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2 Chronicles 17 - Pastor David McGee

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Pastor David McGee

Date Taught: May 5, 2011

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Life Lessons Referenced

Life Lesson (2 Chronicles 17:2)

Our faith is on the move not on the retreat.

Life Lesson (2 Chronicles 17:5)

God is the One who gives increase and favor.

Life Lesson (2 Chronicles 17:9)

God blesses the teaching of His Word.

Life Lesson (2 Chronicles 17:10)

A healthy respect and awe for God brings peace into our lives. A lack of 'the fear of the Lord' can lead to turmoil.

Life Lesson (2 Chronicles 17:13)

Doing what is right often leads to blessing, peace and prosperity.

Life Lesson (2 Chronicles 17:16)

We should live generous and giving lives.

Life Lesson (2 Chronicles 17:18)

Attacks remind us we live in dangerous times.

Verses Referenced and Teaching Notes

2 Chron 17:1 NLT

Then Jehoshaphat, Asa's son, became the next king. He strengthened Judah to stand against any attack from Israel.

Matt 16:18 NKJV

And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

2 Tim 3:1-5 NLT

1 You should know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times. 2 For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. 3 They will Be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. 4 They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God. 5 They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!

Prov 8:35 NKJV

For whoever finds me finds life, And obtains favor from the Lord;

Prov 12:2 NKJV

A good man obtains favor from the Lord, But a man of wicked intentions He will condemn.

1 Cor 3:6-8 NKJV

6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. 8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

Deut 8:16-19 NKJV

16 who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do you good in the end - 17 then you say in your heart, 'My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.' 18 "And you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

Matt 6:33 NKJV

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

2 Chron 17:6 AMP

His heart was cheered and his courage was high in the ways of the Lord; moreover, he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.

Ps 1:2 NKJV

But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night.

Ps 37:4 NKJV

Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.

Josh 1:8 NKJV

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

2 Chron 15:3 NKJV

For a long time Israel has been without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law;

Prov 11:24-25 NKJV

24 There is one who scatters, yet increases more;
And there is one who withholds more than is right,
But it leads to poverty.
25 The generous soul will be made rich,
And he who waters will also be watered himself.

Prov 11:24-25 NLT

24 Give freely and become more wealthy;
Be stingy and lose everything.
25 The generous will prosper;
Those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.

2 Cor 9:9-10 NLT

9 As the Scriptures say,
"They share freely and give generously to the poor.
Their good deeds will be remembered forever."
10 For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you.

Prov 30:8-9 NLT

8 First, help me never to tell a lie.
Second, give me neither poverty nor riches!
Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.
9 For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, "Who is the Lord?"
And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God's holy name.

Luke 6:38 NLT

Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full-pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back."

Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

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