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https://youtube.com/shorts/eifr0cpZ0TA?si=uOyVvcAPjcHdI9ig 2 Kings 18:1-4 NIV [1] In the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. [2] He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah daughter of Zechariah. [3] He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David had done. [4] He removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.) https://bible.com/bible/111/2ki.18.1-4.NIV

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https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS9YVmxGe/ Good things don't last; it's too good to be true. You hear these words so often in life that you begin to believe it is the reality of life. Those who live believing this lie often live in fear of whatever they do. They get into wonderful relationships and begin to think it is too good to be true and probably won't last. When their relationship fails they say to themselves, "I knew it wouldn't last. It was too good to be true." Yet when God created everything, he declared it to be good. Good intentions produce a good ending or good fruit. God had good intentions for creating the earth and man himself. The fact that man has lived in a hostile environment for so long does not mean that that's the way God designed or intended it. The fact that sin and the devil were allowed to ruffle the still waters of God's goodness does not mean that nothing good happens under the sun. There are still people with good hearts, marriages with faithful partners, and people with good intentions. The presence of Sin and the devil has never erased God's original intentions. Nor have they erased His willingness to help goodness manifest in the lives of people. Psalm 31:19-20 declares of the Lord: 'How great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you, which you bestow in the sight of men on those who take refuge in you. In the shelter of your presence you hide them from the intrigues of men; in your dwelling you keep them safe from accusing tongues.' That means goodness can exist in the midst of hostility. The scripture above tells us that goodness can exist in the midst of hostility because God is a shelter against that hostility. That is why David says in Psalm 23:5-6: ' You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. [6] Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.' The problem is that people think that the evilness of man and the devil can overwhelm God. So, they live in fear, always expecting evil to happen to them. They have forgotten that on the cross of Calvary, Jesus defeated the devil and his cohorts. He has the upper hand, not the devil. By the power of what Jesus achieved on the cross, you too can have the upper hand over the devil, if you accept Him as your saviour. A Christian, a person who has accepted Jesus as their personal Savior, has a defendable position and reason to expect good things to happen to them. As the Bible says: 'He that swells in us is greater than he that swells in the world.' A good life is intentional. It isn't a matter of throwing dice and hoping for a good outcome. No, sir. It is a matter of throwing dice because you know that a good outcome is guaranteed because of the power that your God has over your enemy. We get into a fight because we know it has already been won for us and not because we are betting on luck. The assurance of the effectiveness of the power of the cross of Calvary is greater than any deemed stroke of lack. Jesus was intentional when he went to the cross. He knew the goodness that would manifest out of surrendering Himself on the cross. He expects us to do the same. He expects us to be intentional in doing things that can manifest good in our lives. If we trust His methods, we will see His goodness manifest itself in our lives. 'God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfil?' declares the Bible in Numbers 23:19.

https://youtube.com/shorts/6rafid1kTBs?si=5Qy69vMOCQszZu_R "Touch not my anointed," these words, found in Psalm 105:15 and 1 Chronicles 16:22, were spoken thousands of years ago by God concerning the nation of Israel against her enemies. Today, these are often quoted and heard in Christian circles, yet they are also misunderstood and misused. Among those in the Church, they are quoted most by persons among the clergy who find themselves having their actions questioned. It is presumed by some Christians today that the people who are referred to as God's anointed are the clergy. There is this idea that the rest of the Christians cannot be referred to as God's anointed ones. Yet 1 John 2:27 shows that all who are Christians are anointed. So, when the Bible warns God's enemies not to touch His anointed ones, He is warning them not to touch any of His children, the Christians, and not necessarily the pastor. In Luke 18:1-8, Jesus spoke a parable of a widow who found herself pleading her case for justice before an unjust judge. In verse 2 Jesus describes the judge as a person who neither feared God nor cared about men. Yet in the end the wicked judge could not withstand the persistence of the widow and had no choice but to grant her justice. Likewise, Pharaoh King of Egypt eventually had his stubborn will broken when he touched God's anointed ones. He could not escape the judgment of God. In the parable of the window's cry for justice, Jesus poses the question: "Will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? Then He answers it Himself. He says in verse 8," I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly." In the world in which we live, there is a lot of injustice. However, those who carry out injustices only have power to the extent that a voice from the earth against them is not heard. The Bible tells us in 2 Chronicles 16:9 that the eyes of the Lord range throughout the world to strengthen the hearts of those who are fully committed to Him. That means the story of an oppressed Christian does not end the same as the story of an oppressed non-believer does. True Christians do get justice even here on earth. They are not left to the whims of an unjust world. They eventually gain the upper hand and triumph over their enemies. Isaiah 54:17 calls the working out of a just end by God on behalf of His people as their heritage and His vindication from Him. That, in itself, makes Christians very dangerous to those non-believers who decide to place themselves as obstacles in their paths. This is what Pharaoh King of Egypt found out the hard way, when he touched God's anointed ones.

https://youtube.com/shorts/mUj8aZaFlRM?si=7PMZW5Gdxl9ZY7WI 'Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers,' is the apostle John's wonderful greeting to a dear friend of his in 3 John 1:2. This verse is a favorite of a lot of Christians. It is among the most quoted in the Bible, probably because the thought of prosperity is very appealing to many people. However, prosperity as stated in this verse is often misunderstood. One thing is immediately clear from this verse, though. There is a connection between the prosperity of the soul and the prosperity of a person as a whole. What is not clear is how the soul prospers. In human terms, we associate physical prosperity with financial success. We call rich people prosperous people. However, that is not how the Bible defines prosperity. Prosperity in the Bible encompasses all the facets of the life of a person. That may include not only their financial life but also their love life, family, academic, career, health, etc. That, in itself, means you can be rich but not termed prosperous by the bible if the other areas of your life are a mess. Indeed, there are many rich people in this world with failed marriages and broken homes. Likewise, there are many poor people in this world with a flourishing life and a peaceful home. There are also rich people with a flourishing love life and a peaceful home. They have both a prosperous financial situation and a home. The Bible declares in Ecclesiastes 5:19-20: 'Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God. They seldom reflect on the days of their life, because God keeps them occupied with gladness of heart.' By the Bible's definition, both the poor and the rich can be prosperous and both the poor and the rich can lack prosperity in their lives. The difference between the two sets of people, the rich or poor prosperous group and the rich or poor non-prosperous group, is the difference between sad and happy people. And the difference is determined by how each has treated their soul. One has taken time and effort to make sure their soul is prospering while the other has not. Now, the question is, how does one prosper the soul? Well, the answer, though not often seen by bible believers, is found in one statement of scripture. It is found in Joshua 1:8, where we see the Lord declaring, "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." The secret to prospering your soul lies in studying the word of God. Let your life be moulded by the word of God. Let your choices and decisions in life be influenced by what the word of God says and not by the philosophical delusions of men. As psalm 1:1-3 says, 'Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.'

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