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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">“<b>TWO
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<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>NOV
10 - ECCLESIASTES 9-12 - QUEST REVEIWED AND CONCLUDED.</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.
9:9 (9:1-10, ESV) ADVICE ALTERNATING WITH VANITY. <font size="3">“Enjoy
life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that
he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life
and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Thomas
Edison and Andrew Carnegie believed this. Their prime time was spent
with their wives, and the wives were their number one counselors!
Father, this is what you meant Eve to be with Adam, and all wives to
all husbands. This is a Kingdom priority, those most time violated.
</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.
9:15-16 (9:11-18) ADVICE: UNDERSTANDING WEAKNESS AND STRENGTH OF
WISDOM</b></font></font></p>
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“<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b>But there
was found in a little city a poor, wise man, and he by his wisdom
delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man. <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">16
</font>But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor
man’s wisdom is despised and his words are not heard.” </b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-weight:normal">Thank
You Father that eternity straightens out all injustices,
contradictions and unfairness. </span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><i>Your
:kingdom come.</i></font></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b><font style="font-size:11pt">3.
10:8 (10:1-20) ADVICE: UNDERSTANDING FOLLY AND WISDOM. </font>“He
who digs a pit will fall into it, and a serpent will bite him who
breaks through a wall.” </b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
let none of us take holy safeguards from one another, nor make one
another naked to sin by opening satanic doorways. May we stumble no
little one! </span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><i>Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</i></font></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b><font style="font-size:11pt">4.
11:1 (11:1-3) ADVICE TO ALL MEN. </font>“Cast your bread upon
the waters, for you will find it after many days.” </b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
cannot begin to anticipate how You make this principle operate,
Father. After 40 years You have shown Your faithfulness to this
principle. You do not forget! You observe the falling sparrow. O
forgive us for having such a low estimate of the wonder of Your
Being, and Your awesome acts! </span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><i>Our
:daily :bread Give us this day.</i></font></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b><font style="font-size:11pt">5.
</font><font style="font-size:11pt">11:5 (11:4-6) ADVICE TO
FARMERS. </font>“As you do not know the way the spirit comes to
the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the
work of God who makes everything.” </b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
we believe this. We hear and read of the secret life of the unborn
child, right from conception. O forgive the hardness of heart and
selfishness of this age that would callously take the life of such a
little one. Better a millstone … </span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><i>And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</i></font></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b><font style="font-size:11pt">6.
12:1 (11:7-12:12) ADVICE TO YOUTH. </font>“Remember also your
Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the
years draw near of which you will say, ‘I have no pleasure in
them’.” </b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-weight:normal">O
Youth, hold well the words of this passage; flee evil and learn to
know intimately Your God and Creator. Father, we bless You for the
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">clarity</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
and </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">simplicity</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
of this passage, and pray that it will be heeded. </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
bring us not into temptation!</span></i></font></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">7.
12:13-14. ADVICE TO CONCLUDE THE MATTER. </span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">“The
end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his
commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">14
</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">For God will bring
every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or
evil.” </span></b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">This
is a sober conclusion, Father! Write it on our hearts. It comes from
a man who blew it, and is coming back to you, and he from bitter
experience knew the truth of his words. </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">one!</span></font></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><u><b><font style="font-size:11pt">NOTE</font></b></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
9:11 (9:11-18) ADVICE MOST TIMELY. </b></span></font><b><span style="text-decoration:none">“Again
I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle
to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent,
nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen t them
all.” </span></b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">By
faith we accept this!</span></span></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">A.W.
Tozer Quote: </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">“Our
Golden-calf Christianity” - “Any objection to the carryings on of
our present gold-calf Christianity is met with the triumphant reply.
