Pastors Corner

2 Kings 20

2 Kings 20:4-6 What a wonderful answer to Hezekiah’s prayer. Thank You Lord, You hear and You respond whenever Your people call on You. Our tender hearted Creator I worship You. Lord help me to be devoted to You for as long as I live.

2 Kings 20:9-10 Lord I am reminded again that there are no limits to Your willingness to reveal Yourself to us, even against Your own natural laws. Thank You for Your full revelation in Jesus.

2 Kings 20:12-18. Lord help me to remain vigilant against the plots of the enemy, the Devil.
Thank You Lord for rescuing me from his clutches again and again. Help me to be ever more aware of his sinister ways.

Proverbs 25:1-28

Proverbs 25:6 NLT “Don’t demand an audience with the king or push for a place among the great.”
Proverbs 25:6 AMP. “Be not forward (self-assertive and boastfully ambitious) in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men.”

Lord how awful it appears when we have been blessed with a gift from you, and think so much of ourselves that we become pushy or over-ambitious and have no respect for those who have paid the price through experience to understand the value of the gift we have been given. Lord in this age of technology, knowledge can be gained so easily without experience and this just breeds conceit. Help us Lord not to be like the world, self promoting, but God honouring.

Proverbs 25:8 Lord, prevent me from rushing to judgment. Help me to handle touchy matters in a way that honours You.

Proverbs 25:16 Thank the Lord for this verse, and ask the Lord to help you develop healthier eating habits.

Proverbs 25:20 Lord daily I am made aware of how complex we are. Please make me sensitive to other people’s emotions and needs. Help me to meet those needs with Your love and understanding.

Proverbs 25:28 Father, help me to live in this evil world with self-control, right conduct, and wholehearted devotion to You. (Titus 2:12).

Matthew 21:1-46

Matthew 21:1-6 Praise Jesus for the humility He modelled by riding into Jerusalem on a donkey. Take time to adore the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, who will one day come in triumph on a white horse (Revelation 19:11-16).

Matthew 21:18-22. Father, You are the source of all good things. Increase my faith, I pray, so that I may in turn bear fruit for You.

Matthew 21:28-32 Pray that you will perceive obedience for what it is, the evidence of a heart that is truly and fully devoted to God.

Matthew 21:42 Jesus, You are the cornerstone of my life. Without You, I would have nothing and be nothing. Be my rock and my refuge today.

2 Kings 18

2 Kings 18:1-6 Dear Lord today I declare that I trust in you, O Lord God of Israel. There is no God like You. I want to stay faithful to You in everything and carefully obey Your commands like king Hezekiah. I ask You to be with me Lord, and give me success in my work for Your kingdom.

2 Kings 18:7-8 Hezekiah reminds us Lord, that true success is found only in following You. May I not be lured and sucked in by my culture’s misunderstanding of success. May I always instead be concerned only with success in Your eyes and in Your ways.

2 Kings 18:19-25 The king of Assyria tries to intimidate king Hezekiah with half-truths and lies. Our enemy also uses lies and half-truths to intimidate us. Let join together today and pray for discernment and a solid foundation in God’s Word to withstand His attacks.

2 Kings 18:28-30 Lord, people taunt us, too, and try to tell us we can’t trust in You and Your strength to rescue us. But I know You are who You say You are. You are my God, my refuge, my help when I’m in trouble. I will trust in no one else.

2 Kings 18:32-35 How foolish to even try to compare God’s power with the false god’s of others. But yet how easy to be taken in and think, maybe he’s right! Ask God to give you strength to withstand the doubts and derision of others. I declare today that He will keep me in perfect peace because my mind is stayed upon Him in Jesus name.

2 Kings 19

2 Kings 19:1-4 Do you respond to a crises as Hezekiah does? He goes to the Temple to pray, and he asks Isaiah to pray. Are you facing some crisis today? Bring it to the Lord and then also ask others to pray for you.

2 Kings 19:15-19 Our God and King, You alone are God of all the kingdoms of the earth.
I ask You to defend our nation from its mortal enemies. Turn our faces towards You and rescue us!

2 Kings 19:25-28 Lord because of the truth of Your word and the evidence of Your power. I can declare today You are sovereign, Lord. You decide the fate of nations and plot their course from the beginning of time. You raise them up and cast them down according to your purposes. In the end all nations of the earth will bow before Your throne.

