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In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), 

The proverbs address sexual immorality and violence quickly. These are two areas man struggles with from the beginning of the Story. Also, wisdom is paying attention to what God loves. It is also paying close attention to what God hates.

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In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), 

Solomon records proverbs as an intentional training manual for attaining wisdom from the Lord. Proverbs invites us to choose God's blessing over the devastating consequences to sin. The invitation comes with a promise. If you desire wisdom and are willing to apply yourself to it, God will grant it.

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In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), 

In Solomon's generation, God's promises to Abraham are fulfilled. Solomon understands what God requires of the heart of Israel's kings. His short-lived obedience and Israel's short-lived flourishing highlight our need for a King who never fails.

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In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), 

God blesses everything Solomon touches. On the surface, it seems that nothing can stop Israel rise to prominence on the world stage. Under the surface, however, Solomon is growing calloused to the rebuke of Scripture. 

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In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), 

Solomon’s wisdom becomes known through the untangling of the testimonies of two untrustworthy witnesses. Unique among men, Solomon possess the ability to uncover truth in spheres where truth seems undiscoverable. He uses wisdom to negotiate with his allies. In seven years, Solomon completed the difficult task of building the temple exactly according to blueprint. In matters of justice, politics, and administration, no ruler on earth matched Solomon’s application of wisdom. 

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In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), 

Asaph again pens a corporate worship song instructing Israel of future things. Solomon establishes the kingdom by administering justice. The king must do the work of tearing down the wicked in order for righteousness in his rule to have integrity. What the king desires most from the Lord reveals his understanding of his role. How the Lord responds to his desire reveals God's desire for Israel's flourishing--and Israel will flourish. However, Solomon's decision to ally with Egypt will prove a snare opposing God's promise for blessing.

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In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), 

Psalm 79 provides Israel with another means through which to be exposed in their sin before the hand of God's wrath falls. Because Israel fails to sing this song consistently, its words must remind an exiled Israel to repent. Something really neat is going on with this psalm--another opportunity to champion the benefits of knowing the story of Scripture!

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In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), 

Four songs of Asaph instruct God's people to know God through His story. God makes Himself known to every generation. He raises up stewards of His word and sends them out to declare His works among the nations. God administers His redemption plan among the nations. He also speaks, acts, and reveals in such a way that every individual may have hope in the midst of personal struggles--such as periods of depression.

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©2023joelstrahan

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), 

Asaph, one of the leaders of Israel's corporate worship, memorializes God's charge against His people, transparently allows Israel to witness and remember his repentance journey, and he leads Israel through corporate repentance.

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©2023joelstrahan

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), 

The Psalms search out and state the character of God, His deeds that produce praise in His people, and the glory of His name. The prayers and songs of God's people instruct all believers to order their lives according to who God is and how He acts rather than be conformed to the culture around them.

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©2023joelstrahan