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Jehoshaphat’s Story – Praise

After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the Lord and to praise him for the splendor of his holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying: “Give thanks to the Lord, for his love endures forever.”

2 Chronicles 20:21

We are continuing in Jehoshaphat’s story. Last week we talked about the men of Judah putting on armor before heading towards a battle. And we also talked about how we too should put on our spiritual armor each day.

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Jehoshaphat’s Story – Put On Your Armor

Early in the morning they left for the Desert of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah and people of Jerusalem! Have faith in the Lord your God and you will be upheld; have faith in his prophets and you will be successful.” – 2 Chronicles 20:20

Have Faith

We are continuing in Jehoshaphat’s story found in 2 Chronicles 20. Two weeks ago we talked about God giving the nation of Judah a word of encouragement. He told them the battle belonged to Him. Last ...

Jehoshaphat’s Story – Believe and Trust

18 Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face to the ground, and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down in worship before the Lord. 19 Then some Levites from the Kohathites and Korahites stood up and praised the Lord, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice. – 2 Chronicles 20:18-19

We are continuing in Jehoshaphat’s story found in 2 Chronicles 20. Last week we saw how God told the nation of Judah to not fear because the battle belonged to Him.

In verses 18-19, it says, “Jehoshapha...

Jehoshaphat’s Story – The Battle Belongs to God

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All the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, stood there before the Lord.

Then the Spirit of the Lord came on Jahaziel son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite and descendant of Asaph, as he stood in the assembly.

He said: “Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the Lord says to you: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast a...

Jehoshaphat’s Story – The Prayer

NOTE – this post is a bit long, so you might want to grab a cup of coffee or tea and get comfy…

We are continuing to walk through Jehoshaphat’s story. Today we are focusing on Jehoshaphat’s prayer found in 2 Chronicles 20:5-12. We will walk through each portion of the prayer in the sections below.

Remember Who God Is

Jehoshaphat began his prayer with these words: “LORD, the God of our ancestors, are you not the God who is in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. Power a...

Jehoshaphat’s Story – Leading and Praying

“Then Jehoshaphat stood up in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem at the temple of the Lord in the front of the new courtyard and said…” – 2 Chronicles 20:5-6a

We are continuing to walk through Jehoshaphat’s story. The verses that follow the words above are a prayer. We will dig into that prayer next week. Today I want to focus on this verse and talk about prayer in general.

A Strong Leader

Something that stands out to me is the fact that Jehoshaphat stood before the nation and prayed. ...

Jehoshaphat’s Story – Seeking God and Coming Together

“The people of Judah came together to seek help from the Lord; indeed, they came from every town in Judah to seek him.” – 2 Chronicles 20:4

We are continuing in Jehoshaphat’s story found in 2 Chronicles 20. There are two things that stand out to me in the verse above.

Seek God

A couple of weeks ago we talked about turning to God. Seeking God is a similar concept, so I won’t dig into this too much. However, I love the word “seek” because it was my one word for 2019. So I couldn’t pass up...

Jehoshaphat’s Story – Fasting

“Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah.” – 2 Chronicles 20:3

We are continuing in the story found in 2 Chronicles 20. Last week we talked about the first part of verse three. Today we will talk about the latter part – Jehoshaphat proclaimed a fast for all of Judah.

We don’t know a lot of details about the fast, but we do know they fasted. And what’s amazing is that the entire nation fasted. I believe Jehoshaphat proclaimed this fast i...

Jehoshaphat’s Story – Turn to God

“Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah.” – 2 Chronicles 20:3

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We are continuing in Jehoshaphat’s story. At this point we know that a vast army was coming against Jehoshaphat and the nation of Judah. Over the past two weeks we looked at how we Christians face spiritual attacks in our lives. Today we are going to look at the first step that Jehoshaphat took when he was faced with this crisis.

Tak...

Jehoshaphat’s Story – Some Battles We Might Face

Warning – this post is longer than my usual post length. So grab a cup of coffee and get comfy…

We are continuing in Jehoshaphat’s story. Last week we talked about how the enemy comes against us, as children of God. However, we also talked about how we have Jesus on our side.

Today I wanted to touch on a few ways that we might see the enemy attack. Mainly I want to look at a few ways the enemy sneaks in and we don’t realize it’s him. As we walk through each one, take a look at your own li...