Tag: repent
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But They Kept Mocking the Messengers of God
15The LORD, the God of their fathers, sent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. 16But they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against his people, until there was no remedy.–2 Chronicles 36
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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
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And When He Was in Distress
10The LORD spoke to Manasseh and to his people, but they paid no attention. 11Therefore the LORD brought upon them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh with hooks and bound him with chains of bronze and brought him to Babylon. 12And when he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the LORD his God…
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If You Return to Him
For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.–2 Chronicles 30
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Ahaz Was Twenty Years Old
1Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done, 2but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. He even made metal images for the Baals, 3and he…
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If My People
…14if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I [God] will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.–2 Chronicles 7
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If They Sin
36“If they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to a land far or near, 37yet if they turn their heart in the land to which they have been carried captive, and repent and…
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When He Came to His Senses
1Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”–Luke 15 The only sinner that has hope is the Prodigal. Be like him. “But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired…
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Fruit of Repentance
7He [John the Baptist] said therefore to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8Bear fruits in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you, God…
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Hope Even for the Worst King
1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. 2And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to the despicable practices of the nations whom the LORD drove out before the people of Israel. 3For he rebuilt the high places that…
Joel M Bradshaw 