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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
10 - HAGGAI: PROPHET OF THE TEMPLE</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 (1:1-2, ESV) TEMPLE BUILDING: ENCOURAGED BY HAGGAI. <font size="3">“Thus
says the LORD of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to
rebuild the house of the LORD.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">We
would listen to Your true prophets Father, for through them we hear
Your voice as to Your times and purposes. We can see those who miss
the Issachar revelation (1 Chronicles 12:32). Your Kingdom comes as
we walk in Your true Word. </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.
1:7-8 (1:3-11) TEMPLE: NEGLECT BRINGS JUDGMENT. <font size="3">“</font><font size="3">Thus
says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways. </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">8
</font><font size="3">Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the
house, that I may take pleasure in it and that I may be glorified,
says the LORD.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">It is
Your time and will to </span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">fully</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
restore Your church, Father, the One New Man, composed of Jew and
Gentile - and </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">then</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
the nation Israel - as You have promised in Romans 11, and </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">many
other</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
portions of Your Word. We need Nehemiahs to rebuild the walls and
gates of each city church. We need at least 12 local churches in each
city to build the walls in front of them! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your
:kingdom come!</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">3.
1:14 (1:12-15) TEMPLE: PROPHECY BRINGS MOTIVATION. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“And
the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel,
governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the
high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And
they came and worked on the house of the LORD of hosts, their God.”
</span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
unless You stir our spirits, we cannot accomplish Your purposes;
except You build the house, we labor in vain. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your
:will be done, As in heaven, </span></i><i><u>so on earth</u></i><i><span style="text-decoration:none">!</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.
2:6-7 (2:1-9) TEMPLE: TYPE OF A GREATER HOUSE! </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“For
thus says the LORD of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will
shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land. </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">And I
will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall
come in, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of
hosts.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Forgive
us Father, for walking afar off like Peter, and missing the
significance of Your timing and purposes. We would cooperate by
walking softly with You! </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.
2:13 (2 10-13) TEMPLE PRIESTS: QUERIED ON LAWS OF CLEANNESS. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">Then
Haggai said, “If someone who is unclean by contact with a dead body
touches any of these, does it become unclean?” The priests answered
and said, “It does become unclean.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
have walked in our own ways of uncleanness. But </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">now</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
Father, You command all men everywhere to repent, and walk in Your
way of holiness and Kingdom power! </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.
2:18-19 (2:14-19) TEMPLE WORK: BRINGS BLESSING. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Consider
from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month.
Since the day that the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid,
consider: </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">Is the
seed yet in the barn? Indeed, the vine, the fig tree, the
pomegranate, and the olive tree have yielded nothing. </span></font><font size="3"><u>But
from this day on I will bless you</u></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">.”
</span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
hear this word of Yours applied to us today, Father! Restoration of
the new wineskin of the city church </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">has
begun</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
</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.
2:23 (2:20-23) MESSIAH’S COMING. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“On
that day, declares the LORD of hosts, I will take you, O Zerubbabel
my servant, the son of Shealtiel, declares the LORD, and make you
like a signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the LORD of
hosts.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">He
who was ‘Sown in Babylon, is no</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">w</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
to be birthed Your apostle of restoration in Jerusalem, Father! All
praise to You, for </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">You</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
have done it! </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>:
2:8-9 (2:1-9) </b></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">PROPHECY
FOR THE RESTORED HOUSE! </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“The
silver is mine, and the gold is mine, declares the LORD of hosts. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">9
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">The
latter glory of this house </span></font><u><font size="3">shall be
greater than the former</font></u><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">,
says the LORD of hosts. And in this place I will give peace, declares
the LORD of hosts.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Restored
Temple: for Jesus’ first coming! Restored City Churches: for Jesus’
Second Coming!</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">E.M.
Bounds Quote from </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Power
through Prayer</span></i><span style="text-decoration:none"> - </span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">The
past has not exhausted the possibilities nor the demands for doing
great things for God. The church that is dependent on its past
history for its miracles of power and grace is a fallen church. . . .
The greatest benefactor this age could have is the man who will bring
the teachers and the church back to prayer.</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: 100:1-2 (100) HIS STEADFAST LOVE ENDURES
FOREVER. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Make
a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth! </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">Serve
the LORD with gladness! Come into his presence with singing.”
</span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
with joyful hearts we come into the outer court of Your temple. We
acknowledge You as our great Creator and Redeemer, the Lover of our
souls. In Christ Jesus we bless You, and </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"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Title</span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">:
</span></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">“A Psalm of
Praise”; </span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">or
rather, of thanksgiving. This is the only Psalm bearing this precise
inscription. It is all ablaze with grateful adoration, and has for
this reason been a great favorite with the people of God ever since
it was written.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">100:1.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Make a
joyful noise unto the Lord, all you lands. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Our
happy God should be worshiped by a happy people; a cheerful spirit is
in keeping with His nature, His acts, and the gratitude which we
should cherish for His mercies.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">100:2.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Serve the
Lord with gladness.</span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
The invitation to worship here given is not a melancholy one, as
though adoration were a funeral solemnity, but a cheery, gladsome
exhortation, as though we were bidden to a marriage feast.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">100:3.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Know you
that the Lord He is God. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">“Man,
know yourself,” is a wise aphorism, yet to know our God truer
wisdom; and it is very questionable whether a man can know himself
until he knows his God. Jehovah is God in the fullest, most absolute,
and most exclusive sense. He is God alone; to know Him in that
character and prove our knowledge by obedience, trust, submission,
zeal, and love is an attainment which only grace can bestow. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">It
is He that has made us, and not we ourselves. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">To
disclaim honor for ourselves is as necessary a part of true reverence
as to ascribe glory to the Lord. For our part, we find it far more
easy to believe that the Lord made us than that we were developed by
a long chain of natural selections from floating atoms which
fashioned themselves.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">100:5.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">For the Lord
is good. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">This
sums up His character and contains a mass of reasons for praise. He
is good, gracious, kind, bountiful, loving; yes, God is love.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">His mercy is
everlasting. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">God
is not mere justice, stern and cold; He has bowels of compassion and
wills not the sinner’s death. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
His truth endures to all generations.</span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
It were well if the truth of divine faithfulness were more fully
remembered by some theologians; it would overturn their belief in the
final fall of believers and teach them a more consolatory system.
</span></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">(From “The
Treasury of David” by C.S. Spurgeon, abridged by D.O. Fuller)</span></b></font></font></p>
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