Asa was the third king of Judah who reigned for 41 years in Jerusalem. He did what was right in God's eyes by removing idols and sodomites from the land, unlike previous kings. When a large Ethiopian army of one million men and 300 chariots came against Asa's army of 580,000 men, Asa prayed to God for help. God defeated the Ethiopians, and Asa and his men pursued them, gaining much spoil. Asa turned the people back to righteousness and seeking the Lord, and the land had peace during his reign.
How do we respond in that moment when we feel we tried God and sensed His move, but now we are right back deep in the problem trying to battle it with little or no strength? An incident in the life of King Jehoshaphat and David provides us with helpful instruction on the subject of strengthening ourselves in the Lord so we are prepared to face severe trials and problems.
A COLOSSAL CATASTROPHE
TEXT: GEN 11:1-9
I. COMUNICATION- GEN 11:1
Gen 4:23-24
John 8:43
Col 4:6
II. CELEBRITY- GEN 11:4
Ps 18:2
Ps 61:8
Prov 18:10
Luke 14:28
Luke 14:13
Matt 21:44
1Cor 3:19
III. CORRECTION- GEN 11:6
Prov 6:23
1Kgs 1:5-6
Prov 29:15
Heb 12:5-6
IV. CONFUSION- GEN 11:7
Rom 1:21-22
2Tim 1:7
2Cor 4:4
Col 3:10
V. CATHOLICISM- GEN 11:9
Lev 18:23
Rev 17:1-6
Rev 17:8
Rev 17:18
CONCLUSION:
ZEPH 3:8-9
ZEPH 3:11
ISA 11:9
God Is
I. The Corrector- Gen 20:2-3
II. The Protector- Gen 31:5-7
III. The Administrator- 2Chr 20:15
IV. The Deliverer- Gen 45:8
V. The Concealer- Prov 25:2
VI. The Rewarder- Heb 11:6
Israel repents and turns from idols unto God. God defeats the Philistines. We don't have to let demons roost in our minds; we can cast them out in the Power of God.
Israel at 60 - 2) The Jews - God's true witnessesbibletruth
www.christadelphians.co.uk - The second of a four part series exploring Israel and its significant position in the world. Having looked at how the land of Israel came to be of importance in the first presentation, we move on to consider the people of Israel, how the nation was born, and how events throughout their history have provided amazing evidence as to the existence of God and of his purpose.
The Powerpoint slides can be downloaded from our website.
Why did you think Barak hesitated to follow believe God and obey His commands (4:8)? Why is obedience a product of faith?Barak had to learn it is God who sets the conditions. Why is this important for us to understand? Deborah declared, "Has not the Lord gone ahead of you” (4:14). How does Israel learn that God's power comes to them through their weakness? How does this principle apply to us? (read II Cor.12:9-10) Why did Deborah describe herself as “a mother in Israel" (5:7)? How was Israel’s national crisis related to her worship (5:8 “they chose new gods")? Explain how problems with our country’s problems (e.g., increased social dysfunction, crime, economic, even weather) is related to our attitudes toward God. Why did the other tribes mentioned in 5:15-17 decide to engage in battle? What is your answer to God's challenges? What motivates you to do so?
How do we respond in that moment when we feel we tried God and sensed His move, but now we are right back deep in the problem trying to battle it with little or no strength? An incident in the life of King Jehoshaphat and David provides us with helpful instruction on the subject of strengthening ourselves in the Lord so we are prepared to face severe trials and problems.