‘But we are winning them!’ And winning them to what? To true
discipleship? To cross-carrying? To self-denial? To separation from
the world? To crucifixion of the flesh? To holy living? To nobility
of character? To a despising of the world’s treasures? ...’”</span></span></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
Psalm for the Day: 130:5-6 (130) MY SOUL WAITS FOR THE LORD. </span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">“I
wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">6
</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">My soul waits for
the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for
the morning.” </span></b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">To
whom else can we go Father? </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-weight:normal">You
alone</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
in Christ are all our hope and expectation. Though You tarry in
deliverance, we will wait for You. </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallowed
be your :name!</span></i></font></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">We
name this the DeProfundis Psalm: “Out of the depths” is the
leading word of it: out of those depths we cry, wail, watch, and
hope. In this Psalm we hear of the pearl of redemption (130:7-8):
perhaps the sweet singer would never have found that precious thing
had he not been cast into the depths. “Pearls lie deep.”</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">130:1.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Out
of the depths have I cried unto Thee, O Lord.” </b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">Beneath
the floods, prayer lived and struggled; yes, above the roar of the
billows rose the cry of faith. It little matters where we are if we
can pray; but prayer is never more real and acceptable than when it
rises out of the worst places. Deep places beget deep devotion.
Depths of earnestness are stirred by depths of tribulation. Diamonds
sparkle most amid the darkness. He that prays in the depth will not
sink out of his depth. He that cries out of the depths shall soon
sing in the heights.</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">130:2.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Lord,
hear my voice. </b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">If
the Lord were to make an absolute promise to answer all our requests,
it might be rather a curse than a blessing, for it would be casting
the responsibility of our lives upon ourselves, and we should be
placed in a very anxious position: but now the Lord hears our
desires, and that is enough; we only wish Him to grant them if His
infinite wisdom sees that it would be for our good and for His glory.</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">130:3.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>If
You, Lord, should make iniquities, O Lord who shall stand? </b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">If
Jah, the All-seeing, should in strict justice call every man to
account for every want of conformity to righteousness, where would
any one of us be? Truly, He does record all our transgressions; but
as yet He does not act upon the record, but lays it aside till
another day. If men were to be judged upon no system but that of
works, who among us could answer for himself at the Lord’s bar and
hope to stand clear and accepted?</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">130:4.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>But
there is forgiveness with You, that You may be feared. </b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">Blessed,
but. Free, full, sovereign pardon is in the hand of the great King:
it is his prerogative to forgive, and He delights to exercise it.
Because His nature is mercy, and because He has provided a sacrifice
for sin, therefore forgiveness is with Him for all that come to Him
confessing </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">t</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">heir
sins. If the Lord were to execute justice upon all, there would be
none left to fear Him; if all were under apprehension of His deserved
wrath, despair would harden them against fearing Him: it is grace
which leads the way to a holy regard of God, and a fear of grieving
Him. The man is about to be destroyed, to be swallowed up
quick, when suddenly there comes this thrice-blessed “but,”:
which stops the reckless course of ruin, puts forth its strong arm
bearing a golden shield between the sinner and destruction, and
pronounces these words, “But there is forgiveness with God, that He
may be feared.</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">130:5.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>I
wait for the Lord, my soul does wait. </b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">Expecting
Him to come to me in love, I quietly wait for His appearing; I wait
upon Him in service, and for Him in faith. For God I wait, and for
Him only: if He will manifest Himself, I shall have nothing more to
wait for; but until He shall appear for my help, I must wait on,
hoping even in the depths. </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>And
in His Word do I hope. </b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">Waiting,
we study the Word, believe the Word, hope in the word, and live on
the Word; and all because it is “His Word” - the Word of Him Who
never speaks in vain. Jehovah's Word is a firm ground for a waiting
soul to rest upon.</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">130:6.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>My
soul waits for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning.</b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">
God was no more dreaded by him than light is dreaded by those
engaged in a lawful calling. He pined and yearned after his God.</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">130:7.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>And
with Him is plenteous redemption. </b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">The
attribute of mercy, and the fact of redemption, are two most
sufficient reasons for hoping in Jehovah; and the fact that there is
no mercy or deliverance elsewhere should effectually wean the soul
from all idolatry. Are not these deep things of God a grand comfort
for those who are crying out of the depths? Is it not better to be in
the depths with helping with David, hoping in God’s mercy, than up
on the mountain-tops, boasting in our own fancied righteousness?
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>From
“The Treasury of David” by C. H. Spurgeon, abridged by D.O.
Fuller)</b></span></font></font></font></p>
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