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2 Chronicles

The Heart To Which God Responds

2 CHRONICLES 34:26-28 – ““But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall you say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Regarding the words that you have heard, because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and its inhabitants, and…

God’s Pursuing Love

2 CHRONICLES 33:10-13 – “The Lord spoke to Manasseh and to his people, but they paid no attention. Therefore the Lord brought upon them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh with hooks and bound him with chains of bronze and brought him to Babylon. And when he was in distress, he entreated the favor of…

A Sad And Worthless Life

2 CHRONICLES 21:20 – “He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he departed with no one’s regret. They buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.” THEME OF THE DAY: A SAD AND WORTHLESS LIFE.  Today’s scripture easily makes the list of one of…

The Painful Hand of God’s Love

2 CHRONICLES 33:1-6, 10-13 – Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel. For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had…

When We Are Afraid

2 CHRONICLES 20:1-12 –  After this the Moabites and Ammonites, and with them some of the Meunites, came against Jehoshaphat for battle. Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A great multitude is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the sea; and, behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, Engedi). Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face to seek the Lord,…

The Battle Is The Lord’s

2 CHRONICLES 14:8-15 –  And Asa had an army of 300,000 from Judah, armed with large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin that carried shields and drew bows. All these were mighty men of valor.  Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and 300 chariots, and came as far as Mareshah.  And Asa…