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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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<a href="http://www.2rbetter.org/" target="_blank">www.2rbetter.org</a></b></p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">May 1, 2013</p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><br>
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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>NOV
1 - SONG OF SOLOMON 3:6-8:14 - SPIRITUAL MUTUAL SELF RESPECT</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.
3:11 (3:6-11, ESV) SHULAMITE: MAGNIFIES HER BELOVED. <font size="3">“Go
out, O daughters of Zion, and look upon King Solomon, with the crown
with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, on the
day of the gladness of his heart.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Lord
Jesus, we the church of overcomers are to be given to You as Your
heavenly bride! Father, You planned it so! You Jesus will see the
travail of Your soul and be satisfied. We will help You bring it to
pass. </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.
4:16 (4) SOLOMON: LOVINGLY MAGNIFIES HER IN TURN. <font size="3">“Awake,
O north wind, and come, O south wind! Blow upon my garden, let its
spices flow. SHE: Let my beloved come to his garden, and eat its
choicest fruits. </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
we too would welcome adversity and blessing, both north and south
wind. Only with this mixture and balance can we mature and become
well-pleasing for Your Son. </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.
5:6 (5:1-8) SHULAMITE: FAILS TO RESPOND. <font size="3">“I opened
to my beloved, but my beloved had turned and gone. My soul failed
when he spoke. I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he
gave no answer.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Make
us sensitive to Jesus, Father; may we be alert to meet </span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">His</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
needs. Delay to respond on our part immediately, can bring great
heartbreak and distress. </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.
5:16 (5:9-16) SHULAMITE: REMEMBERS WHOM SHE HAS LOST. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“His
mouth is most sweet, and he is altogether desirable. This is my
beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">What
a marvelous ten-fold eulogy! May we feel this way about Your Son
Jesus, Father, as we press in to make ourselves fully available to
Him. We give to Him, and He returns ten-fold to us! Whatever is
necessary to make us acceptable to Him, we submit to it! Be with us
in these times of purging. </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.
6:3 (6) SHULAMITE AND SOLOMON: A DUET OF MUTUAL LOVE. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">I
am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine; he grazes among the
lilies.” </span></font></b><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Admiration
love</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">!
This is what we can have from Jesus, Father, as we press in to make
ourselves fully available to Him! We give to Him, and He returns
ten-fold to us. Whatever is necessary to make us acceptable to Him,
we submit to it. </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.
7:10 (7) SOLOMON AND SHULAMITE: MUTUAL PLEASURE IN EACH OTHER. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“I
am my beloved’s, and his desire is for me.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Abandonment
love: Now she holds back nothing, nor makes any demands upon You, O
Lord. This is the way we would be to Your Son Jesus, Father! </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.
8:6-7 (8) SHULAMITE AND SOLOMON: MOVE TOWARDS CONSUMMATION. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Set
me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is
strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are
flashes of fire, the very flame of the LORD. </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">Many
waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man
offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly
despised.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">The
day comes, O Lord, when we will be fully one with You. We too long
for that day, but we speed it for </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Your</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
sake. </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>:
6:10 (6) HOW GOD SEES HIS SON’S BRIDE. </b></span><b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Who
is this who looks down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, bright
as the sun, awesome as an army with banners?” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">This
is the way You see us, Father. You call the things that are not, as
though they were! You are preparing us for Your Son!</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 Leonard Ravenhill - </span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">“America
is not dying because of the strength of humanism but the weakness of
evangelism.”</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: 121:1-2 (121) MY HELP COMES FROM THE LORD. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">I
lift up my eyes to the hills. From whence does my help come? </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">My
help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">You
Father as Creator, are </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">greater</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
than Your creation! Therefore we will not demean You by worshiping
Your works. Rather we will look directly to </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">You</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">!
</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">(See
yesterday’s reading for Spurgeon’s notes on this Psalm.)</span></span></font></font></p>
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