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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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31 - SONG OF SOLOMON 2:8-3:5 - SPIRITUAL LONELINESS</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.
2:9 (2:8-9, ESV) SHULAMITE: TELLS OF HIS COMING. <font size="3">“My
beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, there he stands
behind our wall, gazing through the windows, looking through the
lattice.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
there are </span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">no walls</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
in Your Kingdom! We Your Son’s bride may build walls, but Your
servants tear down walls, leap over wall</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">s</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">,
dig through walls, and climb over walls. We join this enterprising
band. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallowed
be your :name!</span></i></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"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>2.
2:10-12 (2:10-13) SHULAMITE: REPEATS HIS WORDS TO HER. </b></span></span><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>My
beloved speaks and says to me: “Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
and come away, </b></span></span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>11
</b></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>for
behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. </b></span></span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>12
</b></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>The
flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the
voice of the turtledove is heard in the land.” </b></span></span></font><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">O
the blessedness of Spring! O the Glory of the last day, the day of
Resurrection! We die daily, that the Resurrection Life You provided
in Messiah, Father, might be our portion! </span></span></span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Your
:kingdom com</b></span></i><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>e!</b></span></i></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>3.
2:14-15. SOLOMON: TELLS OF HIS ARDENT LOVE FOR HER. </b></span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>“O
my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crannies of the cliff, let
me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet,
and your face is lovely. </b></span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>15
</b></span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Catch
the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our
vineyards are in blossom.” </b></span></font><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
You provide joy from the new wine of the Kingdom, to make glad the
heart of man. </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</b></span></i></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>4.
2:16 (2:16-17) SHULAMITE: INVITES HIS LOVE. </b></span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>“My
beloved is mine, and I am his; he gra</b></span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>z</b></span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>es
among the lilies.” </b></span></font><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Hers
is still a selfish love. Here the emphasis is like a child: she sees
Him as primarily </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">hers</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
This will change. O forgive us Father, for seeing things from our
perspective, not Yours! As we follow on to know You better, this will
change. </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Our
:daily :bread, Give us this day.</b></span></i></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>5.
3:1 (3:1-3) SHULAMITE: COMMUNION BROKEN. </b></span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>“</b></span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>On
my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but
found him not.” </b></span></font><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
cannot contain You</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">r
Son</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
Father, but </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">He</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
can contain us! If we selfishly try and contain </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Him</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">,
</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">He</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
flee</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">s</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
away. Thank You for being so patient with us till we learn! </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</b></span></i></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>6.
3:4. SHULAMITE: COMMUNION RESTORED. </b></span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>“Scarcely
had I passed them when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him,
and would not let him go until I had brought him into my mother’s
house, and into the chamber of her who conceived me.” </b></span></font><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">When
desire is wakened for Your Son, Father, nothing can hold us back till
we find Him. When we seek Him with </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">all</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
our heart we find Him! </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>And
bring us not into temptation.</b></span></i></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>7.
3:5. SOLOMON: CHARGES REST FOR HIS BRIDE. </b></span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>“I
adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the does of
the field, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.”
</b></span></font><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">O
Father, the care and concern of our Lord Jesus for us, even in our
immature state - perhaps </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">especially</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
in our immature state! </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>But
deliver us from the evil </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>one.</b></span></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>:
7:13; 8:8. SHULAMITE: WORDS OF MATURITY. </b></span><b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“The
mandrakes give forth fragrance, and beside our doors are all choice
fruits, new as well as old, which I have laid up for you, O my
beloved. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">8:8
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">We
have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What shall we do for
our sister on the day when she is spoken for?” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Fruitfulness
is at our doors! Care and concern is for </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">all</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
saints of other persuasions, no matter what their state of maturity!
Can we share this concern with our Lord?</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">Quote
from C.H. Spurgeon: “You Must Be Willing” - </span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">“You
and I cannot be useful if we want to be sweet as honey in the mouths
of men. God will never bless us if we wish to please men, that they
may think well of us. Are you willing to tell them what will break
your own heart in the </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">t</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">elling
and break theirs in the hearing? If not, your are not fit to serve
the Lord. You must be willing to go and speak for God, though you
will be rejected.”</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: 121:7-8 (121) </span><span style="text-decoration:none">MY
HELP COMES FROM THE LORD. </span><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“The LORD
will keep you from all evil; he will keep your li</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">f</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">e.
</span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">8
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">The
LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth
and forevermore.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">O
the protection You provide us, Father! You send Your angels to keep
us. You are a hedge round about us. Even in our sleep we are safe. No
wonder we </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallow
your :name!</span></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">It
is a soldier’s song as well as a traveler’s hymn. There is an
ascent in the Psalm itself, which rises to the greatest elevation of
restful confidence. </span></span></font></font>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">121:1.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">I will lift
up my eyes unto the hills, from whence comes my help. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">The
holy man who here sings a choice sonnet looked away from the
slanderers by whom he was tormented to the Lord, Who saw all from His
high places and was ready to pour down succor for His injured
servant.</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">121:2.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">My help
comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">He
will sooner destroy heaven and earth than permit His people to be
destroyed, and the perpetual hills themselves shall bow rather than
He shall fail Whose ways are everlasting. We are bound to look beyond
heaven and earth to Him Who made them both: it is vain to trust the
creatures: it is wise to trust the Creator.</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">121:3.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">He will not
suffer your foot to be moved. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Among
the hills and ravines of Palestine, the literal keeping of the feet
is a great mercy; but in the slippery ways of a tried and afflicted
life, the boon of upholding is of priceless value, for a single false
step might cause us a fall filled with awful danger.</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">
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">He that
keeps you will not slumber. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">God
is the convoy and bodyguard of His saints. When dangers are awake
around us, we are safe, for our Preserver is awake also and will not
permit us to be taken unawares. No fatigue or exhaustion can cast our
God into sleep; His watchful eyes are never close</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">d
</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.</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">121:5.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">The Lord is
your Keeper. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">What
a mint of meaning lies here; the sentence is a mass of bullion, and
when coined and stamped with the King’s Name it will bear all our
expenses between our birthplace on earth and our rest in heaven. Here
is a glorious person - Jehovah, assuming a gracious office and
fulfilling it in person - Jehovah is your Keeper, in behalf of a
favored individual - your</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">s</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">,
and a firm assurance of revelation that it is even so at this hour -
Jehovah is your Keeper. Can we appropriate the divine declaration? If
so, we may journey onward to Jerusalem and know no fear; yes, we may
journey through the valley of the shadow of death and fear no evil.</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">121:8.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">The Lord
shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time
forth, and even forevermore. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Three
times have we the phrase, “Jehovah shall keep,” as if the sacred
Trinity thus sealed the Word to make it sure: ought not all our fears
to be slain by such a threefold flight of arrows? What anxiety can
survive this triple promise? None are so safe as those
whom God keeps; none so much in danger as the self-secure. </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">(From
“The Treasury of David” by C.H. Spurgeon, abridged by D.O.
Fuller)</span></b></font></font></p>
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