Bible Lesson: Answered Prayer:
Abijah Prays For Deliverance.
Subject Of Prayer: Abijah Prayed For
Military Deliverance From Jeroboam King of Israel.
Bible Text:
II Kings 13:14-18 NLT
14 When Judah realized that they
were being attacked from the front and the rear, they cried out to
The Lord for help. Then the priests
blew the trumpets,
15 and the men of Judah began to
shout. At the sound of their battle cry, God defeated Jeroboam and
all Israel and routed them before Abijah and the army of Judah.
16 The Israelite army fled from
Judah, and God handed them over to Judah in defeat.
17 Abijah and his army inflicted
heavy losses on them; 500,000 of Israel’s select troops were killed
that day.
18 So Judah defeated Israel on that
occasion because they trusted in The Lord, the God of their
ancestors.
King Abijah (Son of Rehoboam), was the king of Judah.
The Kingdom of Israel had become a divided kingdom under king
Rehoboam.
Israel's king (Northern ten tribes), Jeroboam was at war with the
(Southern) tribes of Judah, Jerusalem and Benjamin, and King Abijah.
II Chronicles
13:2,3 NLT
2...Then war
broke out between Abijah and Jeroboam.
3 Judah, led by
King Abijah, fielded 400,000 select warriors, while Jeroboam mustered
800,000 select troops from Israel.
King Abijah was in trouble and he knew it. Out numbered two to one,
what would he do?
II Chronicles
13:4-13 NLT
4 When the army
of Judah arrived in the hill country of Ephraim, Abijah stood on
Mount Zemaraim and shouted to Jeroboam and all Israel: “Listen to
me!
5 Don’t you
realize that The Lord, The God Of Israel, made a lasting covenant
with David, giving him and his descendants the throne of Israel
forever?
6 Yet Jeroboam
son of Nebat, a mere servant of David’s son Solomon, rebelled
against his master.
7 Then a whole
gang of scoundrels joined him, defying Solomon’s son Rehoboam when
he was young and inexperienced and could not stand up to them.
8 “Do you
really think you can stand against the kingdom of The Lord that is
led by the descendants of David? You may have a vast army, and you
have those gold calves that Jeroboam made as your gods.
9 But you have
chased away the priests of The Lord (the descendants of Aaron) and
the Levites, and you have appointed your own priests, just like the
pagan nations. You let anyone become a priest these days! Whoever
comes to be dedicated with a young bull and seven rams can become a
priest of these so-called gods of yours!
10 “But as
for us, The Lord is our God, and we have not abandoned Him. Only the
descendants of Aaron serve The Lord as priests, and the Levites alone
may help them in their work.
11 They present
burnt offerings and fragrant incense to The Lord every morning and
evening. They place The Bread Of The Presence on the holy table, and
they light the gold lamp stand every evening. We are following the
instructions of The Lord our God, but you have abandoned Him.
12 So you see,
God is with us. He is our Leader. His priests blow their trumpets and
lead us into battle against you. O people of Israel, do not fight
against The Lord, the God of your ancestors, for you will not
succeed!”
13 Meanwhile,
Jeroboam had secretly sent part of his army around behind the men of
Judah to ambush them.
14 When Judah
realized that they were being attacked from the front and the rear,
they cried out to the Lord for help.
Dear friend, does it seem as though the enemy has you surrounded, and
that there is no place to turn?
Do what God's people of Judah did!
II Chronicles
13:14 NLT
When Judah
realized that they were being attacked from the front and the rear,
they cried out to
The Lord for help.
And what happened?
II Chronicles 13:14-20 NLT
"...Then the priests blew the trumpets,
15 and the men of Judah began to shout. At the sound of their
battle cry, God defeated Jeroboam and all Israel and routed them
before Abijah and the army of Judah.
16 The Israelite army fled from Judah, and God handed them over to
Judah in defeat.
17 Abijah and his army inflicted heavy losses on them; 500,000 of
Israel’s select troops were killed that day.
18 So Judah defeated Israel on that occasion because they
trusted in The Lord, the God of their ancestors.
19 Abijah and his army pursued Jeroboam’s troops and captured
some of his towns, including Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with
their surrounding villages.
20 So Jeroboam of Israel never regained his power during Abijah’s
lifetime, and finally The Lord struck him down and he died.
King Jeroboam defeated, King Abijah victorious, all “because
they trusted in The Lord, the God of their ancestors.”
God is with those who live for Him, and who pray!
Matthew 18:20 KJV
For where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am
I in the midst of them.
Luke 10:18-20 NLT
18 “Yes,” He (Jesus) told them, “I saw Satan fall from heaven like
lightning!
19 Look, I have given you authority over all the power of the
enemy, and you can walk among snakes and scorpions and crush them.
Nothing will injure you.
20 But don’t rejoice because evil spirits obey you; rejoice
because your names are registered in heaven.”
Romans 16:20 KJV
And The God Of Peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
I Corinthians 10:13 KJV
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man:
but God is Faithful, who will not suffer (Permit)
you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the
temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Hebrews 2:18 NLT
Since He Himself has gone through suffering and testing, He is
able to help us when we are being tested.
James 4:7 KJV
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will
flee from you.
I John 4:4 KJV
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because
greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Will God Hear And Answer Your
Prayer?
Joshua 10:14 KJV
And there was
no day like that before it or after it, that The Lord hearkened unto
the voice of a man: for The Lord fought for Israel.
Nehemiah 9:27
KJV
in the time of
their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them
I Chronicles
16:11 KJV
Seek The Lord
and His strength, seek His face continually.
