Our church has been doing a sermon study on worship.....what feeds our soul personally, draws us near to God, and also corporate worship. Last week we studied 2 Chronicles 20:20-25.....about how Gods people praised Him before they went into battle. The battle was not theirs, but His: ....(vs 15) "This is what the Lord says to you: Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but Gods.....(vs 21) 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." (22) "And as they began to SING and PRAISE, the Lord set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mt. Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated. The men of Ammon and Moab rose up against the men from Mt. Seir to destroy and annihilate them. After they finished slaughtering the men from Seir, they helped to destroy one another! When the men of Judah came to the place.....they saw only dead bodies lying on the ground, no one had escaped! So Jehoshaphat and his men went to carry off their plunder, and they found among them a great amount of equipment and clothing and also articles of value...more than they could take away. There was so much plunder that it took three days to collect it!" How often we forget to praise God and depend on Him before any personal battle....God goes before us, the battle is His!
Posted on: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 16:40:26 +0000
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