A COLOSSAL CATASTROPHE
TEXT: GEN 11:1-9
I. COMUNICATION- GEN 11:1
Gen 4:23-24
John 8:43
Col 4:6
II. CELEBRITY- GEN 11:4
Ps 18:2
Ps 61:8
Prov 18:10
Luke 14:28
Luke 14:13
Matt 21:44
1Cor 3:19
III. CORRECTION- GEN 11:6
Prov 6:23
1Kgs 1:5-6
Prov 29:15
Heb 12:5-6
IV. CONFUSION- GEN 11:7
Rom 1:21-22
2Tim 1:7
2Cor 4:4
Col 3:10
V. CATHOLICISM- GEN 11:9
Lev 18:23
Rev 17:1-6
Rev 17:8
Rev 17:18
CONCLUSION:
ZEPH 3:8-9
ZEPH 3:11
ISA 11:9
God Is
I. The Corrector- Gen 20:2-3
II. The Protector- Gen 31:5-7
III. The Administrator- 2Chr 20:15
IV. The Deliverer- Gen 45:8
V. The Concealer- Prov 25:2
VI. The Rewarder- Heb 11:6
Israel repents and turns from idols unto God. God defeats the Philistines. We don't have to let demons roost in our minds; we can cast them out in the Power of God.
Israel at 60 - 2) The Jews - God's true witnessesbibletruth
www.christadelphians.co.uk - The second of a four part series exploring Israel and its significant position in the world. Having looked at how the land of Israel came to be of importance in the first presentation, we move on to consider the people of Israel, how the nation was born, and how events throughout their history have provided amazing evidence as to the existence of God and of his purpose.
The Powerpoint slides can be downloaded from our website.
Why did you think Barak hesitated to follow believe God and obey His commands (4:8)? Why is obedience a product of faith?Barak had to learn it is God who sets the conditions. Why is this important for us to understand? Deborah declared, "Has not the Lord gone ahead of you” (4:14). How does Israel learn that God's power comes to them through their weakness? How does this principle apply to us? (read II Cor.12:9-10) Why did Deborah describe herself as “a mother in Israel" (5:7)? How was Israel’s national crisis related to her worship (5:8 “they chose new gods")? Explain how problems with our country’s problems (e.g., increased social dysfunction, crime, economic, even weather) is related to our attitudes toward God. Why did the other tribes mentioned in 5:15-17 decide to engage in battle? What is your answer to God's challenges? What motivates you to do so?
KINGS, HIGH PLACES, WAR & THE END IN THE CONTEXT OF KING ASALinus Daniel
Exploring the life of King Asa & Worship @ High Places
Lessons from his Life: Courage, Encourage, Stress, Leadership, Blameless, Reforms, Endurance.
"But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days." (1 Kings 15:11-14 )
Book of Baruch, ancient text purportedly written by Baruch, secretary and friend of Jeremiah, the Old Testament prophet. The text is still extant in Greek and in several translations from Greek into Latin, Syriac, Coptic, Ethiopic, and other languages. The Book of Baruch is apocryphal to the Hebrew and Protestant canons but was incorporated in the Septuagint and was included in the Old Testament for Roman Catholics. The work is a compilation of several authors and is the only work among the apocrypha that was consciously modeled after the prophetic writings of the Old Testament.
Wonderful Counselor, Almighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace Measured b...franktsao4
【The glory of the Messiah shines】
Wonderful Counselor, Almighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace (verses 1-7)
1. A great light shines in the land of the shadow of death (verse 2)
2. A baby was born for us (verse 6)
3. His government is fair and just (verse 7)
4. The zeal of the LORD will accomplish this (verse 7)
2. Measure by God’s standard (8-10:4)
The pride of Ephraim (verses 8-12)
2. Arrogant leaders lead the wrong way (vv. 13-17)
3. Brothers kill each other (verses 18-21)
4. The helpless are oppressed (10:1-4)
The Good News, newsletter for June 2024 is hereNoHo FUMC
Our monthly newsletter is available to read online. We hope you will join us each Sunday in person for our worship service. Make sure to subscribe and follow us on YouTube and social media.
Exploring the Mindfulness Understanding Its Benefits.pptxMartaLoveguard
Slide 1: Title: Exploring the Mindfulness: Understanding Its Benefits
Slide 2: Introduction to Mindfulness
Mindfulness, defined as the conscious, non-judgmental observation of the present moment, has deep roots in Buddhist meditation practice but has gained significant popularity in the Western world in recent years. In today's society, filled with distractions and constant stimuli, mindfulness offers a valuable tool for regaining inner peace and reconnecting with our true selves. By cultivating mindfulness, we can develop a heightened awareness of our thoughts, feelings, and surroundings, leading to a greater sense of clarity and presence in our daily lives.
