2 Chronicles 16-18

2 Chronicles 16.9

Loyalty matters to God.
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Romans 8

10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

This is the gospel: we are connected to God, and now have his Spirit because of faith in His Son Jesus and His death for our forgiveness. We are spiritual beings, pure and holy and blameless in His sight! But.. The body is dead because of sin. I f we rely on our natural instincts, we will surely fail thoroughly in the Spiritual life. We will only find victory through relationship with His Spirit, listening to Him, looking for what He is doing, and obeying Him, moment by moment.
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2 Chronicles 13-15

11 And Asa cried out to the LORD his God, and said, "LORD, it is nothing for You to help, whether with many or with those who have no power; help us, O LORD our God, for we rest on You, and in Your name we go against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God; do not let man prevail against You!"
12 So the LORD struck the Ethiopians before Asa and Judah, and the Ethiopians fled.

What a story: confess your need and total dependence and God demonstrates his provision and total care!!
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Romans 7

But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.

Led by the Spirit, not by obligation. There are no rules......

2 Chronicles 10-12

12 Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the LORD's anger turned from him, and he was not totally destroyed. Indeed, there was some good in Judah.

Humility is God's style

Romans 6

19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness.

All our decisions lead ultimately to habit of one sort or another. Either good, or bad.
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2 Chronicles 6-9

14 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

Humility. Prayer. Repentance. The keys to revival.
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