Tag: biblical counseling
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Take Courage!
11The following night the Lord [Jesus] stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”–Acts 23 Even though Jesus was in Heaven, he knew what was going on in Paul’s life. Jesus still expected Paul to be faithful. Jesus still had a plan…
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And When the King Heard
19And when the king [Josiah] heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes.–2 Chronicles 34 Josiah was a good king who cared about the things of God. He supervised a clean up of the Temple. And during that overhaul, they found the book of God’s law. Josiah had it read aloud, and he…
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And They Abandoned the House of the LORD
17Now after the death of Jehoiada the princes of Judah came and paid homage to the king. Then the king listened to them. 18And they abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols. And wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs. 19Yet he sent…
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They Were His Counselors
2Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri. 3He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in doing wickedly. 4He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, as the…
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A Prophet of the LORD
6But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not here another prophet of the LORD of whom we may inquire?”–2 Chronicles 18 Then Elijah said to the people, “I, even I only, am left a prophet of the LORD, but Baal’s prophets are 450 men” (1 Kings 18:22). Jehoshaphat had allied with Ahab in Israel. Not the brightest move. And Ahab…
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As Soon as Asa Heard These Words
8As soon as Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded, he took courage and put away the detestable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities that he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that was in…
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David, Nathan, and God
1Now when David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.” 2And Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.” 3But that same night the word of…
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Josiah and Change
11When the king [Josiah] heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes. 12And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the secretary, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying, 13“Go, inquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and…
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Good Joash
1In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash [Joash] began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba. 2And Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all his days, because Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 3Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued to sacrifice and…
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Opening Eyes
8Once when the king of Syria was warring against Israel, he took counsel with his servants, saying, “At such and such a place shall be my camp.” 9But the man of God sent word to the king of Israel, “Beware that you do not pass this place, for the Syrians are going down there.” 10And the king…
