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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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Though the army of the Syrians had come with few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army, because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers. 2 Chronicles 24:24 Back in 2014, I attended an urban inpatient drug treatment program in the Twin Cities where we attended a different…
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Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah’s father, had shown him, but killed his son. 2 Chronicles 24:22 In addition to addiction medicine, I still work in Urgent Care, where I see all manner of complaints, from head to toe. One of the common pathologies that afflicts the feet, are…
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And they abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols. And wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs. Yet he sent prophets among them to bring them back to the LORD. These testified against them, but they would not pay attention.…
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Now after the death of Jehoiada the princes of Judah came and paid homage to the king. Then the king listened to them. And they abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols. 2 Chronicles 24:17-18 Growing up, I recognized that there were a lot…
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