2 Kings 19:29-31 Blessed Lord, I see Isaiah’s word from You gives Hezekiah faith for the future. Dear reader the Lord wants to give you faith for the future. Ask Him to speak to Your heart through the words of Isaiah.

2 Kings 19:34 God’s work in our lives gives Him glory. Thank Him for His faithfulness to all His promises!

Proverbs 24:17-34

Proverbs 24:27 NLT “Develop your business first before building your house.” Lord, help me to set wise priorities and do first things first in life, in business, and in my relationships with You and others.

Proverbs 24:30-34
30 I walked by the field of a lazy person, the vineyard of one with no common sense.
31 I saw that it was overgrown with nettles. It was covered with weeds,
 and its walls were broken down.
32 Then, as I looked and thought about it, I learned this lesson:
33 A little extra sleep, a little more slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest—
34 then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit;
scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.

Matthew 20:17-34

Matthew 20:24-28 Spend some time to reflect on what Jesus values in a leader. Ask him for humility to serve the people you lead and the strength and courage to sacrifice yourself for the lives that follow your life.

Matthew 20:29-34 Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me as You had on the blind men. Heal me from my spiritual blindness so that I can see You in all Your truth and grace.

2 Chronicles 31

2 Chronicles 31:3-5 The king contributes to the sacrifice personally before he requires it of the people. Pray with your children or someone today that you can give them a model to follow.

2 Chronicles 31:10 “And Azariah the high priest, from the family of Zadok, replied, since the people began bringing their gifts to the Lord’s temple, we have had enough to eat and plenty to spare, for the Lord has blessed His people.”
God doesn’t need our gifts. You need to give them. Express to the Lord today how you feel about His generous reward for your faithfulness to Him.

2 Chronicles 31:14-20. We see in these verses everyone receives his fair portion, and God is pleased. Pray for faithful stewardship of God’s resources in the body of Christ today.

2 Chronicles 32

2 Chronicles 32:1-5 We can learn so much from the bible reading today that can help us maintain our victories. Hezekiah doesn’t wait until the enemy is at the gate before he mobilises his defences. Neither should you. Ask the Lord to show you where you are vulnerable to the enemy. Then ask Him to strengthen you.

2 Chronicles 32:7-8 Believe it, and declare it today over your life. “I don’t need to fear any enemy with You on my side, Lord. You are greater than any power in heaven or on earth! I praise You for Your power and protection.”

2 Chronicles 32:13 Even though the enemy may want to threaten us of how he brought destruction to others in the past. We are not just serving any god, anywhere. Only You, Lord, our one true God Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, can save us! You deserve the praise.

2 Chronicles 32:22-23 There is no counterfeit for God’s peace. Ask the Lord to demonstrate His presence in your life to others through the peace He gives you.

2 Chronicles 32:24-25. We see again today that pride lurks around every corner, ready to pounce and pull you away from the Lord. Examine your mind and heart for any hint of pride, then ask the Lord to protect you from pride’s power.

2 Chronicles 32:31 I remember the words of the psalmist in Psalm 143:6-8. “I reach out for You. I thirst for You as parched land thirst for rain. Come quickly, Lord, and answer me, for my depression deepens. Don’t turn away from me, or I will die. Let me hear of Your unfailing love to me in the morning, for I am trusting You.”

Proverbs 24:1-16

Proverbs 24:3-4. Lord, please build my house by Your wisdom. Fill it’s rooms with godly values and strong character.

Proverbs 24:10 Lord, give me grace under pressure; help me to function well when even when things are against me.

Proverbs 24:12 “Don’t try to avoid responsibility by saying you didn’t know about it. For God knows all hearts, and He sees you. He keeps watch over your soul, and He knows you knew! And He will judge all people according to what they have done.”
Lord, You know all hearts, and You see me. You keep watch over my soul. Help me not to shirk responsibility but to be a person of integrity in all I do.

Matthew 20:1-16.

Matthew 20:1-16 Pray that the Lord will help you understand the generous love He has toward all His people. Pray for humility as you receive the gifts and grace He as given you out of His generous love.

2 Chronicles 29

2 Chronicles 29:1-2 Lord I thank You today that we don’t have to follow in our parents footsteps if they didn’t follow You. Hezekiah reverses the downward trend of his father and pleases the Lord. If you struggle with the impact your parents failings have had on your, let me encourage you to take your hurts and difficulties to God.

