Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to Yahweh,Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the Lord,Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto Jehovah,
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… Thus says the Lord, set your house in order, for you shall die and not live. and he turned his face toward the wall and prayed to the lord saying remember now oh lord i pray how i have walked before you in truth and with a loyal heart and and have done what was good in your sight and and hezekiah wept bitterly and it happened before isaiah had gone out into the middle court that the word of the lord came to him saying return and tell hezekiah the leader of my people. Thus says the Lord, the God of David, your father, I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Surely I will heal you. On the third day, you shall go up to the house of the Lord and I will add to your days 15 years. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. And I will defend this city for my own sake and for the sake of my servant, David. …
… surely die. What do you do when God says no? Hezekiah could have thought, well, too bad for me. I'm done. No use even trying. The scripture says Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and started praying. He reminded God how he had served him, how he had torn down the pagan altars and how he'd set a new standard for his family. He asked God for his mercy to give him more years. His attitude was, if I die, I'm going to die asking for the yes. Before Isaiah could leave the palace grounds, God said to him, Isaiah, go back to Hezekiah and tell him I've heard his prayers and I've changed my mind. I'm going to add 15 years to his life. Even when you feel like God has said no, if you'll dare do like Hezekiah and ask God for the yes, your faith can cause God to change his mind. And in this year of yes, God is going to reverse some no's. Mistakes that you've made, God is going to correct them and give you another chance. Opportunities that you've missed, He's going to bring them back across your path. …
… Thus says the Lord, set your house in order for you shall die and not live. then he turned his face toward the wall and he prayed to the lord saying remember me oh lord i tell you it matters how you live your life because there may come a moment where you need to be able to say lord just remember i loved your house i loved you i wasn't a perfect person but my heart my heart was after you watch what he prays his life's on the line he's been given a death sentence. And he says, remember now, Lord, I pray how I walk before you in truth with a loyal heart and have done what was good in your sight. And Hezekiah went bitterly and it happened before Isaiah had gone out into the middle court that the word of the Lord came to him saying, return and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people, that says the Lord, the God of David, your father, I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Surely I will heal you. On the third day, you shall go up to the house of the Lord. And I will add to your days 15 years, and I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. And I will defend this city for my own sake and for the sake of my servant, David. Then Isaiah said, and this is so important. …
… Remember the sacrifices that I made. the prophet has said to him he get ready to die but he turned his face to the wall and the Lord heard his prayer. I need that hand lifted. I can't afford for you to miss this, and I'm finished after this. Listen to me. And he turned his face to the wall, and the Lord added 15 years to his life. I need that hand lifted. I don't want you to miss what the Holy Spirit has downloaded for me to say to you today. Softly musicians. He says, I got to add years to your life. Here it is. Don't miss it. Not for you just to exist. I am adding years to your life. Here's your shout, just so you can enjoy yourself. I can't believe y'all ain't shouting I want years to do nothing I want years of no headache with no overhead with no responsibility add years to my life Lift up that hand, please, sir. Please, ma'am. …
… life when he realizes, look, I'm going to die, but he doesn't want to die. He says in verse 2, Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord saying, now, O Lord, please remember how I've walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart and have done what is good in your sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly. Listen to that prayer. He goes, Lord, please just remember Remember how I walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart. And I have done what is good in your sight. He's saying, God, remember me. Look at my life. I've sought to live faithfully to you. And then God says in verse 5, I've heard your prayer. I've seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. that's the God we pray to that's the God we pray to who's gracious merciful and here has Hezekiah is crying out to the Lord and God says I hear you I heard your prayer I've seen your tears I will heal you it's powerful powerful stuff and then you have a king like Josiah I mean Josiah's life is so convicting he becomes king at when he's eight years old and it says in you know Josiah was eight when he began to reign he reigned 31 years in Jerusalem verse two and he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and walked in all the way of David his father and he did not turn aside to the right or to the left but the beautiful thing about …