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  • Preparing Your Heart to Seek God
    1Kings 8:54-61
    Pastor Briden

    1Kings 14:22
    Judah did evil and fell, from glorious to rotten, from riches to rags.

    1. I. Non-existent seeking -- Rehoboam (2Chron 12:14)

    2. Did not set, prepare, his heart to seek the LORD
    3. Unbalanced seeking
      1. Knowingly -- Jehoshaphat (2Chron 19:3)

      2. Took down high places tossed the prostitutes. But there is a "but", what does it refer to? Verse 1 through 3 he was allying himself with the ungodly.

        We need to separate ourselves from not only the ungodly but also the apostate.
         

      3. unknowingly -- Israel under Hezekiah (2Chron 30:19)

      4. But this does not mean that as long as your heart is in the right place... They were still guilty - they were pardoned. 2Pet 1:5 we are commanded to ... add knowledge to our virtue.
    4. Proper Seeking -- Ezra (Ezra 7:10)
      1. Study the Word
        1. He studied the Law
      2. Live the Word
        1. He sought to do what he learned from what he studied.
      3. Teach the Word
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