Slide 3: Benefits of Mindfulness for Mental Well-being
Practicing mindfulness can help reduce stress and anxiety levels, improving overall quality of life.
Mindfulness increases awareness of our emotions and teaches us to manage them better, leading to improved mood.
Regular mindfulness practice can improve our ability to concentrate and focus our attention on the present moment.
Slide 4: Benefits of Mindfulness for Physical Health
Research has shown that practicing mindfulness can contribute to lowering blood pressure, which is beneficial for heart health.
Regular meditation and mindfulness practice can strengthen the immune system, aiding the body in fighting infections.
Mindfulness may help reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and obesity by reducing stress and improving overall lifestyle habits.
Slide 5: Impact of Mindfulness on Relationships
Mindfulness can help us better understand others and improve communication, leading to healthier relationships.
By focusing on the present moment and being fully attentive, mindfulness helps build stronger and more authentic connections with others.
Mindfulness teaches us how to be present for others in difficult times, leading to increased compassion and understanding.
Slide 6: Mindfulness Techniques and Practices
Focusing on the breath and mindful breathing can be a simple way to enter a state of mindfulness.
Body scan meditation involves focusing on different parts of the body, paying attention to any sensations and feelings.
Practicing mindful walking and eating involves consciously focusing on each step or bite, with full attention to sensory experiences.
Slide 7: Incorporating Mindfulness into Daily Life
You can practice mindfulness in everyday activities such as washing dishes or taking a walk in the park.
Adding mindfulness practice to daily routines can help increase awareness and presence.
Mindfulness helps us become more aware of our needs and better manage our time, leading to balance and harmony in life.
Slide 8: Summary: Embracing Mindfulness for Full Living
Mindfulness can bring numerous benefits for physical and mental health.
Regular mindfulness practice can help achieve a fuller and more satisfying life.
Mindfulness has the power to change our perspective and way of perceiving the world, leading to deeper se
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
HANUMAN STORIES: TIMELESS TEACHINGS FOR TODAY’S WORLDLearnyoga
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The Chakra System in our body - A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness.pptxBharat Technology
each chakra is studied in greater detail, several steps have been included to
strengthen your personal intention to open each chakra more fully. These are designed
to draw forth the highest benefit for your spiritual growth.
What Should be the Christian View of Anime?Joe Muraguri
We will learn what Anime is and see what a Christian should consider before watching anime movies? We will also learn a little bit of Shintoism religion and hentai (the craze of internet pornography today).
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way.pptxCelso Napoleon
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way
SBs – Sunday Bible School
Adult Bible Lessons 2nd quarter 2024 CPAD
MAGAZINE: THE CAREER THAT IS PROPOSED TO US: The Path of Salvation, Holiness and Perseverance to Reach Heaven
Commentator: Pastor Osiel Gomes
Presentation: Missionary Celso Napoleon
Renewed in Grace
The PBHP DYC ~ Reflections on The Dhamma (English).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma Reflections for the PBHP DYC for the years 1993 – 2012. To motivate and inspire DYC members to keep on practicing the Dhamma and to do the meritorious deed of Dhammaduta work.
The texts are in English.
For the Video with audio narration, comments and texts in English, please check out the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF2g_43NEa0
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
1. Gospel Baptist Tabernacle
1
781 Salem Road, Rossville, GA 30741
Where the Love of God
abounds, everyone is
welcome.
www.rossvillechurch.com
Children’s Church taught
by Paul and Marsha Davis
during preaching.
November 2, 2014
3. 3
1 Kings 15 1 Now in the
eighteenth year of king
Jeroboam, (he reigned 22 years)
the son of Nebat, reigned
Abijam over Judah. 2 Three
years reigned he in Jerusalem.
And his mother's name was
Maachah, the daughter of
Abishalom (Absalom).
Solomon and Absalom
were both sons of David.
Rehoboam and Maachah
were cousins.
Abijam was their son and became king upon
Rehoboam’s death, for three years.
He loved sin.
