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The Art of Warfare

Day 128 Reading: 2 Chronicles 30:1 - 2 Chronicles 32:33 Certain things are constant in life. One of them is that as long as you live on earth you will need to learn the art of warfare. Life as a friend told me is not fanfare but warfare. Life is a battle and the enemy will do anything to ensure you are not winning. The Bible has many testimonies of victory in warfare when the children of God have encountered the enemy.  Hezekiah not only restored worship in the temple by opening the doors he also had the people celebrate Passover. The Passover was instituted to be celebrated yearly, yet this had not happened as commanded. The nation had not celebrated Passover from the reign of Solomon a timeline of about 200 years had passed. The children of Israel had not enjoyed the blessings of celebrating the Passover one of them being that the nation would be reminded of the power of God in delivering them from captivity.  Sennacherib arrives in the land of Judah with on...

Secrets of 3 Kings

Day 128 Reading: 2 Chronicles 26:1 - 2 Chronicles 29:36 God desires the very best for our lives. This desire is continually expressed in the Bible. The promises of God are sure and certain. Understand that you were not born for failure, sickness or pain. Joy, peace, successful, prosperous are words we use to describe how we would like our lives to be viewed as. God is more than willing for us to have His best. The question is are we willing to meet the requirements God has placed for us to enjoy His benefits. Today we look at 3 kings who were great before God.  Uzziah became king when his father Amaziah died. His father had waged war and brought the gods of the Edomites to be worshipped. Just imagine how ridiculous Amaziah was. He worshipped the gods of the people he just defeated. His son, Uzziah was different. He sought God and as long as the king sought God he was assured of prosperity. There is a lesson to learn here that we need to understand that as long as we ar...