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Whether it is a church, business, or a home, part of their success is determined by how they protect their finances. When God set the order for the house of God, He set the Levites “over the chambers and treasuries.” God felt the finances of His house were so important that those in charge of them were to live around the house of God so that they would always be protected. God didn't want anything to slip through that would steal away the treasuries of His house.

Hezekiah’s resumé is amazing. When he took the throne of Judah, the preaching of Isaiah had indeed made an impact on this young king. The Scriptures say about Hezekiah in 2 Kings 18:3, “And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.” The Scriptures go on and describe Hezekiah as a man who“trusted” and “clave” to the LORD, and a man who “departed not from following” the commandments of the LORD. This all resulted in the LORD being with him. Anybody would want this on their resumé.

One of the things that you will learn from being in the ministry as long as I have are the destructive patterns people take that lead to their demise. While reading the series of verses preceding the verse above, my mind began to think of so many people who followed the same pattern that Israel developed, which led to the destination of destruction. The pattern Israel followed that led the LORD to be angry with them and to remove them out of His sight should be a lesson to all to be sure that they are not walking the same path. There was a five step pattern they followed that resulted in the verse above.

A widowed woman encountered a debt problem when her husband died. As is always the case, whenever there is a problem, God always has a solution. The solution for this dear lady was the pot of oil in her house. To this lady, the pot of oil didn't seem like much, but in the hand of God that pot of oil became the saving grace from the debtors taking her sons to be slaves. It was only a pot of oil, but that pot of oil had more power than she realized.

One of the more tragic stories in the Scriptures is the story of Uriah and Bathsheba. We often hear of Uriah’s courage when he would not go into the house with his wife because his countrymen were at war, but I believe there is a greater lesson that contributed to what happened in their marriage. Though King David’s contributed greatly to this situation, I believe the marital breakdown between Uriah and Bathsheba enabled this sin.

Several years ago when my daughter was in elementary school, I was taking her to school as the sun was rising above the horizon. I reached above the sun visor to grab my sunglasses to put them on because the sun was shining in my eyes.

There are only two ways to choose in life; you can choose God’s way or Satan’s way. Satan disguises his way in many different forms. He disguises it through man’s opinion, personal desires, worldly lifestyle and the entertainment industry to name a few. Satan doesn't care which way you choose as long as you don't choose God’s way. His goals for your life are simply not to walk in God’s way. Satan will be sure to tell you all the “horror” stories of God’s way, but he is a liar and never tells you that his way ends in death.

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Knowing what to do at the right time is the most important asset a person can have. You can do the right thing at the wrong time, and it will not turn out as good as if you did it in the right timing. Having the wisdom to know what to do, when you are to do it, and how it is to be done will set you apart from all others.

Throughout the Scriptures, God often sent famines to get His people to respond to something they needed to correct. The verse above shows this to be true when God sent a famine because Saul had unjustly slain a group of people. The blood of the Gibeonites had to be avenged, and the only way God could get David to do this was to send a famine. David responded accordingly, and God ended the famine.

One of the more tragic stories in the Scriptures is the story of Uriah and Bathsheba. We often hear of Uriah’s courage when he would not go into the house with his wife because his countrymen were at war, but I believe there is a greater lesson that contributed to what happened in their marriage. Though King David’s contributed greatly to this situation, I believe the marital breakdown between Uriah and Bathsheba enabled this sin.