Severe Consequences For Us When We Refuse To Pray And Ask God For Help

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1 Kings 16; 2 Chronicles 15; 2 Chronicles 16; Colossians 1

Severe Consequences 

For Us When We Refuse

To Pray And Ask God For Help

Scripture

2 Chronicles 16

¹² Asa’s feet became infected in his 39th year as king. Even though the infection was very serious, Asa did not go to the LORD for help. He went to the doctors instead.
¹³ Asa died in the 41st year as king and rested with his ancestors.

Observation

King Asa in his younger days defeated an army of over one million soldiers. He was able to defeat them because he prayed and asked God for help. Later in his 36^th year as king, Asa made an agreement with another king to protect him from king Baasha. God sent a prophet to tell him that because Asa didn’t pray to him for help and had depended on another king for protection and not the Lord that from now Asa would have wars. Asa was so angry that he put the prophet in prison. 

Then Asa got an infection in his feet and it even though it was serious he did not call on God for help. 

There is a message in this story for us. 

Pray to God about everything! How foolish it is to live our lives depending on ourselves and depending our own resources when we have a God who is on our side and who wants to come to our rescue. 

Consequences are severe when we ignore our Creator.

Application

I will trust in the Lord with all my heart and I will not lean on my own understanding. I will pray to God about the little things in my life as well the big things.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, help me to always trust in You. 

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