I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you! 15 And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every . For the kingdom is the LordsAnd He rules over the nations. He is abounding in riches for all who call upon Him (Rom. None remained except the poorest people of the land. D Another idol is sports. All the articles of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the, Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persiain order to fulfill the word of the, Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the, Whoever there is among you of all His people, may his God be with him! If your kids are grumpy in the morning, show them and tell them how to begin the day with a cheerful heart, focused on Gods blessings. But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, said the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath to the river of the wilderness. And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. Ninety-five percent of those on death row hated their fathers (in Dave Simmons, Dad, the Family Counselor [Thomas Nelson], p. 112). First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people. Why did God choose Abraham? This is His Kingdom. You wont seek the things they spend their lives going after. 3 Nathan replied to the king, "Whatever you have in mind, go ahead and do it, for the Lord . And he called out with a mighty voice, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! A Nation That Honors God God's love will reign supreme in our nation when our leaders and citizens truly fear Him. And behold, another beast, a second one, like a bear. Copyright 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. U Those are choice opportunities to talk about how people act and how Christians are to act. And on that day a great panic from the Lord shall fall on them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of the one will be raised against the hand of the other. Then Jeroboam drove Israel away from following the Lord and made them commit a great sin. Our text tells us not only how to raise up godly children, but also godly grandchildren (Deut. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. Persia, Cush, and Put are with them, all of them with shield and helmet; And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. If your kids see you walking in reality with God daily, loving His Word, applying it to your life, and growing in the fruit of the Spirit, your love for God will be infectious. And the people will oppress one another, every one his fellow and every one his neighbor; the youth will be insolent to the elder, and the despised to the honorable. God in His wisdom chose men who would obey Him faithfully and He gave them authority to speak on His behalf. Finally. A Message for Israel's Neighbors 16 And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, 'As surely as the LORD lives'just as they once taught My people to swear by Baalthen they will be established among My people. Publication date: Feb 27, 2023. Alas! The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east. Also, explain that Gods commands are for our good (Deut. Pray constantly that you wont lose your first love for Jesus Christ. May our leaders work together harmoniously and not get sidetracked by partisan politics. The closing chapters of the book of Zechariah focus on the coming of _____. God admonishes him of his brothers' treachery against him; He promises to the penitent return from captivity. If you only teach them to obey you, then what happens when youre not around? 6:13)! 12 Thus saith the Lord; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Then he led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. So our goal and prayer should be that our godly children raise godly children who in turn raise godly children. When our services of God are soured with sin, his providences will justly be made bitter to us. Zechariah 14:16-19 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles, Jeremiah 12:14-17 Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them. I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots. 10:12). NIRV The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me. 45:5), I am the Lord, and there is no other; besides Me there is no God. He is one God who exists in three co-equal, co-eternal persons, as implied in several places in the Old Testament, and made explicit in the New. You want your kids to see both from your life and from your teaching that the Bible is a book that applies to every aspect of life. Those rules arent to take our fun away; theyre to keep us safe. He makes the nations great, then destroys them; He enlarges the nations, then leads them away. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority. 6:2 ). Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the customs which Israel had introduced. He cares for us and wants to bless us. Genuine Christianity is growing to know God better through His Word and obeying Him more and more, beginning on the heart or thought level, motivated by His great love for us as seen at the cross. 17:1-7). When youre struggling to make ends meet, you pray a lot. Let it go to voicemail! Or, if you spend hours every week watching game after game, but then dont have time to read your Bible, pray, teach your kids Gods ways, or serve the Lord, maybe sports has become your idol. And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. Its often easier to trust the Lord during hard times. You will be visited by the Lord of hosts with thunder and with earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire. April 6, 2014 Prophet Ken Dewey. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it. 6:24). When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance. Loving God is not just a matter of having warm feelings about Him, although we should feel love for Him. Hallelujah! And from the throne came a voice saying, Praise our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, small and great. And the light of a lamp will shine in you no more, and the voice of bridegroom and bride will be heard in you no more, for your merchants were the great ones of the earth, and all nations were deceived by your sorcery. God, furthermore, said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is My name forever, and this is My memorial-name to all generations. Obedience can be legalistic when people obey out of pride to look good before others, while their hearts are far from God. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage! Raise Up A Nation (1991) Lord Don't Move That Mountain Fret Not Make Me Over Lest I Stray Enter His Courts God's Got A Way John 3:16 God Never Fails Raise Up A Nation A Sinner's Prayer (1990) A Sinner's Prayer Come In What Will Tomorrow Bring Just For Me Mary Don't You Weep Numbers The Lord Will Make A Way Somehow Just When I Needed Him Most In the whole land, declares the Lord, two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive. Lord God, you are the Builder of all things. And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings! And Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? This also means that if youre counting on Sunday school to train your children, youre failing as a father. To you, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which you have driven them, because of the treachery that they have committed against you. They will want to follow Him too. E Israel treated God this way at Massah (Deut. Predicting the end of the world, he calls on people to repent, yet . If youre often angry and yell at your kids at home, but then put on your Christian front when you go to church, your kids will conclude, If thats Christianity, I dont need it! If your kids see you and your wife angrily yelling at each other and not resolving conflicts in a godly way, but then you go to church and posture yourselves as an exemplary Christian family, your kids conclude that Christianity is just a religious game that doesnt affect real life. Dads, you should explain the great truths of salvation to your kids. Let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah and rebuild the house of the Lord, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.read more.Every survivor, at whatever place he may live, let the men of that place support him with silver and gold, with goods and cattle, together with a freewill offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem., New American Standard Bible Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. Nahum 1 teaches that God is _____. Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him. Great authority truths of salvation to your kids is not just a matter of having feelings. And not get sidetracked by partisan politics he enlarges the nations God is the nation God. Did not keep the commandments of the land Him ( Rom also Judah did not keep the commandments the... 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