2 Chronicles 29:3 in the very first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah puts first things first. Life is short. Today is there something in your life that needs reform? Ask the Lord to help you begin today.

2 Chronicles 29:15 The Levites purify themselves before they begin to purify the temple. Here I am again Jesus I want more of You living through me. Begin with me, Lord. Purify me. Please take the log out my eye before I try to take the speck out of my brothers eye!

2 Chronicles 29:24 “The priests then killed the goats as a sin offering and sprinkled their blood on the alter to make atonement for the sins of all Israel.” Let us take time and intercede for members of your extended family, asking God to forgive them and draw them closer to Himself.

2 Chronicles 29:29-30 Lord I just want to bow before you in adoration because Your unfailing love is better to me than life itself. I praise You with every fibre of my being please give me all it takes to honour You as long as I live, lifting my hands to You in prayer. You satisfy me more than the richest of foods. I will praise You with songs of joy. (Psalm 63:3-5)..

2 Chronicles 29:35-36 In these wonderful verses we see God blessed Hezekiah’s efforts to re-establish proper worship in the temple. Ask the Lord to bless all your efforts to do right and good and to give Him proper glory in your life.

2 Chronicles 30

2 Chronicles 30:8-9 “Do not be stubborn, as they were, but submit yourselves to the Lord.”
When I sin Lord help me to run quickly to You and repent. Please help me not to be stubborn in my pride! But You are gracious and merciful. You will not turn Your face away from me. In You I find peace and restoration.

2 Chronicles 30:10 You wonder how these people could laugh at Hezekiah’s message of forgiveness and reconciliation. But don’t you see it every day, people laughing at God while the enemy plunders their families and homes? Let us rise up today and intercede for our nation to return to the Lord.

2 Chronicles 30:18-20 Are you one those who believe you have to clean up your act before you can come to God? That’s not God’s way. He says “Come.” Then He’ll heal you. Thank God for loving you and calling you even in your sin.

2 Chronicles 30:22 NLT “Hezekiah encouraged the Levites for the skill they displayed as they served the Lord. So for seven days the celebration continued. Peace offerings were sacrificed, and the people confessed their sins to the Lord, the God of their ancestors.” It is amazing to see what a little encouragement accomplishes! Ask the Lord to show you who you can encourage today in their service to the Lord.

2 Chronicles 30:26 Thank You Lord I am overcome with joy of Your unfailing love, for You have seen my troubles, and You care about the anguish of my soul. You have not handed me over to my enemy but have set me in a safe place (Psalm 31:7-8)

Proverbs 23:19-35

Proverbs 23:23 Father, help me to live by the truth; please give me wisdom,discipline, and discernment.

Proverbs 23:29-30 Please join in prayer for the families of addicts and alcoholics.

Matthew 19:16-30

Matthew 19:16 Heavenly Father, we can rejoice that with You all things are possible. Thank You for Your marvellous grace through Jesus Christ, the only way for us to enter heaven.

Matthew 19:29 Let us join in prayer for wisdom to see and understand heaven’s values. Ask God for the strength to invest in eternity by being willing to give up things here on earth if He ask it of you.

Isaiah 34

Isaiah 34:1 NLT “Come here and listen, O nations of the earth. Let the world and everything in it hear My words.” Let us respond to the call of God to us today and spend some quiet time reading the Scriptures and listen to Him. Be silent and alert, waiting for Him to speak to Your heart.

Isaiah 34:16. Father, I know that all Your promises come true. Help me to follow the example of those who are going to inherit Your promises because of their faith and patience (Hebrews 6:12)

Isaiah 35

Isaiah 35:3 Dear Lord grant us the opportunity today to strengthen those who have tired hands, encourage those who have weak knees, and reassure those who are afraid.

Isaiah 35:10 Lord, I pray for those who are sorrowful and mourning today. Please comfort them in their grief, and let them soon experience joy and gladness.

Proverbs 23:1-18

Proverbs 23:12. In view of the instruction given in his reading today Lord. I commit myself to instruction, teach me Your word and Your way.

Matthew 19:1-15

As we look around us we can see how marriages have been the subject of attacks from the enemy. Lift up in prayer any couple you know who is experiencing difficulties in their marriage or considering divorce. Pray for them to have wisdom and patience as they work through the problems they face.