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Psalm 35, HIS way!

Psa 35:7, For WITHOUT CAUSE they have hidden their net for me in a pit, Which they have dug without cause for my life.

Like a hunter setting a trap for his pray; without a reason his enemies lie in wait for him to fall in their trap!

Psa 35:8, Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly, And let his net that he has hidden catch himself; Into that very destruction let him fall.

David know the LORD can change any situation! Remember Haman, built gallows on his own property to kill Mordecai!

Est 7:10, SO THEY HANGED HAMAN ON THE GALLOWS THAT HE HAD PREPARED FOR MORDECAI. Then the king’s wrath subsided. 

Psa 35:12, THEY REWARD ME EVIL FOR GOOD, TO THE SORROW OF MY SOUL. 

JESUS spoke gracious words to HIS people and performed many merciful miracles on the needy! HE made the blind see, and the deaf hear! HE called them friends YET, THEY CRIED OUT CRUCIFY HIM

Zec 13:6, AND ONE WILL SAY TO HIM, ‘WHAT ARE THESE WOUNDS BETWEEN YOUR ARMS?’ THEN HE WILL ANSWER, ‘THOSE WITH WHICH I WAS WOUNDED IN THE HOUSE OF MY FRIENDS.’ 

HE calls us friends yet, because of us HE was wounded, tortured and killed on a wooden cross at calvary!

Isa 53:5, BUT HE WAS WOUNDED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS, HE WAS BRUISED FOR OUR INIQUITIES; THE CHASTISEMENT FOR OUR PEACE WAS UPON HIM, AND BY HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED. 

Psa 35:13-14, But as for me, WHEN THEY WERE SICK, My clothing was sackcloth; I HUMBLED MYSELF WITH FASTING; …. I PACED ABOUT AS THOUGH HE WERE MY FRIEND OR BROTHER; I BOWED DOWN HEAVILY, AS ONE WHO MOURNS FOR HIS MOTHER.

JESUS said, to love our enemies, do good to does that hurt you and pray for them (Matt 5:44)!

Pro 25:21-22, If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; For so you will heap coals of fire on his head, And the LORD will reward you.

HIS way is not the worlds way, but we follow HIM! Seek the LORD and do good!

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Psalm 15, Dwelling in HIS presence!

Psa 15:1, … LORD, WHO MAY ABIDE IN YOUR TABERNACLE? WHO MAY DWELL IN YOUR HOLY HILL? 

David longed for HIS presence, not just to visit BUT TO DWELL IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD! WHO MAY ABIDE IN YOUR PRESENCE???

Psa 15:2-3, He who WALKS UPRIGHTLY, And WORKS RIGHTEOUSNESS, And SPEAKS THE TRUTH IN HIS HEART; He who does not backbite with his tongue, Nor does evil to his neighbor, Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend;

He who does the will of GOD may dwell in HIS presence! Not just hearers of the word but doers of it!  ALL WHO WALK IN HIS WAYS, DOES WHAT HE SAYS, AND SPEAKS THE TRUTH MAY DWELL IN HIS HOLY PRESENCE!

1Jn 1:6, If we say that we have fellowship with Him, AND WALK IN DARKNESS, WE LIE AND DO NOT PRACTICE THE TRUTH. 

Externally one may be perceived to be a follower of CHRIST JESUS! But, if your gossiping, hurting your neighbors or speaking evil of your friends YOUR ONLY DECEIVING YOURSELF FOR HE SEES EVERYTHING CLEARLY! HE KNOWS THE REAL YOU AND ME!

Psa 15:4-5, In whose eyes a VILE PERSON IS DESPISED, BUT HE HONORS THOSE WHO FEAR THE LORD; He who swears to his own hurt and does not change; He who does not put out his money at usury, Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. HE WHO DOES THESE THINGS SHALL NEVER BE MOVED.

HE WHO DOES THIS STANDS ON FIRM GROUND, FOR HE IS STANDING ON THE ROCK WHICH IS CHRIST JESUS!

Deu 32:3-4, For I proclaim the name of the LORD: Ascribe greatness to our God. HE IS THE ROCK, HIS WORK IS PERFECT; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He.

ONE DAY WE SHALL LIVE IN HIS PRESENCE IF YOU ABIDE IN HIM AND EXCEPT HIS FREE GIFT! YOU CAN’T EARN IT, YOU DON’T MERIT IT, IT’S A FREE GIFT THAT COST HIM EVERYTHING! HE IS WORTHY AND HIS WAYS ARE PERFECT! SEEK HIM DAILY FOR HIS RETURN IS NEAR!

Joh 14:3, AND IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, I WILL COME AGAIN AND RECEIVE YOU TO MYSELF; THAT WHERE I AM, THERE YOU MAY BE ALSO. 

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Job 40, GOD answers Job!

