…and all the people will know,
Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria,
who say in pride and in arrogance of heart:
“The bricks have fallen,
but we will build with dressed stones;
the sycamores have been cut down,
but we will put cedars in their place.”
Isaiah 9:9-10
This whole time, the Lord was trying to get our attention…calling to us - not to rebuild…but to repent!
He is still calling…
“Yet even now,” declares the Lord,
“return to me with all your heart,
with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
and rend your hearts and not your garments.”
Return to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
and he relents over disaster.
Who knows whether he will not turn and relent,
and pleave a blessing behind him,
a grain offering and a drink offering
for the Lord your God?
Joel 2:1-14
“When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people,
if My People who are called by My Name humble themselves, and pray and seek My Face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
2Chronicles 7:13-14
Blow the trumpet in Zion;
sconsecrate a fast;
call a solemn assembly;
gather the people.
Consecrate the congregation;
assemble the elders;
gather the children,
even nursing infants.
Let the bridegroom leave his room,
and the bride her chamber.
Between the vestibule and the altar
let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep
and say, “Spare your people, O Lord,
and make not your heritage a reproach,
a byword among the nations.
Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’ ”
Joel 2:15-17
The ONLY Way to revival is through Repentance…and the only Way to Repentance - for we who love the comforts of this world - is through the Olive press of refinement. Through this momentary loss of worldly liberty, we will learn the TRUE meaning of Liberty!
…Because He loves this Land:
Revelation 3:14-22
This is not for the people of this world, who cannot help themselves - this is for us…His People, who love this world so much we cannot separate ourselves from it🙏
Read James ch. 4, Matthew 6:24 & 1John 2:15
#2Chronicles714 #TrueRepentance
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