A LOYAL HEART
Today’s Reading: 2 Chronicles 25
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Zion Gate is located in the southern part of the Old City. This gate was used by the Israel Defense Forces in 1967 to enter and capture the Old City. The stones surrounding the gate are still pockmarked by weapons fire. This entrance leads to the Jewish and Armenian Quarters.
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Key Verse: 2 Chronicles 25:2
And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a loyal heart.
What can we learn from King Amaziah? Loyalty to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and loyalty one to another as fellow believers in Christ is so very important. This could be described as true friendship. Loyalty says, “You can count on me to be true to you, to be there for you, to do my best to serve you in good times and bad, in sickness and in health.” This is sounding like the marriage vows. Well…maybe that’s not far off. The Apostle Paul wrote in Ephesians 5:25-27 that we men are to love our wives as Christ loved the Church. According to the book called “The Revelation of Jesus Christ,” there are three kinds of believers in the church: hot, cold, and lukewarm. Revelation 3:14-22 would be a good New Testament reading for today.
Even after his initial disobedience, God gave Amaziah other chances. He sent a prophet to him and Amaziah listened to him, but he soon fell away again. As we read this, God may be calling us to repentance once again. Let’s hear His voice and obey!
PRAYER FOR TODAY:
Lord God, Your Son and my Saviour, Jesus Christ, modelled true loyalty. I pray for that kind of 100% loyalty to You and to all those to whom I’ve given my word of commitment. Please forgive me for those times when my love for You and others is less than hot (lukewarm). I repent and trust You for the fire of Your Spirit to burn white hot within me every day. In Jesus’ Name I ask for the blessing of true loyalty, Amen!!!
100 PERSONAL WORDS:
Through the years I’ve trusted God for the blessing of loyalty. Loyalty works both ways. I am loyal to God, to my family, to my church, to my community, to my country, and also to my blog readers. Yes, that’s you I’m writing about! You are in my heart as my new extended family. I’m so very thankful to God for you. I want the very best for you. I pray by name from time to time for all who respond to this blog in writing in the same way I pray for my family members, for the leaders of the Crossroads ministry, for my neighbours of the last 60 years. It always amazes me how I can remember names when I pray. I believe God brings names to my mind. Of course, when I say those names before God my memories stay fresh.
I ask for the prayers of all who read this blog…for me, my family, and for the Crossroads ministry team members in particular.
Yours for the fire of the Holy Spirit within us, keeping us “HOT” with a loyal heart!
David
Just outside the Zion Gate, the Lion of Judah is symbolized on the Jerusalem flag.
Please pray for my children and grandchildren as well as my family as a whole.
What a blessing Gods word with David’s commitment has been to me. This is my third time through the Bible with David and each time it is fresh and inspiring..I am now 90, a little older than David would have been. I wish I could confidently say I’ve got it all together now, but I know I’m in Him who has.
Praying for your children and grandchildren Rhonda, as well as for mine! Helen, I am also very grateful for the blog, having been with it since its first postings. Blessings all and especially for those who put the blog out each day.
I am praying Davids prayer today “Lord God, Your Son and my Saviour, Jesus Christ, modelled true loyalty. I pray for that kind of 100% loyalty to You and to all those to whom I’ve given my word of commitment. Please forgive me for those times when my love for You and others is less than hot (lukewarm). I repent and trust You for the fire of Your Spirit to burn white hot within me every day. In Jesus’ Name I ask for the blessing of true
loyalty, Amen!!!”
I pray also for the families of all those following this blog and a special prayer today for Rhonda, Doreen and Alice and their families. Lord you know the challenges each family has and I pray they will feel Your presence and Your love as they move forward. I pray that every member of their families will turn to You. Please Lord be with them
Anen
Amen to the above posts.I have been ‘loyally’ following this blog since Sept 2013.I’ve hardly been able to post any of my poems since I started using this new ‘puter’.Win 11 seems to restrict me (I’m sure it is my ignorance and no Win 11).Our new Pastor starts tomorrow.She is new to the pulpit but full of the holy Spirit.I need prayer for my son and my siblings,that they may be led to Jesus.Prayers for all who need prayer.God knows who you are.Amen
If One Day Is Too Late
There are no locks on His gates,
You are free to walk in with His Son.
He is patient as He awaits
For you,oh wayward son.
Now is always the right time,
For your next day is never assured,
And He forgives your every crime
When you make Him your Lord.
Adrift in a silent sea,
With no god to save you from your fate,
In blackness for eternity,
If one day is too late.
Down from heaven to free us,
When hell tried to kill this holy Child
The One the world knows as Jesus
And left us all beguiled.
As He grew He learned to teach,
And told the elders how they err,
Then they came to fear His outreach
So trapped Him in their snare.
But this was what He came for,
To willingly die to save us all,
For such love He still has in store
For those saved from the fall.
GW(Bill) Marshall/15 Dec,2019