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2 Chronicles Chapter 30: Verses 7-9 (NIV) Do not be like your parents and your fellow Israelites, who were unfaithful to the Lord, the God of their ancestors, so that he made them an object of horror, as you see. Do not be stiff-necked, as your ancestors were; submit to the Lord. Come to his sanctuary, which he has consecrated forever. Serve…

2 Corinthians Chapter 26: 16-17 (NIV) But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the Lord his God, and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.Azariah the priest with eighty other courageous priests of the Lord followed him in. 2 Corinthians Chapter 27: Verse 6 (NIV) Jotham grew powerful because he walked steadfastly…

2 Chronicles Chapter 25: Verses 6-9 (NIV-UK) He also hired a hundred thousand fighting men from Israel for a hundred talentsof silver.  But a man of God came to him and said, ‘Your Majesty, these troops from Israel must not march with you, for the Lord is not with Israel – not with any of the people of…

Proverbs Chapter 21: Verse 2 (NIV) A person may think their own ways are right,    but the Lord weighs the heart. 2 Chronicles Chapter 22: Verses 2-4 (NIV) Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, a granddaughter of Omri. He too followed the ways of the…

2 Chronicles Chapter 19: Verse 6 (NIV) He told them, “Consider carefully what you do, because you are not judging for mere mortals but for the Lord, who is with you whenever you give a verdict. 2 Chronicles Chapter 20: Verses 35-37 (NIV) Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, whose ways were…

2 Chronicles Chapter 18: Verses 4-7 (NIV-UK)  But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, ‘First seek the counsel of the Lord.’ So the king of Israel brought together the prophets – four hundred men – and asked them, ‘Shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall I not?’ ‘Go,’ they answered, ‘for God will…

2 Chronicles Chapter 15: Verse 9 (NIV) Then he assembled all Judah and Benjamin and the people from Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon who had settled among them, for large numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him. Judah had split from Israel. At the time Asa was…

2 Chronicles 10: Verses 6-11 (NIV-UK)  Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. ‘How would you advise me to answer these people?’ he asked. They replied, ‘If you will be kind to these people and please them and give them a favourable answer, they will always be…

Psalm 100 verses 4-5 (NIV) Enter his gates with thanksgiving    and his courts with praise;    give thanks to him and praise his name.For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;    his faithfulness continues through all generations. Its Sunday again so it seems appropriate that this was one of the readings for today, and the one which caught my attention. David is…

1 Corinthians Chapter 12: Verse 7 (NIV) Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. We’re not in a competition with one another; at least we shouldn’t be because that’s not what God intended. Every Christian has been given a gift by the Holy Spirit as He sees…