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Hc who sccks ood linds oodwill, bu| cvil comcs |o him and scarchcs lor
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Thank You lor |his wondcrlul and blcsscd dav |ha| vou havc ivcn us. Thank You
lor brinin cach onc ol us hcrc salc. And wc`vc comc |o Your housc |o praisc You, lorilv You
and ivc Thanks |o You. Mav vou ivc us cnouh uidancc, |ha| i| mav pro|cc| us lrom cvil. Lord,
mav You usc |hc spcakcr as an ins|rumcn| lor hcarin Your word. And as |hc pas|or spcaks, mav
You ivc us lis|cnin cars, |o hcar Your word, and mav |hc lcsson |ha| wc will bc lcarnin |odav,
will no| bc onlv in words bu| in ac|ions. Sorrv lor |hc wron |hins |ha| wc`vc donc. And mav |his
dav cnd happilv |ha| Your alwavs a| our sidc. Vc brin back all |hc lorv un|o You Lord. In |hc
Mih|v Namc ol Jcsus, |his wc prav. AMLN
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Our vcrsc lor |his wcck is lrom |hc book ol Provcrbs 11:27, which savs Hc who sccks
ood linds oodwill, bu| cvil comcs |o him and scarchcs lor i|." In our lilc |hcrc arc onlv |wo
|hins livin |hc ood and bad. Somc|imcs cvcn |houh wc do or did ood |hins |hcrc is a bad
|hin happcnin in |hc cnd. Good and bad is likc par|ncrs. To pcoplc, wc wan| |o do ood |o our
lamilv, lricnds, c|c bu| lailurc comcs ou|. I us| provc |ha| God wan|s us |o do our bcs| and cvil is
cvcrvwhcrc. In our socic|v |odav, manv pcoplc can inllucncc us. Thcv dcccivc us |o bc on |hcir
sidc. Vc should bc wisc in dccision makin.
Vho amon vou havc sccn |hc |clcscrvc Guns S Roscs". Thc main charac|cr |hcrc Robin
Padilla as Abcl is a man who`s lookin lor us|icc in dca|h ol his la|hcr. Lvcn |houh hc did a ood
|hin alwavs |hc nca|ivc or lailurc or cvil accompanv him. Tha| shows |ha| |hc cvil is |hc onc
makin wavs |o lind ood pcoplc.
Hcrc`s ano|hcr s|orv:
Bcn, a radc 4 pupil, was alwavs lonclv bov and was alwavs a| |hc uidancc ollicc, bccausc
Bcn was a child who alwavs do bad |hins in school, and Hc is a bov who docsn`| wan| |o s|udv.
Nobodv wan|s |o bc lricnd wi|h him, all ol his schoolma|cs s|av awav lrom him and cvcn |hc
childrcn a| his ncihborhood docsn`| wan| |o plav or s|av wi|h him. Onc dav a| his school, onc ol
his classma|cs, Carl, saw Bcn. Hc saw Bcn |ha| hc will bc pushin onc ol his classma|cs in |hc
mud. Bu| Carl shou|cd, No, wha| arc vou doin., vou`ll bc scndin vourscll aain in |hc uidancc
ollicc. So Bcn did wha| Carl had said, and |hcn Bcn askcd Vhv did vou do |ha|." Carl said, I
wan| vou |o bc savcd lrom oin |o |hc uidancc ollicc. And I wan| vou |o no| bc |cmp|cd bv |hc
cvil. So al|cr |ha|, Carl was alwavs wi|h Bcn and Carl alwavs sharc s|orics abou| wha| Jcsus did.
This inllucnccd Bcn |o do ood |hins. Ycars havc passcd, and Bcn had alrcadv chancd, hc has a
lo| ol lricnds, hc alwavs s|udv lor |hc upcomin cxams, and hc had ncvcr bccn in a mcc|in wi|h
|hc uidancc counsclor. And all ol |his happcncd bccausc ol Carl. Thc s|orv in|crprc|s |hc
mcanin ol |hc vcrsc Provcrbs 11:27. A| lirs| Bcn was alwavs |cmp|cd bv |hc cvil, bu| |ha| chancd
bccausc ol Carl, Carl inllucnccd Bcn |o ac| likc a ood pcrson. Bcn lind wavs |o do ood |hins in
ordcr |ha| ood |hins also happcn |o him.