Week 4 | The Power of Praise
From 2 Chronicles 20
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📖 2 Chronicles 20:1 (ESV) After this the Moabites and Ammonites, and with them some of the Meunites, came against Jehoshaphat for battle.
📖 2 Chronicles 17:7,9 (ESV) In the third year of his reign he sent his officials, Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah… 9 And they taught in Judah, having the Book of the Law of the LORD with them. They went about through all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.
📖 2 Chronicles 19:5 (ESV) He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,
📖 2 Chronicles 20:1-2 (ESV) After this the Moabites and Ammonites, and with them some of the Meunites, came against Jehoshaphat for battle. 2 Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A great multitude is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the sea; and, behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, Engedi).
📖 2 Chronicles 20:3 (ESV) Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
📖 2 Chronicles 20:4 (ESV) And Judah assembled to seek help from the LORD; from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
📖 2 Chronicles 20:5-6 (ESV) And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court, 6 and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you.
📖 2 Chronicles 20:7 (ESV) Did you not, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend?
📖 2 Chronicles 20:10-11 (ESV) And now behold, the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt, and whom they avoided and did not destroy—11 behold, they reward us by coming to drive us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.
📖 2 Chronicles 20:12 (ESV) O our God, will you not execute judgment on them? For we are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”
📖 2 Chronicles 20:14 (ESV) And the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly.
📖 2 Chronicles 20:15 (ESV) And he said, “Listen, all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: Thus says the LORD to you, ‘Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed at this great horde, for the battle is not yours but God’s.
📖 2 Chronicles 20:17 (ESV) You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, and the LORD will be with you.”
📖 2 Chronicles 20:18-19 (ESV) Then Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the LORD, worshiping the LORD. 19 And the Levites, of the Kohathites and the Korahites, stood up to praise the LORD, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice.
📖 2 Chronicles 20:21 (ESV) And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who were to sing to the LORD and praise him in holy attire, as they went before the army, and say, “Give thanks to the LORD, for his steadfast love endures forever.”
📖 2 Chronicles 20:22 (ESV) And when they began to sing and praise, the LORD set an ambush against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah, so that they were routed.
📖 2 Chronicles 20:26 (ESV) On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, for there they blessed the LORD. Therefore the name of that place has been called the Valley of Beracah to this day.
📖 2 Chronicles 20:27 (ESV) Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat at their head, returning to Jerusalem with joy, for the LORD had made them rejoice over their enemies.
1. Praise us that God’s people are alone.
📖 2 Chronicles 20:4 (ESV) And Judah assembled to seek help from the LORD; from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
📖 Hebrews 10:25 (ESV) And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.
📖 Acts 2:42 (ESV) And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
📖 Acts 2:47 (ESV) praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
2. Praise us that God is enough and enough for any .
📖 2 Chronicles 20:6 (ESV) “O LORD, God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you.
3. Praise our to God’s and closes our to our .
📖 2 Chronicles 20:12 (ESV) O our God, will you not execute judgment on them? For we are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”
4. Praise our and our faith.
📖 2 Chronicles 20:20 (ESV) And they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa.
Sermon in a Sentence:
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