{"id":3376,"date":"2019-05-31T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=3376"},"modified":"2019-05-26T20:59:15","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T03:59:15","slug":"2kings_17_34-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/2kings_17_34-41\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship God Alone"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2 Kings 17:34-41 \u00a0Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nHi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today’s passage is 2 Kings 17:34-41.\u00a0 Let’s go!<\/p>\n

On verses 34-41:\u00a0 We see some of the main lessons of 2 Kings reiterated here in these verses:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0We were made to worship the Lord alone (v36).<\/strong>\u00a0 Three times in this short passage it says “Do not worship other gods” (v35, 37, 38). How do you know if you’re worshiping something other than the Lord?\u00a0 Whatever we put first in our lives is what we worship.\u00a0 What you worship is reflected in three things: your wallet, your time and your thoughts.\u00a0 What we spend the most money, time and thought on is an indicator of what we truly worship.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0Only in the Lord do we find real hope and deliverance (v39).<\/strong><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Despite being admonished repeatedly to worship the Lord alone, the Israelites stubbornly persisted in their idol-worshiping ways, putting other things before God (v34, 40, 41a).\u00a0 We too can be stubborn in our idol-worshiping ways.\u00a0\u00a0We must be careful to guard against idol-worshiping tendencies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 The children and grandchildren of the Israelites would follow in the idol-worshiping tendencies of their parents and grandparents (v41b).\u00a0 Likewise,\u00a0if we want our children and grandchildren to be living in the fullness of God’s blessing, it begins with us modeling for them what it means to put God first in our lives.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Heavenly Father, we were made to worship You alone.\u00a0 For those who come after me, may I set a great example of what it means to put You first and to trust in You.\u00a0 \u00a0In Jesus’ name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today’s passage is 2 Kings 17:34-41.\u00a0 Let’s go!<\/p>\n

On verses 34-41:\u00a0 We see some of the main lessons of 2 Kings reiterated here in these verses:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0We were made to worship the Lord alone (v36).\u00a0 Three times in this short passage it says “Do not worship other gods” (v35, 37, 38). How do you know if you’re worshiping something other than the Lord?\u00a0 Whatever we put first in our lives is what we worship.\u00a0 What you worship is reflected in three things: your wallet, your time and your thoughts.\u00a0 What we spend the most money, time and thought on is an indicator of what we truly worship.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0Only in the Lord do we find real hope and deliverance (v39).<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Despite being admonished repeatedly to worship the Lord alone, the Israelites stubbornly persisted in their idol-worshiping ways, putting other things before God (v34, 40, 41a).\u00a0 We too can be stubborn in our idol-worshiping ways.\u00a0\u00a0We must be careful to guard against idol-worshiping tendencies.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3377,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3376"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3379,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3376\/revisions\/3379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}