4. 3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which
he had done before him: and his heart was not
perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of
David his father. 4 Nevertheless for David's sake
did the LORD his God give him a lamp in
Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to
establish Jerusalem: 5 Because David did that
which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and
turned not aside from anything that He
Commanded him all the days of his life, save only
in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
4
5. 6 And there was war between Rehoboam and
Jeroboam all the days of his (Abijam’s) life. 7 Now
the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Judah? And there was war between
Abijam and Jeroboam. 8 And Abijam slept with his
fathers; and they buried him in the city of David:
and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
The war which started between Rehoboam and
Jeroboam continued throughout Abijam’s lifetime.
5
6. 9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of
Israel reigned Asa over Judah. 10 And forty and one
years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his grandmother’s
name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
6
Asa is Abijam’s son, and the
third king of Judah in twenty years.
Jeroboam is still king in Israel,
the northern kingdom.
Asa reigned 41 years in Jerusalem.
7. 11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of
the LORD, as did David his father. 12 And he took
away the sodomites out of the land, and removed
all the idols that his fathers had made.
Finally, a righteous king; the first
7
one since King David.
He got rid of the idols and the sodomites.
We must not only cease to do evil, but learn to do
well;
Matthew Henry Concise Bible Commentary
8. 2 Chronicles 14 1 So Abijah slept with his fathers,
and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa
his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land
was quiet ten years. 2 And Asa did that which was
good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:
3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods,
and the high places, and brake down the images,
and cut down the groves:
Right in the eyes of the Lord God is all that matters.
The culture may think it’s wrong; your
8
family may think you are wrong.
9. 4 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of
their fathers, and to do the law and the Command-ment.
Peace comes from the Lord.
9
5 Also he took away out of all the cities of
Judah the high places and the images: and the
kingdom was quiet before him. 6 And he built
fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he
had no war in those years; because the LORD had
given him rest.
John 14 27 Peace I leave with you, My Peace I give
unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.
Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be
afraid.
10. How do you seek the Lord God?
10
Willingly live your life
according to God’s
Word, the Bible.
11. 11
7 Therefore Asa said unto
Judah, Let us build these cities,
and make about them walls,
and towers, gates, and bars,
while the land is yet before us;
because we have sought the
LORD our God, we have
sought Him, and He hath given
us rest on every side. So they
built and prospered.
They sought the
Lord through
obedience; He
gave them rest.
12. Asa aimed at pleasing God, and studied to approve
himself to him. Happy those that walk by this rule,
not to do that which is right in their own eyes, or in
the eye of the world, but which is so in God's sight.
We find by experience that it is good to seek the
Lord; it gives us rest; while we pursue the world,
we meet with nothing but vexation.
Matthew Henry Concise Bible Commentary
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13. 8 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and
spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and
out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows,
two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were
mighty men of valor.
13
Out of Judah
300,000 Out of Benjamin
280,000
14. 14
9 And there came out
against them Zerah the
Ethiopian with an host of
a thousand thousand (one
million), and three
hundred chariots; and
came unto Mareshah. 10
Then Asa went out against
him, and they set the
battle in array in the valley
of Zephathah at Mareshah.
15. 15
Asa had 580, 000 men against
Zerah’s one million men.
300
16. 2 Chronicles 14:11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his
God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with Thee to
help, whether with many, or with them that have no
power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on
Thee, and in Thy Name we go against this
multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man
prevail against thee.
16
Simple prayer
Effective!
17. 12 So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa,
and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. 13 And
Asa and the people that were with him pursued
them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were
overthrown, that they could not recover
themselves; for they were destroyed before the
LORD, and before His host; and they (the army of
Judah) carried away very much spoil.
God gave the wealth back to Judah, which
they had lost under Rehoboam’s leadership.
17
18. 14 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar;
for the fear of the LORD came upon them (the
people of the area): and they spoiled all the cities;
for there was exceeding much spoil in them. 15
They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried
away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned
to Jerusalem.
18
19. What sin has taken away, God can restore.
19
We just do as Asa did: Turn from evil unto
righteousness in the sight of God.
What I think is right, may well be wrong.
What God says is right, is always right.