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This is your daily reminder. God has not run

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out of mercy, not for you, not today. Welcome

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to the New Mercies Podcast. Welcome. Today is

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Thursday, March the 19th. If you are new here,

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a little bit about God's Word from our reading

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so at the link in the description below. Today,

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let's get right to it. Proverbs chapter 17. That's

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where we are in. Now, if you've been through

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the process so far this week, we've read in the

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book of Luke. We are headed toward the Easter

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story. Then we looked yesterday into Romans chapter

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3 and about the law and about how we are all

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guilty. We're found guilty under the law. That's

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who we are. And Jesus came to save us. Now we're

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going to go back to the Old Testament and look

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in a proverb. If you have not ever read the Proverbs,

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I encourage you, you can find a lot of wisdom

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in there. They are great reads. You can read

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one every day. My dad used to read the Proverb

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of the Day. So if the day was the 19th, he would

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read Proverbs 19. If the day was the... He would

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read Proverbs 22, right? That's what he would

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do because there was 31 Proverbs. And so every

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day of the month, he was reading a full proverb.

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I tried to do that this week and I got my dates

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wrong. So it's actually today we're going to

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read Proverbs 17. We're going to look through

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that text today, even though it is the 19th.

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So I apologize if you do that. Typically, I threw

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you off a little bit today. My bad. But I want

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to share a little bit about Proverbs 17. I'm

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going to read four verses out of this Proverbs.

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I'm going to read the first. one, one down a

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little ways, another one toward the end, and

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one of the very last ones, just because they

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stood out to me today. As I read it, as I was

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looking, the Proverbs, in case you're new to

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it, you can read one line, and it does fit in

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a context of Proverbs, but ultimately one line

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is a line of wisdom. So you can take that one

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line and kind of... move it into any place in

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Scripture and help overlay it and see this is

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a wisdom writing. This writing is a good proverb

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that I can take and put into my life today. My

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dad used to be one of the wisest men I had ever

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been around, and part of that was because he

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read the Proverbs every day. He was wise because

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he was reading the wisdom writings from Solomon

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as God gave him the insight. So I want to share

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just a few things out of Proverbs 17 today. Shouldn't

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be a very long episode, but I've said that before

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and realized that it was longer than I anticipated.

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But here we go. Proverbs 17. I want to read verse

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number one. Here we go. Better is a dry morsel

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with quiet than a house full of feasting with

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strife. As I read that text, here's what I have

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heard and learned. This is a... Again, we can

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break down a little bit of examples from Solomon's

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life. Why would Solomon write this? Solomon had

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a house full of some quarrelsome people. He had

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a lot going on. He was one of the wealthiest

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men ever and had a lot of material blessings.

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This text, whenever I read it, he says, you may

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have a feast in your home. You may have more

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stuff than anybody else. But if you don't have

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quiet and peace, it's not worth it. If your dinner

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time is full of strife, you know it's stressful.

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It's not worth it. It doesn't matter how nice

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your home is. It doesn't matter how nice your

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furniture is. It doesn't matter how nice your

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meal is, how great the source of meat that you

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have on the table. If you have strife, it's just

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not worth it. One of the things I always say

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whenever I perform wedding ceremonies is I encourage

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and I challenge for a husband and a wife to have

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peace in their home. Peace doesn't come easy.

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Most of the time, strife comes easy, right? Because

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we want something ourself and so we begin to

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fight and battle for it. But Solomon teaches

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us something very wise here. It is not about

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what you have, what you've built together. It's

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about how much peace you have in your home. And

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here's what I've learned. The more peace you

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have in your home, the more you can produce together,

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right? Peace equals more production together.

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Why? Because you want to be around each other.

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And you want to do more with each other. And

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you want to spend more time together, the more

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peace that you have. One of the things I've been

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so fortunate in my home is to have peace. Anytime

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there's ever been any type of strife, we try

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our best to stop it as soon as possible and bring

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more peace in the house. Why? Because I don't

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want to be stressed out. That's the honest truth.

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And it's wise. It's wise. We may not have the

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most stuff of anybody we know, but we have peace.

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And that's worth a lot more than the stuff. I

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want to read another verse to you down a few

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verses later in Proverbs 17. Listen to this one.

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I found in verse number six, it says, grandchildren

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are the crown of the aged and the glory of children

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is their fathers. This one is a very powerful

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proverb to me. I have some grandparents that

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I know are faithful listeners of the New Mercies

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podcast, and I am very thankful for them. I'm

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thankful for the grandparents that the Lord gave

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me, and I try my best to be the crown of my grandparents.

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I do. I want them to be proud. I want them to

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know how much I love the Lord, how much I love

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my family, how much I love them. I'm not a grandparent

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yet, probably a few years from that being the

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case, a few extra years away from that being

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the case. But I know that there's something.

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very valuable in even seeing my children and

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how my children make me proud. And I've heard

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that my dad used to tell me a lot that if he

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knew grandchildren were as great as they are,

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then he would have had grandchildren first, right?

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He liked my kids better than he liked me sometimes.

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But he was always talking about how proud they

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made him. And, you know, I began to see this

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verse really come alive in his life. And I have

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been watching it ever since I watched it in him.

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I watch it in my grandparents and seeing how

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they just have this smile about them. They have

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this new energy and life about them whenever

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their grandkids are around. And now their great

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grandkids are around. And my hope is that I'll

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be a good crown for them. I'll be a good joy

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bring for them. That's what I want to be. And

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then I continue reading this verse. And I think

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it's not just about. a grandparent and a grandchild,

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because in the verse it says that the grandchildren

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are the crown of the age and the glory of children

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is their fathers. The glory of children is their

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fathers. Okay, so I want my kid's glory to be...

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And now that doesn't mean I replace the Lord.

