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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>OCT
1 - HABAKKUK: THE MYSTERIES OF PROVIDENCE</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
(1:1-4, ESV) HABAKKUK: HIS PRAYER AGAINST ISRAEL. <font size="3">“The
oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw. </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">2
</font><font size="3">O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, and you
will not hear? Or cry to you ‘Violence!’ and you will not save?”
</font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father, You are not
naïve, nor unaware of our weakness, rebellion and sin. Every son You
receive You chasten and discipline for his good. This is part of Your
Kingdom principles. </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.
1:5-6a (1:5-11) HABAKKUK: HIS PROPHECY OF DISPERSION. <font size="3">“Look
among the nations, and see; wonder and be astounded. For I am doing a
work in your days that you would not believe if told. </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">6a
</font><font size="3">For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans.”
</font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Nothing can stay Your
will, Father! If we submit, it comes more easily; if we resist, it
breaks us. </span><b><i>Your :kingdom come!</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>3.
2:1 (1:12-2:1) HABAKKUK: HIS TESTIMONY OF GOD’S CHARACTER. <font size="3">“I
will take my stand at my watchpost and station myself on the tower,
and look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer
concerning my complaint.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Great
is Your Faithfulness, O Father! You are a God Who </span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">speaks</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
to Your people! We can </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">know</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
Your mind, heart and purposes. You do not hide them from the asking,
seeking, knocking soul. </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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<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">4.
2:2-3 (2:2-20) HABAKKUK: GOD’S VISION TO HIM. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">And
the LORD answered me: “Write the vision; make it plain on tablets,
so he may run who reads it. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">3
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">For
still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end -
it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come,
it will not delay.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
forgive us for our impatience and lack of endurance. Work into us by
Your Spirit and Word the </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">character</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
of Jesus! Let the beauty of Jesus shine forth through us. Make us
people of love and compassion for one another, and for our fellow
man! </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 (3:1-2) HABAKKUK: HIS PRAYER FOR REVIVAL. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“O
LORD, I have heard the report of you, and your work, O LORD, do I
fear. In the midst of the years revive it; in the midst of the years
make it known; in wrath remember mercy.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Hallelujah!
We join Habakkuk in praying this prayer, Father. We join the Holy
Spirit Who gave it to Habakkuk. </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.
3:3-4 (3:3-16) HABAKKUK: HIS REVELATION OF GOD. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“God
came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. His splendor
covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Selah</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">4
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">His
brightness was like the light; </span></font><font size="3"><u>rays
flashed from his hand</u></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">;
and </span></font><font size="3"><u>there</u></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
he veiled his power.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
bless You Father with all our soul, and all that is within us! We
loose Christ Jesus and </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">H</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">is
abiding anointing within us, that as His body, </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">rays
of healing and blessing</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
may flow from our hands also. </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.
3:17-19. HABAKKUK: HIS JOY IN GOD! </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Though
the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the
produce of the olive fail and the fields yield not food, the flock be
cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">18
</span></font><font size="3"><u>yet</u></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my
salvation. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">19
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">GOD,
the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer’s; he
makes me tread on my high places.” </span></font><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>:
2:4, 14 (2:2-20) HABAKKUK: </b></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">TWO
REVELATIONS. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Behold,
his soul is puffed up; it is </span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">not</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
upright within him, but the righteous shall live by faith. </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">For
the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD
as the waters cover the sea.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
believe this, Father. We justify You by receiving 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">C.H.
Spurgeon Quotes: “Are we saved if we do not … ?” </span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">I
remember one who spoke on the missionary question one day saying,
“The great question is not “Will not the heathen be saved if we
do not send them the gospel?” but “are we saved ourselves if we
do not send them the gospel?””</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: 91:1-2 (91) MY REFUGE AND MY FORTRESS. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“He
who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow
of the Almighty. </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">I will
say to the LORD, ‘My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I
trust.’” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
do not look to the gods of the hills, or nature, of Satan, or any
other gods. We come to You alone, O Jehovah Father, and with all our
heart we </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">hallow
your :name!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">This
Psalm is without a title, and we have no means of ascertaining either
the name of its writer or the date of its composition with certainty.
