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Presidential Prayer Team; J.K. – Failing Faith

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He was going to die soon and couldn’t bear the thought of what he imagined was divine disapproval. Living in the “before Christ” period, Hezekiah saw nothing in death but darkness. So he prayed, expressing the conditions as he understood them and asking to live.

The living, the living, he thanks you, as I do this day.

Isaiah 38:19

God heard his prayer, miraculously healed him and added 15 years to his life. For that, Hezekiah praised Him and His faithfulness. This remarkable experience should have caused him to draw so close to the Lord that he would never doubt His love again, but it was not so. He chose to be friends with Babylon, a nation that represented all that was humanly impressive but totally opposed to God.

In light of Hezekiah’s failing faith, examine your own life. Has God brought healing in your life, physically or spiritually, but you’ve neglected to give Him thanks? Are you relying on the Lord and Him only?

Living in the “after Christ” time, you know that, as a believer, death is not darkness but presence with the Lord (II Corinthians 5:8). Give thanks in that. Then intercede for the leaders of this nation that they may rely solely on God and His faithfulness and give Him never ending thanks.

Recommended Reading: Psalm 67

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Alistair Begg – Renew Your Covenant

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Because of all this we make a firm covenant.  Nehemiah 9:38

There are many occasions in our experience when we may very rightly, and with benefit, renew our covenant with God. After recovery from sickness when, like Hezekiah, we have had a new lease of years added to our life, we may do so appropriately. After any deliverance from trouble, when our joys spring forth anew, let us again visit the foot of the cross and renew our consecration. Especially let us do this after any sin that has grieved the Holy Spirit or brought dishonor upon the cause of God; let us then look to that blood that can make us whiter than snow and again offer ourselves to the Lord.

We should not only let our troubles confirm our dedication to God, but our prosperity should do the same. If we ever meet with occasions that deserve to be called “crowning mercies,” then surely, if He has crowned us, we ought also to crown our God; let us bring out again all the jewels of the divine regalia that have been stored in the jewel-closet of our heart, and let our God sit upon the throne of our love, arrayed in royal apparel. If we could learn to profit by our prosperity, we would not need to face so much adversity. If we would gather from a kiss all the good it might confer upon us, we would not have to bear the imprint of punishment so often.

Have we recently received some blessing that we hadn’t expected? Has the Lord opened our way? Can we sing of mercies multiplied? Then this is the day to put our hand upon the horns of the altar and say, “Bind me here, my God; bind me here with cords, even forever.” Just as we need the fulfillment of new promises from God, let us offer renewed prayers that our old vows may not be dishonored. This morning let us make with Him a firm covenant because of the sacrifice of Jesus that we have been considering with gratitude for the last month.