Sermon Series:  When the World Has Gone Crazy

Message: "Turn to God"
II Chronicles 7:14
by Bill Ashburn
on March 1, 2009

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II Chronicles 7:14 - "if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land."

1. We must confess with humility.
   James 4:6 - But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."
   Proverbs 28:13 - He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
   James 5:16 - Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
2. We must pray with tenacity.
   Colossians 4:2 - Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
   Ephesians 6:18 - And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.
3. We must seek God with intensity.
   Hebrews 11:6 - And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
   Deuteronomy 4:29-31(a) - But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and obey him. 31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God;
4. We must repent with sincerity.
   II Timothy 3:2-5 - ²People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, ³without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, ⁴treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— ⁵having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.

18 Wicked Ways

Acts 3:19 - Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.