Read the Bible in 2 Years: 2 Chronicles 26-28, Psalm 47
[King Uzziah] set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God, and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him prosper. He went out and made war against the Philistines and broke through the wall of Gath and the wall of Jabneh and the wall of Ashdod, and he built cities in the territory of Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines…. In Jerusalem he made machines, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and the corners, to shoot arrows and great stones. And his fame spread far, for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong.
2 Chronicles 26:5-6, 14 ESV
Relying on God and Working by HIS STRENGTH 💪🏋️♂️⚜️ 2 Chronicles 26-28 – FormerAtheist58
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Read the Bible in 2 Years: 2 Chronicles 25, Psalm 46
Please forgive the ridiculous AI graphic. Apparently, this is what AI thinks of as “people wasting their money,” but the point remains. God is able to ABUNDANTLY RESTORE more than you’ve squandered, even if it’s on $25 cups of coffee and $35 bags of truffle chips.
[King Amazia] hired also 100,000 mighty men of valor from Israel for 100 talents of silver.
But a man of God came to him and said, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel, with all these Ephraimites. But go, act, be strong for the battle. Why should you suppose that God will cast you down before the enemy? For God has power to help or to cast down.”
And Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what shall we do about the hundred talents that I have given to the army of Israel?”
The man of God answered, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.”
2 Chronicles 25:6-9 ESV
The Lord is able to ABUNDANTLY RESTORE More Than you’ve Squandered – 2 Chronicles 25 – FormerAtheist58
If it had not been for the Lord – Keith & Kristyn Getty – video by Ridgeway Community Church
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Read the Bible in 2 Years: 2 Chronicles 23-24, Psalm 45
But Jehoiada grew old and full of days, and died. He was 130 years old at his death. And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.
Now after the death of Jehoiada the princes of Judah came and paid homage to the king. Then the king listened to them. And 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.
Yet he sent prophets among them to bring them back to the LORD. These testified against them, but they would not pay attention.
Then the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God, ‘Why do you break the commandments of the LORD, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, he has forsaken you.’”
But they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the LORD. Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah’s father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, “May the LORD see and avenge!”
2 Chronicles 24:15-22 ESV
PRAY for your PASTORS! – FormerAtheist58
Speak O Lord – Keith & Kristyn Getty
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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 44, 2 Chronicles 21-22
Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family of the house of Judah.
But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were about to be put to death, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom.
Thus Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and wife of Jehoiada the priest, because she was a sister of Ahaziah, hid him from Athaliah, so that she did not put him to death.
And he remained with them six years, hidden in the house of God, while Athaliah reigned over the land.
2 Chronicles 22:10-12 ESV
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Being a Godly Wife, Mother, & Sister – FormerAtheist58
Your Nature – Eli Gable
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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 42, 2 Chronicles 17-18
As soon as the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “It is the king of Israel.”
So they turned to fight against him. And Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; God drew them away from him. For as soon as the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him. But a certain man drew his bow at random and struck the king of Israel between the scale armor and the breastplate.
Therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn around and carry me out of the battle, for I am wounded.” And the battle continued that day, and the king of Israel was propped up in his chariot facing the Syrians until evening.
Then at sunset he died.
2 Chronicles 18:31-34 ESV
God is Sovereign. He Holds Your Life in His Hands – FormerAtheist58
O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing – Grace Community Church
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Read through the Bible in 2 Years: Proverbs 30, Romans 10
Dear friends, if you are reading this and have not yet bowed the knee to Jesus, let me appeal to you. Turn to Him today and be saved. Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, left the glories of heaven, took on human flesh, was born as a human baby, lived a perfect and sinless life, performed numerous miracles before thousands of eye witnesses, taught with authority explaining the way of salvation by faith in the One true God. He died on a Roman cross to pay the punishment for the sins of humans like you and me, making a way – the only way – for man to be forgiven by a just and holy God, and now He invites us to trust in Him and be saved from the wrath of God.
Read through the Bible in 2 Years: Proverbs 24, Romans 3
“None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God.
All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.
Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.
The venom of asps is under their lips.
Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.
Their feet are swift to shed blood; in their paths are ruin and misery, and the way of peace they have not known.
There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
Romans 3:10-18 ESV
Do you read this and think, “Wow! Those people are really bad”? Or do you read this and want to fall on your face and beg for mercy?
If I’m honest with you, which I am, I would tell you that in some ways I’m thankful that God allowed me to wander in the wilderness for many years before saving me. These words of Romans 3 are all too familiar to my heart. I had turned away from God. My mouth was an open grave, spewing curses and bitterness and deception. My path was ruin and bitterness, and I knew no peace. Truly, there was no fear of God in my heart or before my eyes.
And then, when the time was right, the Lord opened my eyes and put a new song in my heart and new words on my lips. And now I can praise His Name with such heartfelt gratitude. I know what it means to be lost, and I know what it means to be found. With my every breath, I want to pour out His praise!
This didn’t happen to me because I started to “live right.” I could never have done that on my own. This happened to me because God opened my eyes to my own wickedness, and His immense holiness, and all I could do was cry, “Holy! Mercy! Save me!”
Have you experienced that? Have your eyes been open to your need for a Savior?
Heavenly Father, You are good, and we are not. You are righteous, and we are not. We need Your grace. We need Your mercy. We need Your holiness. Wash us in the cleansing blood of Your Son and make us pure. Put new desires into our hearts that we will want to please You, and give us strength to resist the devil and our flesh. We want to obey You. Help us, Father, moment by moment to walk by faith and not by flesh. In the Grace of our Lord Jesus, we pray. Amen.
Holy, Holy, Holy – Shane and Shane
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Read through the Bible in 2 Years: Proverbs 23, Romans 2
As an atheist, I was so ignorant about the Christian faith. I really had no idea what Christians believed. I thought the Christian God was like a Supreme Court judge, keeping track of how people behaved, sending people to hell or heaven based on how they measured up against His laws.
I was absolutely blown away when I first heard the gospel – the GREATEST NEWS OF ALL TIME – that we were saved by faith in Jesus Christ, rather than saved by keeping the law!
But this week in reading Romans, I’m struck by how many Americans are “presum[ing] on the riches of His kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance.” (Romans 2:4)
Dear friends, God’s Son didn’t die on the cross so you could live like hellions, and then utter a little prayer of confession every Sunday morning (or in the brief moment before you die). Please read the book of Romans from start to finish. Then read it again and again. Pray before you read, and while you read, and after you read. Consider what Jesus did for you and repent. Turn away from your sin and turn to the Lord in the obedience of faith.
Heavenly Father, Forgive me, Lord. You are a righteous judge, and I am an unrighteous woman made righteous through the blood of Your only Son. I don’t deserve Your mercy, but You have lavished it upon me. I once was lost, but now I’m found, was blind but now I see. Draw me close to You. Hold my hand. Lead me in the way everlasting. May my life bring honor and glory to Your name, and, oh, please, Father, may Your name never be blasphemed because of how I live my life. In the Name of Jesus, my Savior and Lord, I pray. Amen.
You are my King – Shane and Shane
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