{"id":68602,"date":"2019-07-11T04:42:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T09:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prayingpint.com\/?p=68602"},"modified":"2019-07-07T08:25:28","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T13:25:28","slug":"1-j","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/11\/1-j\/","title":{"rendered":"1.j.  Now, therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways."},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">1 Chronicles 22:17<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, Is not Jehovah your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before Jehovah, and before his people. Now set your heart and your soul to seek after Jehovah your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of Jehovah God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of Jehovah.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:5.4.29\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Deuteronomy 4:29<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0But from there you will seek the LORD your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:5.32.46\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Deuteronomy 32:46-47<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0he said to them, \u201cTake to heart all the words by which I am warning you today, that you may command them to your children, that they may be careful to do all the words of this law.\u00a0For it is no empty word for you, but your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:37.1.5\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Haggai 1:5<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Now, therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:19.27.4\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Psalms 27:4<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:13.16.11\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>1 Chronicles 16:11<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">David brings to the minds of everyone that it is obvious that God is with them because there is rest on every side, the inhabitants have been delivered into David\u2019s hands and the land had been subdued.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>All of this at the hand of God.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>What normally happens when there is rest from trials and troubles?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>What happens when we are prosperous and healthy?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Does God\u2019s word stay relevant, important, sustaining, and guiding?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Does His word find a place in our heart and mind every day?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Do we hunger and thirst for His word?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I fear not.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I fear we become neglectful and complacent when there is rest from our trials and prosperity abounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">How do we fight this?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>We fight it with an intentional choice to humbly seek and desire to serve, honoring, following, trusting, and obeying God more and more each day.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>We fight neglect by not being neglectful &#8211; it is an intentional choice.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>We fight complacency by not being complacent &#8211; it is an intentional choice.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>We need to be intentional about our commitment and walk with Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 Chronicles 22:17\u00a0 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, Is not Jehovah your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before Jehovah, and before &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/11\/1-j\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;1.j.  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