{"id":13901,"date":"2025-04-28T10:46:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T14:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=13901"},"modified":"2025-04-28T10:47:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T14:47:59","slug":"simple-words-lifetime-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2025\/04\/simple-words-lifetime-lessons\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Words-Lifetime Lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"

2025 THEME: Burning Hearts<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Title: Simple Words-Lifetime Lessons<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Scripture: 2 Kings 20-I Chronicles 17<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

\u201cThose who can\u2019t remember the past are doomed to repeat it.\u201d Santayana<\/p>\n

I. THERE AND BACK AGAIN<\/span><\/h4>\n

This Scripture depicts a resurgence of spiritual things, then a falling away, and then a
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              1. The resurgence begins with (Hezekiah<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\n
              2. The falling away begins with (Manasseh<\/strong><\/span>), his son.<\/li>\n
              3. The resurgence happens under 8 year old (Josiah<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                  1. II. DAVID\u2019S DIVINE MISSION<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    Lessons from I Chronicles 10:<\/p>\n

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                                1. Our hope is not in our (zeal for God<\/strong><\/span>), but in God being a (promise-keeping<\/strong><\/span>) God.<\/li>\n
                                2. We should be thankful that woven into the gospel message is the promise of (fresh starts<\/span><\/strong>) and (new beginning<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\n
                                3. God\u2019s plans are not ours; hold yours (loosely<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                  Three ideas come into play (Chapters 11-17):<\/p>\n