Choosing God: Lessons from Kings Asa and Uzziah
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "Life presents us with a lot of choices, and sometimes the choices are so many that we aren't sure which choices are best for us. This is what is known as the paradox of choice. The paradox of choice stipulates that while we might believe that being presented with multiple options actually makes it easier to choose one that we are happy with, and thus increases satisfaction, instead having an abundance of options actually require more effort to make a decision. It can leave us feeling unsatisfied with our choice." [01:38]
2. "Imagine that you need milk, so you go to the grocery store to pick some up. When you get to the dairy aisle, you see that there are dozens of options. These days, not only do you have to make a decision on the percentage of fat you want in your milk, whether full, 1%, 2%, in milk, etc., but now you've got to make a decision on what source you want to make a decision on. What milk do you want your milk to be coming from? Cows, almonds, soybeans, oats, the list goes on. So almost dumbfounded, you stand in front of the milk aisle and have no idea what milk to pick. There are so many options that you're simply overwhelmed." [03:02]
3. "My friends, disobedience always starts with the little things, the small infractions, the little white lie. And then somehow we justify it in our minds. We justify the sin. We become callous to sin. Oh, it's okay. Others are doing it. And so we become more bold in what we do, in greater disobedience and the severity of it. But what if we were to think, what if our kids are always with us? How would we respond? How about this truth? To remember that God is always with us. He is watching." [29:34]
4. "The choice of whom to follow, God or the world. The choice of whom to trust, God or others. The choice of whom to obey, God or yourself. If the choice of God leads you to both present and eternal blessings, and the other choice leads to destruction and death, then choosing God should be a no-brainer. Which every wise person should make." [34:42]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Notice that King Asa started well. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. He removed the foreign idols from the land and he led the people in the worship of the one true God, Yahweh. King Asa was about 20 years old when he became king. And as young as he was, he made a decision of whom to follow. He chose to follow the living God. And because of this decision, look how God blessed him." [05:53]
2. "Remember, the eyes of the Lord are roaming the entire world to look for people who are fully trusting of Him in order to strengthen them and make them great. The third question that helps solve the paradox of choice is this, number three, the choice of whom to obey. The choice of whom to obey. One can follow God. One can even say they trust God. But it all comes down to following through an action which takes the form of obedience." [22:52]
3. "As Uzziah went to the temple in disobedience, the priest Azariah and valiant and brave priests went in after him to try to stop him. They had to be valiant because they knew the consequences. Imagine standing up before the king. You could have lost your life, but they were willing to stand up for what is true. They were willing to stand up for what is right in defense of what God had so ordered. They don't care if he was king or not. In fact, they just simply called him Uzziah. They were going to defend the honor of the Lord with their lives." [24:57]
4. "The Bible tells us that King Asa trusted in his own abilities, began to trust in others more than he trusted God, and he was reprimanded by God. You know, perhaps as Asa got older and stronger as king, he thought, you know, I no longer need to trust God. I no longer need to trust God. Trust God. And that is the danger of when you gain more experience and you begin to begin to win in life. You begin to think you're so wise that you know it all. And so naturally, you trust God less." [14:51]
5. "The Bible says when he finds those who are fully trusting in him, then he will show himself strong, meaning he will enable and help those who trust in him. To succeed, it should be a very easy decision of whom to trust. If you trust God fully to help you in life, then you have the omnipotent, all-powerful strength of God to help you through. You know, but if you trust in yourself or even trust in others, the enabling power is limited." [16:28]
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1. "Life presents us with a lot of choices, and sometimes the choices are so many that we aren't sure which choices are best for us. This is what is known as the paradox of choice. The paradox of choice stipulates that while we might believe that being presented with multiple options actually makes it easier to choose one that we are happy with, and thus increases satisfaction, instead having an abundance of options actually require more effort to make a decision. It can leave us feeling unsatisfied with our choice." [01:38]
2. "Imagine that you need milk, so you go to the grocery store to pick some up. When you get to the dairy aisle, you see that there are dozens of options. These days, not only do you have to make a decision on the percentage of fat you want in your milk, whether full, 1%, 2%, in milk, etc., but now you've got to make a decision on what source you want to make a decision on. What milk do you want your milk to be coming from? Cows, almonds, soybeans, oats, the list goes on. So almost dumbfounded, you stand in front of the milk aisle and have no idea what milk to pick. There are so many options that you're simply overwhelmed." [03:02]
3. "My friends, disobedience always starts with the little things, the small infractions, the little white lie. And then somehow we justify it in our minds. We justify the sin. We become callous to sin. Oh, it's okay. Others are doing it. And so we become more bold in what we do, in greater disobedience and the severity of it. But what if we were to think, what if our kids are always with us? How would we respond? How about this truth? To remember that God is always with us. He is watching." [29:34]
4. "The choice of whom to follow, God or the world. The choice of whom to trust, God or others. The choice of whom to obey, God or yourself. If the choice of God leads you to both present and eternal blessings, and the other choice leads to destruction and death, then choosing God should be a no-brainer. Which every wise person should make." [34:42]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Notice that King Asa started well. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. He removed the foreign idols from the land and he led the people in the worship of the one true God, Yahweh. King Asa was about 20 years old when he became king. And as young as he was, he made a decision of whom to follow. He chose to follow the living God. And because of this decision, look how God blessed him." [05:53]
2. "Remember, the eyes of the Lord are roaming the entire world to look for people who are fully trusting of Him in order to strengthen them and make them great. The third question that helps solve the paradox of choice is this, number three, the choice of whom to obey. The choice of whom to obey. One can follow God. One can even say they trust God. But it all comes down to following through an action which takes the form of obedience." [22:52]
3. "As Uzziah went to the temple in disobedience, the priest Azariah and valiant and brave priests went in after him to try to stop him. They had to be valiant because they knew the consequences. Imagine standing up before the king. You could have lost your life, but they were willing to stand up for what is true. They were willing to stand up for what is right in defense of what God had so ordered. They don't care if he was king or not. In fact, they just simply called him Uzziah. They were going to defend the honor of the Lord with their lives." [24:57]
4. "The Bible tells us that King Asa trusted in his own abilities, began to trust in others more than he trusted God, and he was reprimanded by God. You know, perhaps as Asa got older and stronger as king, he thought, you know, I no longer need to trust God. I no longer need to trust God. Trust God. And that is the danger of when you gain more experience and you begin to begin to win in life. You begin to think you're so wise that you know it all. And so naturally, you trust God less." [14:51]
5. "The Bible says when he finds those who are fully trusting in him, then he will show himself strong, meaning he will enable and help those who trust in him. To succeed, it should be a very easy decision of whom to trust. If you trust God fully to help you in life, then you have the omnipotent, all-powerful strength of God to help you through. You know, but if you trust in yourself or even trust in others, the enabling power is limited." [16:28]
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