gun of the battle, the mightiest weapon in the armory of prayer.</font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">79:11.
<i><b>According to the greatness of Your power preserve You those
that are appointed to die. </b></i>Men and devils may consign us to
perdition, while sickness drags us to the grave, and sorrow sinks us
in the dust; but, there is One who can keep our soul alive, yes, and
bring it up again from the depths of despair. A lamb shall live
between the lion’s jaws if the Lord wills it. Even in the sharnel,
life shall vanquish death if God be near. <b>(From “The Treasury
of David” by C.H. Spurgeon, abridged by D.O. Fuller)</b></font></font></p>
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