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TEMPLES! And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their vestments came forward with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the LORD, according to the directions of David king of Israel. And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the LORD, “For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever toward Israel.” And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ houses, old men who had seen the first…

BE FAITHFUL IN THIS SINFUL, FALLEN, DARK WORLD! Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him. —John 19:31-32             Crucifixion was a form of torture and execution.  Man comes up with all kinds of evil.  Horrific as it was, when Jesus was crucified the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies of Jesus…

 OUR FAITHFULNESS OR UNFAITHFULNESS WILL HAVE AN IMPACT “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD.” —II Chronicles 34:15 “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read from it before the king. And when the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes.  —II Chronicles 34:18-19  “Go, inquire of the LORD for me and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD,…

HE HELPS US AND FIGHTS FOR US! With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God, to help us and to fight our battles.  —II Chronicles 32:8        We are in spiritual warfare, but we are not in so by ourselves.  No, Jesus said that He is with us until the end of the age (Matthew 28:20) and in Hebrews 13:5-6 we read that God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”  So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.  What can mere mortals do to me?” Those are both quotations from…

TRUTH SPEAKERS WILL FACE OPPOSITION Jesus answered him, “If what I said is wrong, bear witness about the wrong; but if what I said is right, why do you strike me?” —John 18:23             Now here is the same evil spirit in this verse that is seen in our culture today.  Instead of being able to dialogue differences, people are becoming violent.  So, if a person has a disagreement with another they cannot talk about that disagreement, but instead need to be physically aggressive toward the one they do not agree with.             Somebody can be in the right, but if another person doesn’t like the right position a person…

YOUR INFLUENCE He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God, and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him prosper. —II Chronicles 26:5 But when he was strong, he grew proud, to his destruction. For he was unfaithful to the LORD his God and entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. —II Chronicles 26:16 So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God. —II Chronicles 27:6 For the LORD humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had made Judah act sinfully and…

OVERCOMERS! I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” —John 16:33             Why do evil things happen in the world?  Children and adults being shot and murdered in schools, in churches, in shopping malls, in medical facilities, in war…  People are being attacked in broad daylight while others stand around and video it.  This surely is a sin sick world and a coldness of heart seems to be intensifying.             Who sits around and plans a strategy to sexualize our school-aged children?  There are those in prison who are…

FIX YOUR EYES ON HIM WHO IS OVER ALL! O LORD, God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you. —II Chronicles 20:6 We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you. —II Chronicles 20:12             Are there times when we just do not know what to do?  What do you do in those times?  The best thing to do is to keep our eyes on our Lord and wait on Him! —“fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter…

A LIFE YIELDED TO OUR LORD IS A LIFE SEEKING TO LIVE RIGHT Now let the fear of the Lord be on you. Judge carefully, for with the Lord our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.” —II Chronicles 19:7             Now here are the problems with worldly judges— There is no fear of the Lord in their lives. They do not judge carefully. They are unjust. They are partial. They take bribes. This is not to say every judge is like this, but in a fallen world, a sinful world, there are going to be many that are like the stated points above.  But praise God that He always judges perfectly. …

WHOEVER HAS MY EAR IS WHO DETERMINES MY DESTINY! Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up and rebelled against his lord, and certain worthless scoundrels gathered about him and defied Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and irresolute and could not withstand them. —II Chronicles 13:6-7 If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. —II Chronicles 15:2 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest…