{"id":4035,"date":"2019-07-21T20:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T03:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=4035"},"modified":"2019-07-19T22:59:47","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T05:59:47","slug":"1chronicles_19_1-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/1chronicles_19_1-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Better to Have Christ as a Friend than an Enemy"},"content":{"rendered":"

1 Chronicles 19:1-19 \u00a0Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is 1 Chronicles 19:1-19.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!\u00a0Better to Have Christ as a Friend than an Enemy + Watch Out for Your Brothers and Sisters<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Chronicles 19:6-7 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n6\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench in David’s nostrils, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and charioteers from Aram Naharaim, Aram Maacah and Zobah.
\n7\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0They hired thirty-two thousand chariots and charioteers, as well as the king of Maacah with his troops, who came and camped near Medeba, while the Ammonites were mustered from their towns and moved out for battle.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 1-8, 16-19:\u00a0\u00a0David tries to show kindness and sympathy to Hanun king of the Ammonites after hearing about the death of Hanun\u2019s father Nahash.\u00a0\u00a0But Hanun, influenced by his commanders, is suspicious of David\u2019s act of kindness.\u00a0\u00a0He repays David\u2019s kindness with great disrespect, humiliating the messengers David sent (v4-5).\u00a0\u00a0Knowing he has angered David, Hanun forms an alliance with other kingdoms like Aram, Zobah and Maakah (v6-7).\u00a0\u00a0David sends out his army in full force and scores a decisive victory over Hanun and this newly formed alliance soundly (v8-19).<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?\u00a0\u00a0When you realize that the way you are living is not pleasing to Jesus, you have a choice: you can ignore Him, redouble your efforts to rebel against Him, or surrender to Him.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0But no matter what choice you make, you cannot run from Him.\u00a0\u00a0One way or another, Jesus is going to put you in submission.\u00a0\u00a0The question is whether you submit to Him as a friend or as an enemy.\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s so much better to submit to Christ as a friend than as an enemy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Chronicles 19:10-13 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Joab saw that there were battle lines in front of him and behind him; so he selected some of the best troops in Israel and deployed them against the Arameans.
\n11\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0He put the rest of the men under the command of Abishai his brother, and they were deployed against the Ammonites.
\n12\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Joab said, “If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you are to rescue me; but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will rescue you.
\n13\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. The\u00a0LORD\u00a0will do what is good in his sight.”<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 9-15:\u00a0\u00a0I like the way Joab and Abishai looked out for one another even as they fought their own battles for the Lord.\u00a0\u00a0That\u2019s what good brothers do.\u00a0\u00a0When one is being overpowered, the other comes to his aid.\u00a0\u00a0Similarly, you were not made to fight your battles alone.\u00a0\u00a0That\u2019s why when God made you His child, He also put you in a family with spiritual brothers and sisters, spiritual fathers and mothers, so that you could look out for one another, come to each other\u2019s aid, and help one another.\u00a0\u00a0Don\u2019t be so into your own bubble that you neglect how your brothers and sisters are doing.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Fight your battles for the Lord but keep an eye out for your brothers and sisters too and be ready to come to their aid.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Who is someone you can reach out to today?<\/p>\n

Lord Jesus, You are the King of kings.\u00a0\u00a0One day every knee will bow and every tongue confess that You are God.\u00a0\u00a0I pray that I and those whom You have placed in my care would all willingly, quickly and humbly submit to You, because it\u2019s so much better to have You as a friend than as an enemy.\u00a0\u00a0I pray for all my brothers and sisters in Christ that You would help them in their battles today.\u00a0\u00a0Show me who I can encourage and assist, and may I be an encouraging support to them.\u00a0\u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is 1 Chronicles 19:1-19.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

1 Chronicles 19:6-7 (NIV)\u00a0
\n6\u00a0\u00a0When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench in David’s nostrils, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and charioteers from Aram Naharaim, Aram Maacah and Zobah.\u00a0
\n7\u00a0\u00a0They hired thirty-two thousand chariots and charioteers, as well as the king of Maacah with his troops, who came and camped near Medeba, while the Ammonites were mustered from their towns and moved out for battle.<\/p>\n

On verses 1-8, 16-19:\u00a0\u00a0David tries to show kindness and sympathy to Hanun king of the Ammonites after hearing about the death of Hanun\u2019s father Nahash.\u00a0\u00a0But Hanun, influenced by his commanders, is suspicious of David\u2019s act of kindness.\u00a0\u00a0He repays David\u2019s kindness with great disrespect, humiliating the messengers David sent (v4-5).\u00a0\u00a0Knowing he has angered David, Hanun forms an alliance with other kingdoms like Aram, Zobah and Maakah (v6-7).\u00a0\u00a0David sends out his army in full force and scores a decisive victory over Hanun and this newly formed alliance soundly (v8-19).\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4035","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\/4035","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=4035"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4038,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4035\/revisions\/4038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}