The Jewish doctors consider that when the author’s name is not
mentioned, </span><u>we may assign the Psalm to the last-named
writer</u><span style="text-decoration:none">; and, if so, this is
another Psalm of Moses, the man of God. Many expressions here used
are similar to those of Moses in Deuteronomy, and the internal
evidence, from the peculiar idioms, would point towards him as the
composer.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">In
the whole collection, there is not a more cheering Psalm; its tone is
elevated and sustained throughout - faith is at its best - and speaks
nobly. A German physician was wont to speak of it as the best
preservative in times of cholera, and in truth it is a heavenly
medicine against plague and pest. He who can live in its spirit will
be fearless, even if once again London should become a lazar-house
and the graves be gorged with carcases.</font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">91:1.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>He that dwells in
the secret place of the Most High. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">
The blessings here promised are not for all believers but those who
live in close fellowship with God. Every child of God looks towards
the inner sanctuary and the mercy-seat, yet all do not dwell in the
most holy place; they run to it at times and enjoy occasional
approaches, but they do not habitually reside in the mysterious
presence.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">91:3.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>I will say of the
Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">It
is but poor comfort to say, ‘The Lord is a refuge,’ but to say He
is </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none">my</span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">
refuge is the essence of consolation. Those who believe should also
speak - “I will say,” for such bold avowals honor God and lead
others to seek the same confidence.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">Men
are apt to proclaim their doubts, and even to boast of them; indeed
there is a party nowadays of the most audacious pretenders to culture
and thought who glory in casting suspicion upon everything; hence it
becomes the duty of all true believers to speak out and testify with
calm courage to their own well-grounded reliance upon their God.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>My God; in Him will
I trust. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">Now he
can say no more; “my God” means all, and more than all, that
heart can conceive by way of security. We have trusted in God; let us
trust Him still. He has never failed us; why then should we suspect
Him? To trust in man is natural to fallen nature; to trust in God
should be as natural to regenerated nature.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>And from the
noisome pestilence. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">He
Who is a Spirit can protect us from evil spirits. He Who is
mysterious can rescue us from mysterious dangers. He Who is immortal
can redeem us from mortal sickness. There is a deadly
pestilence of error; we are safe from that if we dwell in communion
with God of truth; there is a fatal pestilence of sin, we shall not
be infected by if if we abide with the thrice Holy One; there is also
a pestilence of disease, and even from that calamity our faith will
win immunity if it be of that high order which abides in God, walks
on in calm serenity, and ventures all things for duty’s sake.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">91:4.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>He shall cover you
with His feathers, and under His wings shall you trust. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">A
wonderful expression! Had it been invented by an uninspired man, it
would have verged upon blasphemy, for who should dare to apply such
words to the infinite Jehovah? But as He Himself authorized, yes,
dictated the language, we have here a transcendent condescension such
as it becomes us to admire and adore. Does the Lord
speak of His feathers as though He likened Himself to a bird? Who
will not see herein a matchless love, a divine tenderness, which
should both woo and win our confidence? Even as a hen covers her
chickens, so does the Lord protect the so</span><span style="text-decoration:none">u</span><span style="text-decoration:none">ls
which dwell in Him. </span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>His truth</b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">
- His true promise, and His faithfulness to His promise, </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>shall
be your shield and buckler. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">To
quench fiery darts, the truth is a most effectual shield, and to
blunt all swords, it is an equally effectual coat of mail. Let us go
forth to battle thus harnessed for the war, and we shall be safe in
the thickest of the fight.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">91:6.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Nor for the
destruction that wastes at noonday. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">Famine
may starve or bloody war devour, earthquake may overturn and tempest
may smite, but amid all, the man who has sought the mercy seat and is
sheltered beneath the wings which overshadow it, shall abide in
perfect peace. Remember that the voice which says, “You shall not
fear,” is that of God Himself, Who hereby pledges His Word for the
safety of those who abide under His shadow, nay, not for their safety
only, but for their serenity. So far shall they be from being injured
that they shall not even be made to fear the ills which are around
them, since the Lord protects them.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">91:7.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>It shall not come
nigh you.</b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none"> How
true is this of the plague of moral evil, of heresy, and of
backsliding. Whole nations are infected, yet the man who communes
with God is not affected by the contagion; he holds th</span><span style="text-decoration:none">e</span><span style="text-decoration:none">
truth when falsehood is all the fashion. Professors all
around him are plague-smitten, the church is wasted, the very life of
religion decays, but in the same place and time, in fellowship with
God, the believer renews his youth, and his so</span><span style="text-decoration:none">u</span><span style="text-decoration:none">l
knows no sickness. In a measure, this also is true of physical evil;
the Lord still puts a difference between Israel and Egypt in the day
of His plagues. Sennacherib’s army is blasted, but Jerusalem is in
health.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">91:11.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>For He shall give
His angels charge over you. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">Not
one guardian angel, as some fondly dream, but all the angels are here
alluded to. They are the body-guard of the princes of the blood
imperial of heaven, and they have received commission from their Lord
and ours to watch carefully over all the interests of the faithful.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">91:14.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Because he has set
his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">
When the heart is enamored of the Lord, all taken up with Him, and
intensely attached to Him, the Lord will recognize the sacred flame
and preserve the man who bears it in his bosom.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">91:15.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>I will deliver him
and honor him. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">Believers
are not delivered or preserved in a way which lowers them, and makes
them feel themselves degraded; far from it, the Lord’s salvation
bestows honor upon those it delivers. God first gives us conquering
grace, and then rewards us for it. </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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