Month: May 2026

And King Uzziah was a leper to the day of his death, and being a leper lived in a separate house, for he was excluded from the house of the LORD. And Jotham his son was over the king’s household, governing the people of the land. 2 Chronicles 26:21 I am a natural optimist. Some…
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But Azariah the priest went in after him, with eighty priests of the LORD who were men of valor, and they withstood King Uzziah and said to him, “It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go…
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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. 2 Chronicles 26:16 You’ve probably encountered that guy (or girl) who is intoxicated, but who tries to convince everyone that…
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And his fame spread far, for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong. But when he was strong, he grew proud, to his destruction. 2 Chronicles 26:15-16 I know that as a Christian, I’m supposed to live by faith, but what does that look like? I’d insist that Peter’s story of walking on water…
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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. 2 Chronicles 26:5 Occasionally I’ll encounter some Christian speaker or author who promotes a health and wealth gospel, insisting that God wants us to…
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You say, “See, I have struck down Edom,” and your heart has lifted you up in boastfulness. But now stay at home. Why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you? 2 Chronicles 25:19 I’ve often been frustrated that I seem to retain so many flaws. I’ll work on one…
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He hired also 100,000 mighty men of valor from Israel for 100 talents of silver. 2 Chronicles 25:6 If you asked me who or what is the most important person or thing in my life, at no point in my life would I have said “drugs”. There have been times in my life however, when,…
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And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, yet not with a whole heart. 2 Chronicles 25:2 I wrote yesterday about my life story, lamenting the fact that even though I believe in God and have good intentions, I still often follow my own way to self-destruction. I used King Amaziah’s…
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And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, yet not with a whole heart. 2 Chronicles 24:2 When we first meet a new guy at our Sunday morning jail Bible study, my buddy and I always share a brief version of our life stories and then we ask the inmate to…
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When they had departed from him, leaving him severely wounded, his servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed.  2 Chronicles 24:25 A few years back, I left an organization at which point I was accused of not being loyal. That stung.…
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