Matters of the Heart by Glorious Adeneye

Let us desist from making anything else or anyone else to be your God. God is a jealous God and every time we, His children try to make anything else, or anyone more important than Him, we get ourselves into trouble.  So many examples from the Bible stressed this message but I will concentrate on stories from the second book of Chronicles.  The second book of Chronicles relates stories about different kings of Israel and Judah, from King Solomon to his son, Rehoboam, to Jeroboam, Abijah and so on, to the likes of King Jehoshaphat and others after him. One thing was clear from these accounts, which I found very scary; God was never happy when the kings deviated from His precepts and sought help from somewhere else. I was amazed at the age of some of these kings. Some of them were as young as 7 years old, yet, God still required total trust from them. Joash in 2 Chronicles 24:1-2, was 7 years old, and he did what was right in the sight of the Lord. So, it doesn't matter the age at wh

“Let Judah Go First” Judges 1-2   King James Version (KJV) 1  Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the  Lord , saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? 2  And the  Lord  said Judah, shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. We've often heard the phrase "When the praises go up, the blessings come down". It simply connotes putting praises before request, as exemplified by the simple prayer Jesus taught his disciples in  Matthew 6:9-13   9  “This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father  in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10  Your kingdom  come, Your will be done,      on earth as it is in heaven. 11  Give us today our daily bread. 12  And forgive us our debts,      as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13  And lead us not into temptation,      but deliver us from the evil one." God is wiser than men. He is a master strategist and master planner. He does everyth