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It doesn't mean that I get more glory than God.

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That's not what it means. It means that you see

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this full family together, right? You see a grandparent

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who sees their grandkid doing great things. And

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then you see that kid who is loving their father

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and finding this hope and peace in that father's

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relationship. And so you begin to watch this

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is a generational thing. I want that to be my

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family legacy. I want that to continue in my

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life. One of my storylines in my life that I

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put a lot of energy and a lot of effort into

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is what I call legacy espaciation, meaning I

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want my legacy to continue on, not to stop with

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me. I had a dad that loved me and did great things,

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and it was awesome. I have grandparents that

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have done great things and are awesome. I do

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a podcast with my brother that is goofy and ridiculous.

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We throw some scripture in there every now and

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then. then, but we did a thing the other day,

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not too long ago, about our grandfather's Bible.

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And every time I go to my grandparents' house,

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I see his Bible and it is worn out. And it makes

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me proud and it makes me want to have that type

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of legacy. I want to continue that on. This family

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element means a lot to me. Maybe you say, well,

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I don't have grandparents that are awesome. I

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don't have a parent that's awesome. Then start.

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Be the person. Be the one that breaks the generational

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curses in your life. I read through the text

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and I read through Scripture over and over again,

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and I think, man, this is wisdom. This is wisdom.

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I find more purpose. I find more energy. I find

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more drive when I think about the legacy that

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God is building in my family and in my life.

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That's wisdom. That gives me more to go every

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single day. I'm going to read another verse to

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you. Found the next a couple verses down. Verse

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22 says, A joyful heart is good medicine, but

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a crushed spirit dries up the bones. This is

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another great, wonderful verse of Scripture that

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I have shared a lot. A joyful heart. I am so

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happy almost all the time. almost too happy,

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right? Now, I don't say happy because all my

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circumstances are great. Sometimes my circumstances

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can be not great, but I am not relying on my

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circumstances to bring my joy. My joy comes from

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within because I have this Jesus who, as we read

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in Luke 21 and 22 and into 23, that took my place

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and said, I will do what I need to do to get

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you into my family. I've been loved by God so

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much. I've been given a great family. I've been

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given and great access to the Word of God and

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to the revelation of who He is. And I get to

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know Him every single day. There is a joy in

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my heart that is unbelievable. It's a good medicine

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for me. Whenever I feel down and out, what do

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I do? I think about the joy of the Lord. It's

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my strength. I don't get my strength from my

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discipline. I get my strength from my joy. That's

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where my strength comes from. And it says that

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a crushed spirit dries up your bones. If I am

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going through and getting depressed and I don't

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let my joy overwhelm me, I begin to just... bow

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out. I begin to be broken down. That's not what

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I want. It's not what I want for you. It's not

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what I want for our listeners and the people

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in our church and the people, the church. I don't

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want the church, the big C church, all of us

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believers. We have a joy unspeakable. Let us

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live that out. Let it be that medicine for us.

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I got one more verse I want to read to you. In

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the very end, it says this in verse number 27.

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Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and

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he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

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One of the things that when I read the Bible,

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and especially these wisdom writings, I cannot

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help but think, how can I apply this to my life

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right now? The Proverbs are a really great place

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to apply to your life today. Now you may say,

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well, but it takes a long time to have grandkids.

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Sure, but it doesn't take a long time to be the

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man that has grandkids that will be awesome.

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You say, well, what does that really mean? It

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means be a man today. Be a woman of grace today.

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Be the person today that dives into his word,

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that one day will have a Bible that's worn out,

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that one day that others will be able to look

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up to you and say, that is the reason I am where

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I am today. I've said before that my dad told

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me just a few months before he had died that

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he wanted his ceiling, to be my floor. That's

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where I start. And I did not understand the raw

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truth that a father that loves his son is one

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who truly wants better for him. He wanted me

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to be better than he was. And you know, there's

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not a lot of people in the world that want you

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to be better than them. There's not a lot. But

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a loving father is, a loving grandfather is.

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one that has seen you grown up and said, as far

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as I can go in this life, I want you to start

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there. My limits, I want to be where you begin.

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There's something very powerful about that. When

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I read the Proverbs, I will say, how can I apply

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this to my life right now in this moment? I look

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at even something as simple as this. Just whoever

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restrains his words have knowledge. Can you restrain

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your words? Can you hold your words back? Can

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you do that? Try it today. Just try it and see

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what happens. And he who has a cool spirit has

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understanding. You know what that means? It means

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you're not going to get frazzled. It's not going

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to shake you up. You know who doesn't get shaken?

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This is so good. Even the Proverbs, these words

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of wisdom can connect to all of it. I hope you're

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seeing it. You know who has a cool spirit? You

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know who's not rattled? The one who finds their

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joy in the Lord and their strength in the joy

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of the Lord, the one who has this family legacy

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that they're working on, they don't get rattled.

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They don't. And how does all this begin? Well,

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I think verse 1 started out by saying, when you

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have peace in your home, You may be wondering,

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how can I possibly have a calm spirit about me?

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How can I possibly hold my words back? How can

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I possibly have joy that's unspeakable? How can

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I possibly have a legacy like you're talking

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about in the Proverbs? Well, it starts in your

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home with peace. That's how it starts. So I want

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to encourage you today, find more peace in your

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home. Listen, and peace does not come in material

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blessings. It just doesn't. Now, I'm not saying

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that material blessings are bad. I think you

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can have material blessings and still have peace.

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What Solomon is saying is people are running

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and striving to get more stuff. And what you

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need to be doing is deepening your walk so that

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you have more peace. That's what you need today.

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I love Proverbs. I hope and pray you read Proverbs

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17 today and find ways to apply it to your life

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in these moments.