Nehemiah 9:27
KJV
in the time of
their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them
Job 22:27 KJV
Thou shalt make
thy prayer unto Him, and He shall hear thee..."
Psalm 6:9 KJV
The Lord hath
heard my supplication; The Lord will receive my prayer.
Psalm 55:17 KJV
Evening, and
morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and He shall hear
my voice.
Psalm 65:2 KJV
O thou that
hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
Psalm 66:19 KJV
But verily God
hath heard me; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Psalm 88:1,2 KJV
1 O lord God of
my Salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
2 Let my prayer
come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
Psalm 91:15 KJV
He shall call
upon Me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will
deliver him, and honor him.
Psalm 99:6,8 KJV
6 "...they
called upon the Lord, and he answered them.
8 Thou
answeredst them, O Lord our God: thou wast a God that forgavest
them..."
Psalm 102:17 KJV
He will regard
the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
Psalm 122:6 KJV
Pray for the
peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
Proverbs 15:8,29
KJV
8 The sacrifice
of the wicked is an abomination to The Lord: but the prayer of the
upright is His delight.
29 The Lord is
far from the wicked: but He heareth the prayer of the righteous.
Isaiah 38:5 KJV
“...I have
heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears...”
Isaiah 56:7 KJV
"... for
Mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
Isaiah 58:9 KJV
Then shalt thou
call, and The Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and He shall say,
Here I am...:"
Isaiah 65;24 KJV
And it shall
come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they
are yet speaking, I will hear.
Jeremiah 29:13
KJV
And ye shall
seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your
heart.
Jeremiah 33:3
KJV
Call unto Me,
and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which
thou knowest not.
Zechariah 13:9
KJV
And I will
bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver
is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on My
name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is My people: and they
shall say, The Lord is my God.
Joel 2:32 KJV
And it shall
come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of The Lord shall
be delivered..."
Matthew 5:44 KJV
But I say unto
you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them
that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and
persecute you;
Matthew 6:6 KJV
But thou, when
thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy
door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which
seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Matthew 7:7,8
KJV
7 Ask, and it
shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be
opened unto you:
8 For every one
that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that
knocketh it shall be opened.
Matthew 18:19,20
KJV
19 Again I say
unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any
thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of My Father
which is in heaven.
20 For where
two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the
midst of them.
Matthew 21:22
KJV
And all things,
whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Matthew 26:41
KJV
Watch and pray,
that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but
the flesh is weak.
Mark 11:24,25
KJV
24 Therefore I
say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe
that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
25 And when ye
stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your
Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
Luke 11:9,10 KJV
9 And I say
unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find;
knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
10 For every
one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him
that knocketh it shall be opened.
Luke 18:1,7,8
KJV
1 And He spake
a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and
not to faint;
7 "...don’t
you think God will surely give justice to His chosen people who cry
out to Him day and night? Will He keep putting them off?
8 I tell you,
He will grant justice to them quickly! But when The Son Of Man
returns, how many will He find on the earth who have faith?”
Luke 21:36 KJV
Watch ye
therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape
all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before The Son
Of Man.
John 14:13,14
KJV
13 And
whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do, that The Father
may be glorified in The Son.
14 If ye shall
ask any thing in My name, I will do it.
John 15:7,16 KJV
7 If ye abide
in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it
shall be done unto you.
16 Ye have not
chosen Me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go
and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that
whatsoever ye shall ask of The Father in My name, He may give it you.
John 16:23,24
KJV
23 And in that
day ye shall ask Me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Whatsoever ye shall ask
The Father in
My name, he will give it you.
24 Hitherto
have ye asked nothing in My name: ask, and ye shall receive, that
your joy may be full.
Romans 10:12
KJV
For there is no
difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all
is rich unto all that call upon Him.
Ephesians 2:18
KJV
For through Him
we both have access by one Spirit unto The Father.
Ephesians 6:18
KJV
Praying always
with all prayer and supplication in The Spirit, and watching
thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Philippians 4:6
NLT
Don’t worry
about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you
need, and thank Him for all He has done.
Colossians 4:2
NLT
Devote
yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.
I Thessalonians
5:17 KJV
Pray without
ceasing.
I Timothy 2:8
KJV
I will
therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without
wrath and doubting.
Hebrews 4:16 KJV
Let us
therefore come boldly unto The Throne Of Grace, that we may obtain
mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 10:19
KJV
Having
therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by The Blood
Of Jesus,
James 1:6 KJV
But let him ask
in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of
the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
James 4:8 KJV
Draw nigh to
God, and he will draw nigh to you
James
5:13-16 KJV
13 Is any among
you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
14 Is any sick
among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them
pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of The Lord:
15 And the
prayer of faith shall save the sick, and The Lord shall raise him up;
and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16 Confess your
faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be
healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth
much.
I Peter 4:7 KJV
But the end of
all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
I John 3:22 KJV
And whatsoever
we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments, and do
those things that are pleasing in His sight.
I John 5:14,15
KJV
14 And this is
the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing
according to His will, He heareth us:
15 And if we
know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the
petitions that we desired of Him.
Revelation 8:3-5 NLT (Prayers heard and kept)
3 Then another
angel with a gold incense burner came and stood at the altar. And a
great amount of incense was given to him to mix with the prayers of
God’s people as an offering on the gold altar before the throne.
4 The smoke of
the incense, mixed with the prayers of God’s holy people, ascended
up to God from the altar where the angel had poured them out.
5 Then the
angel filled the incense burner with fire from the altar..."
