Tag Archives: Hezekiah

Have You Lost Your First Love? Don’t Give Up! 2 Chronicles 31:4-8.

In the Book of Revelation, Jesus dictates letters to seven young churches in modern-day Turkey. Jesus says that the church in Ephesus has done many things well, but “you have lost your first love” Revelation 2:4. What can you do if you have lost your first love? What is the solution? The loss of firstContinue reading “Have You Lost Your First Love? Don’t Give Up! 2 Chronicles 31:4-8.”

That Time Solomon’s Temple Was Looted and Boarded Up. 2 Chronicles 29:15-16.

My Uncle Bob’s farm had the most perfect house set on a hill. The house was always filled with happy voices and laughter and the smells of a wood fire in the fireplace and something delicious in the kitchen. The view from the front porch was the most peaceful thing I have ever seen. ButContinue reading “That Time Solomon’s Temple Was Looted and Boarded Up. 2 Chronicles 29:15-16.”

PRAY!  2 Kings 20:1-3; 1 Thessalonians 5:17.

Have you ever thought ‘Oh, well, it’s God’s will—God is going to do what God is going to do’?  Are you tempted to think prayer won’t change anything, so why bother—as if God has already decided what He is going to do? THAT’S FALSE! What God has DECIDED is that PRAYER WORKS!  What He hasContinue reading “PRAY!  2 Kings 20:1-3; 1 Thessalonians 5:17.”

NOBODY’S PERFECT. Isaiah 38:17.

Noah feared God and led his family through the end of the world.  Later his sons found him passed out drunk. God called King David a man after his own heart, yet David committed adultery and murder. In spite of Biblical evidence to the contrary, Christians tend to see everyone like characters in a westernContinue reading “NOBODY’S PERFECT. Isaiah 38:17.”

TRUE LEADERSHIP.  2 Chronicles 30:18-20.

Leadership requires humility and service, such as Jesus washing the feet of His disciples. But it also involves something priestly.  That is, true leaders do what priests do—they plead to God for their people, just as Jesus pled for us from the cross. Hezekiah was a godly king. He had the temple cleaned and heContinue reading “TRUE LEADERSHIP.  2 Chronicles 30:18-20.”

HE IS MINDFUL. HE KNOWS. 2 Chronicles 30:18-20.

When Hezekiah became king, he began reforms to bring God’s people back to the Lord. He got rid of idol worship and brought back the Passover. When it came time to celebrate it, however, many of the people were ritually unclean, but ate the Passover anyway, breaking God’s law. “But Hezekiah interceded, saying, ‘May theContinue reading “HE IS MINDFUL. HE KNOWS. 2 Chronicles 30:18-20.”