For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”For Yahweh’s eyes run back and forth throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. You have done foolishly in this; for from now on you will have wars.”For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
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… God wants to do great things with you and powerful things with you because the Holy Spirit is great and he's powerful. 2 Chronicles chapter 16, verse 9, for the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to show himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to him. In this you have done foolishly, therefore from now on you shall have wars. He was speaking to Israel and he said, this is what God wanted to do. He wanted to bless you, but you turned away from him. So now you're going to have troubles. Listen, that speaks to choice. How do you make wise decisions? Follow God. Know the word of God. Revelation chapter 5, verse 6 tells us, and I looked, John said, and behold, in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures and in the midst of the elders, stand by now, all these verses you've written down, They're going to come home now together. Stood a lamb. …
… He put up on there, it says, for the eyes of the Lord. 2 Chronicles 16, 9. For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to show himself strong on behalf of those whose what? Yeah, heart. Loyal to him. Heart. Heart. Because what's got into? Attendance or heart? he's a heart god isn't he so i david says in psalm 139 search me know me try me test me lord if there's anything in my heart that doesn't please you take it out like a weed pull it and i'm just telling you today god is dealing with you because he loves you and god has a plan for your life
… is 2 Chronicles 9.16 with King Asa, where it says, The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the earth. Let me read it directly so I don't butcher it. 2 Chronicles 9. Wait. 16.9, I'm sorry. 2 Chronicles 16.9. The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. I love that. Like God's not in heaven doing his own thing, and I've got to shout to get his attention, what it says is God's actually looking. I believe he's actively looking in every gathering right now going, who actually believes in me? Because I'm looking for someone to strongly support. I love that phrase, strongly support. His eyes are looking going, I want to empower someone. I want to give just total strength to someone. I want to make someone do something supernatural, amazing, but whose heart is blameless for me? Who actually believes this? See, and this verse, what's crazy about this verse, it was spoken to King Asa after King Asa. …