“The Lord spoke to Manasseh and to his people, but they paid no attention.” 2 Chronicles 33:10 ESV               The year is 1983 in a small town in north Texas.  Crandall to be exact.  The location is a 6th grade classroom.  The desks and students are ordered well, likes soldiers in precise rows, and directly in front of the platoon stands the teacher.  Mr. Martin to be exact.  And yes, sitting somewhere in that small band of students sits this guy, Dan Potter.  Mr. Martin i

“Amaziah asked the prophet: "But what should I do about the hundred talents of silver I paid the Israelite troops?" The prophet replied, "The Lord is capable of giving you more than that.” 2 Chronicles 25:9 NET               By nature, we humans are loss averse, meaning we desire to avoid losses whenever and wherever possible.  Especially with money.  And concerning this loss aversion, there is a curious development that has ensued since the invention of the general-purpose c

“And he went out to meet king Asa and said to him, “hear me Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin, The Lord is with you while you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, he will forsake you.” 2 Chronicles 15:2 “but when, in their distress, they turned to Lord the God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found by them” 2 Chronicles 15:4 “for they had sworn with all their heart and had sought them with their whole desire, and He was found by them.

“Now it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom and had strengthened himself, that he forsook the law of the Lord…” 2 Chronicles 12:1a NKJV               Success has always been a fascinating discussion topic for me.  What truly is success?  At what point is one truly considered to be successful?  And at that point who is the one defining the other’s success?  Can one be seen as successful to some but be seen as unsuccessful to another?  With an obvious yes to

“And they polluted the house of the Lord that He had made Holy in Jerusalem.” 2 Chronicles 36:14b We live in a world where pollution is a...

“No Passover like it had been kept in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet.” 2 Chronicles 35:18 Because of their disobedience to...

“… “I have found the Book of the Law in the temple of the Lord…” 2 Chronicles 34:15 I enjoy a good spy novel. I also really enjoy a good...

“In his distress he (Manasseh) sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors. And when...

“And spoke encouragingly to them, saying, “be strong and courageous. Do not be dismayed before the king of Assyria…with him is an arm of...

And Hezekiah did as was written in the Law of the Lord…that they might give themselves to the Law of the Lord. 2 Chronicles 31 The other...

“Do not now be stiff-necked as your fathers were, but yield to the Lord…” 2 Chronicles 30:8 When I was growing up my older brother had a...

“Then he said to them, “Listen to me, you Levites. Consecrate yourselves now, and consecrate the house of the Lord, the God of your...

“And he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father David had done, but he walked in the ways of the kings of...

“So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God.” 2 Chronicles 27:6 Where there’s smoke there’s fire. But...

“But when he was strong, he grew proud…” 2 Chronicles 26:16 Finishing well. A key to any race, a key to any task, a key to any career,...

“And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, yet not with a whole heart.” 2 Chronicles 25:2 The human heart has a master. A master...

“Yet the Lord sent prophets to bring them back to Him. The prophets warned them, but still the people would not listen.” 2 Chronicles...

“And when she looked, there was the (new) king…and she cried out, treason!” 2 Chronicles 23:13 We’re all familiar with the rather...

“He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in doing wickedly.” 2 Chronicles 22:3 It’s...

“His people made no fire in His honor...and he departed with no one’s regret...they buried him not in the tombs of the kings.” 2...