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Aug 7, 2022 17:07:05   #
Parky60 Loc: People's Republic of Illinois
 
King Asa was a righteous leader of God’s people. This ancestor of Christ and third king of the divided kingdom was a devout reformer who abolished the worship of foreign gods, put an end to cultic prostitution, and even dethroned his family members who disdained obedience to Yahweh.

2 Chronicles 15:15 tells us that God brought peace to the land because of Asa’s righteous leadership. But in the course of time Asa fell to a subtle sin. It was a sin that ultimately cost him his life. It is a sin that entangles many of God’s people in comfortable places and in peaceful times.

After many years of trusting God for victory on the battlefield and amid crises at home, Asa’s confidence slowly shifted from God to people and to the resources around him. When battle sprung up near the end of his reign, he relied on military alliances instead of trusting God.

When he faced illness in his latter years, he trusted in his physicians instead of hoping in God. Of course, military strategies are vital in warfare and doctors are important in facing a health crisis, but in both cases, these should be seen as tools in the hand of our God of hope and not the hope themselves. A few generations before, King David wrote the words that should have governed Asa’s mind:

Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. Psalm 20:7

This of course did not mean that David didn’t utilize the tools which were entrusted to him. But as his son, Solomon, had learned, “The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the Lord.” Proverbs 21:31

The sad and final chapter in Asa’s life reads, “even in his illness he did not seek help from the Lord, but only from the physicians; then in the forty-first year of his reign Asa died.” 2 Chronicles 16:12-13

So then, as God blesses you with doctors, advisors, consultants and investors, please always remember the battle belongs to the Lord.

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Aug 9, 2022 10:35:37   #
TexaCan Loc: Homeward Bound!
 
Parky60 wrote:
King Asa was a righteous leader of God’s people. This ancestor of Christ and third king of the divided kingdom was a devout reformer who abolished the worship of foreign gods, put an end to cultic prostitution, and even dethroned his family members who disdained obedience to Yahweh.

2 Chronicles 15:15 tells us that God brought peace to the land because of Asa’s righteous leadership. But in the course of time Asa fell to a subtle sin. It was a sin that ultimately cost him his life. It is a sin that entangles many of God’s people in comfortable places and in peaceful times.

After many years of trusting God for victory on the battlefield and amid crises at home, Asa’s confidence slowly shifted from God to people and to the resources around him. When battle sprung up near the end of his reign, he relied on military alliances instead of trusting God.

When he faced illness in his latter years, he trusted in his physicians instead of hoping in God. Of course, military strategies are vital in warfare and doctors are important in facing a health crisis, but in both cases, these should be seen as tools in the hand of our God of hope and not the hope themselves. A few generations before, King David wrote the words that should have governed Asa’s mind:

Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. Psalm 20:7

This of course did not mean that David didn’t utilize the tools which were entrusted to him. But as his son, Solomon, had learned, “The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the Lord.” Proverbs 21:31

The sad and final chapter in Asa’s life reads, “even in his illness he did not seek help from the Lord, but only from the physicians; then in the forty-first year of his reign Asa died.” 2 Chronicles 16:12-13

So then, as God blesses you with doctors, advisors, consultants and investors, please always remember the battle belongs to the Lord.
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Maranatha!

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Aug 10, 2022 06:42:29   #
Rose42
 
Parky60 wrote:
King Asa was a righteous leader of God’s people. This ancestor of Christ and third king of the divided kingdom was a devout reformer who abolished the worship of foreign gods, put an end to cultic prostitution, and even dethroned his family members who disdained obedience to Yahweh.

2 Chronicles 15:15 tells us that God brought peace to the land because of Asa’s righteous leadership. But in the course of time Asa fell to a subtle sin. It was a sin that ultimately cost him his life. It is a sin that entangles many of God’s people in comfortable places and in peaceful times.

After many years of trusting God for victory on the battlefield and amid crises at home, Asa’s confidence slowly shifted from God to people and to the resources around him. When battle sprung up near the end of his reign, he relied on military alliances instead of trusting God.

When he faced illness in his latter years, he trusted in his physicians instead of hoping in God. Of course, military strategies are vital in warfare and doctors are important in facing a health crisis, but in both cases, these should be seen as tools in the hand of our God of hope and not the hope themselves. A few generations before, King David wrote the words that should have governed Asa’s mind:

Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. Psalm 20:7

This of course did not mean that David didn’t utilize the tools which were entrusted to him. But as his son, Solomon, had learned, “The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the Lord.” Proverbs 21:31

The sad and final chapter in Asa’s life reads, “even in his illness he did not seek help from the Lord, but only from the physicians; then in the forty-first year of his reign Asa died.” 2 Chronicles 16:12-13

So then, as God blesses you with doctors, advisors, consultants and investors, please always remember the battle belongs to the Lord.
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Aug 10, 2022 18:28:59   #
Zemirah Loc: Sojourner En Route...
 
an excellent reminder, Parky,

"I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely."
(Psalm 16:8-9)

Parky60 wrote:
King Asa was a righteous leader of God’s people. This ancestor of Christ and third king of the divided kingdom was a devout reformer who abolished the worship of foreign gods, put an end to cultic prostitution, and even dethroned his family members who disdained obedience to Yahweh.

2 Chronicles 15:15 tells us that God brought peace to the land because of Asa’s righteous leadership. But in the course of time Asa fell to a subtle sin. It was a sin that ultimately cost him his life. It is a sin that entangles many of God’s people in comfortable places and in peaceful times.

After many years of trusting God for victory on the battlefield and amid crises at home, Asa’s confidence slowly shifted from God to people and to the resources around him. When battle sprung up near the end of his reign, he relied on military alliances instead of trusting God.

When he faced illness in his latter years, he trusted in his physicians instead of hoping in God. Of course, military strategies are vital in warfare and doctors are important in facing a health crisis, but in both cases, these should be seen as tools in the hand of our God of hope and not the hope themselves. A few generations before, King David wrote the words that should have governed Asa’s mind:

Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. Psalm 20:7

This of course did not mean that David didn’t utilize the tools which were entrusted to him. But as his son, Solomon, had learned, “The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the Lord.” Proverbs 21:31

The sad and final chapter in Asa’s life reads, “even in his illness he did not seek help from the Lord, but only from the physicians; then in the forty-first year of his reign Asa died.” 2 Chronicles 16:12-13

So then, as God blesses you with doctors, advisors, consultants and investors, please always remember the battle belongs to the Lord.
King Asa was a righteous leader of God’s people. T... (show quote)

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