Do you have a “me do!” attitude? I struggle with that. Check out how God showed me to me through His Word. A phrase in 2 Chronicles 15:2 jumped off the page at me — “The Lord is with you when you are with Him.” It soooo echoes “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.” … Read More
Mistakes
I don’t know about you, but I would rather learn from someone else’s mistakes than make my own. As I read 2 Chronicles 33 today, I saw some lessons we can learn from Manasseh’s mistakes, with the hopes of not repeating them. I also saw a clear demonstration of the heart of God. Read: 2 Chronicles 33:9-13. “Manasseh led … Read More
Asa’s Prayer
“Then Asa called to the Lord his God and said, “Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. Lord, you are our God; do not let mere mortals prevail against you.” The Lord … Read More
When You Find What You Didn’t Know Was Lost
WHEN YOU FIND WHAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW WAS LOST So I was finishing up the book of 2 Chronicles this morning, and as I read chapter 34, something really popped out to me. Check out the passage below (emphasis is added to the things that really struck me). “14 While they were bringing out the money that had been taken … Read More
When Troubles Come
“In his time of trouble, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the Lord.” ~~ 2 Chronicles 28:22 ~~ Times of trouble hit us all. No one is exempt. Jesus warned us of this when He said, ““…in this world you will have trouble…”, (Matthew 16:33). So the question is not “if” trouble will come, but rather “how” will … Read More
Right, but not with a Whole Heart?
Have you ever been reading the Scriptures and a verse just stopped you in your tracks? Well, that happened to me this morning. Check this out. “(Amaziah) did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but not with a whole heart.” ~~2 Chronicles 25:2~~ Amaziah did what was right. In Hebrew, right <yashar> means straight, and it defined … Read More
He Didn’t Ask.
READ 2 Chronicles 35. So as I read chapter 35 of 2 Chronicles this morning, I began picking up on certain phrases…“according to the instruction written by David king of Israel and by his son Solomon…” (v4), “doing what the Lord commanded through Moses…” (v6), “as the king had ordered…” (v10), “as it is written in the book of Moses…” … Read More
Truth and Consequences
All choices have consequences. Some good, some not so much. Today let’s learn what we can concerning the truth about consequences. This morning I was studying through 2 Chronicles 12 (Have I told you that I LOVE that book of the Bible?!! It’s so full of life lessons learned from the failures and successes of those who’ve gone before.) Anyway (smile), … Read More
2 Chronicles 13:11
While reading in 2 Chronicles this morning, this verse really struck me. As I tried to read on, the Spirit kept drawing me back to it. So I sat in the verse and just listened. The first thing that came to mind was that it was the priests that did the actions here. Not being a priest, I wondered why … Read More