Wednesday, September 14, 2016

.       The prayer of Jehoshaphat!!!!!!!
When the children of Moab, Ammon, and the Syrians came against Jehoshaphat the king of Judah. He gathered all of Judah and prayed unto God.

O Lord God of our fathers, art not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gave it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,
If when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgement, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction then thou wilt hear and help.
And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Se'ir, whom thou wouldest not let Is'ra-el invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
O our God, wilt thou not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do; but our eyes are upon thee.
So the Holy Spirit spoke through Ja-ha'zi-el in the congregation because all Judah was gathered within the congregation.
Hearken ye, all Judah and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, thus saith the Lord unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's

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