Word Up Ministries

June 18, 2024

Scripture:

2 KINGS 11:1-3, 2 CHRONICLES 22:10-12, 2 KINGS 11:4-12, 2 CHRONICLES 23:1-11, 2 KINGS 11:13-16, 2 CHRONICLES 23:12-15, 2 KINGS 11:17-21, 2 CHRONICLES 23:16-21, 2 KINGS 12:1-16, 2 CHRONICLES 24:1-22, 2 KINGS 10:32-36

Stand Up Straight Faith

And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

2 Chronicles 24:2

My Takeaways

Something Old

Warren Wiersbe’s nickname for King Joash was “leaner.” He leaned on Jehoiada for his spiritual stability. When Jehoiada died, it seems the spiritual strength of Jehoiada died also.

Who am I living for?
Why do I obey God?
Who is holding me spiritually, speaking?

Leaning on the spiritual strength and wisdom of another Believer is only wrong when it prohibits my own spiritual growth.

Something New

Sur Gate

A gate in Jerusalem. Some feel that it may be the gate leading from the king's palace to the Temple spoken of in the account of the murder of Queen Athaliah. (2 Kings 11:6)