Job 40:1-2, Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said: “SHALL THE ONE WHO CONTENDS WITH THE ALMIGHTY CORRECT HIM? HE WHO REBUKES GOD, LET HIM ANSWER IT.”

GOD taught Job and the others about HIS knowledge, wisdom and glory in chapters 38-39, In order to tell Job, “I KNOW WHAT I’M DOING JOB! EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE SUFFERING NOW, YET YOUR SUFFERING WILL TEACH OTHERS!

Isa 55:8-9, “FOR MY THOUGHTS ARE NOT YOUR THOUGHTS, NOR ARE YOUR WAYS MY WAYS,” says the LORD. “FOR AS THE HEAVENS ARE HIGHER THAN THE EARTH, SO ARE MY WAYS HIGHER THAN YOUR WAYS, AND MY THOUGHTS THAN YOUR THOUGHTS.

Job 40:3-5, THEN JOB ANSWERED THE LORD and said: “BEHOLD, I AM VILE; WHAT SHALL I ANSWER YOU? I lay my hand over my mouth. Once I have spoken, but I will not answer; Yes, twice, BUT I WILL PROCEED NO FURTHER.”

JOB KNOWS THAT HE IS NOTHING COMPARED TO HIS MAKER! Before he wanted to question God, “WHAT ARE YOU DOING GOD? THAT IS NOT A GOOD PLAN GOD? ANSWER ME GOD!

Job 31:35, ….OH, THAT THE ALMIGHTY WOULD ANSWER ME…

Isa 64:8, But now, O LORD, YOU ARE OUR FATHER; WE ARE THE CLAY, AND YOU OUR POTTER; AND ALL WE ARE THE WORK OF YOUR HAND. 

Job 40:8-9, “WOULD YOU INDEED ANNUL MY JUDGMENT? WOULD YOU CONDEMN ME THAT YOU MAY BE JUSTIFIED? HAVE YOU AN ARM LIKE GOD? OR CAN YOU THUNDER WITH A VOICE LIKE HIS?

Rom 8:28, AND WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THOSE WHO LOVE GOD, TO THOSE WHO ARE THE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE. 

THIS VERSE APPLIES ONLY TO THOSE WHO LOVE GOD OR ARE CALLED FOR HIS PURPOSE! GOD KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING EVEN THOUGH YOUR SITUATION MAY LOOK CHAOTIC; TRUST IN HIM! HE REFINES US LIKE GOLD IN A FURNACE, THE IMPURITIES COME FLOWING TO THE TOP AND HE WIPES THEM AWAY! TRUST IN THE LORD YOUR MAKER; HIS WAYS ARE PERFECT BEYOND ARE UNDERSTANDING!

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Job 29, waiting on the LORD!

Job 29:2-3, “Oh, that I were as in months past, AS IN THE DAYS WHEN GOD WATCHED OVER ME; When His lamp shone upon my head, And WHEN BY HIS LIGHT I WALKED THROUGH DARKNESS;

In Job’s eyes, his greatest lost was the fellowship he had with the LORD! job’s footsteps were guided by the light of his goodness even in times of darkness!

Psa 27:1, … The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?

EVEN IN THE DARKEST, SCARIEST MOMENTS IN LIFE, THE LORD IS THERE READY TO HELP!

Heb 13:6, So we may boldly say: “THE LORD IS MY HELPER; I WILL NOT FEAR. WHAT CAN MAN DO TO ME?” 

Job 29:12-13, Because I delivered the poor who cried out, The fatherless and the one who had no helper. The blessing of a perishing man came upon me, And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

Job wasn’t greedy with his wealth, he helped the poor, the needy and the widow! GOD used Job to bless others!

Heb 13:16, BUT DO NOT FORGET TO DO GOOD AND TO SHARE, FOR WITH SUCH SACRIFICES GOD IS WELL PLEASED. 

Job 29:21-22, “Men listened to me and waited, And kept silence for my counsel. After my words they did not speak again, And my speech settled on them as dew.

But now people look at him in awe! What happened to this man! What did he do? Even his friends turned on him?

Joh 13:7, Jesus answered…, “WHAT I AM DOING YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND NOW, BUT YOU WILL KNOW AFTER THIS.” 

There are times in our lives when we just don’t understand what is happening, what is GOD doing, why am I going through this? BUT THOSE WHO KNOW THE LORD KNOW THAT HE HAS A PURPOSE FOR IT!  WAIT ON THE LORD!

Rom 8:28, And WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THOSE WHO LOVE GOD, TO THOSE WHO ARE THE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE. 

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Job 24, Evil men will have their day!

Job 24:1, “Since times are not hidden from the Almighty, WHY DO THOSE WHO KNOW HIM SEE NOT HIS DAYS? 

Job struggles in understanding why the wicked seem to prosper and the righteous don’t? FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW IT IS HARD, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE, TO UNDERSTAND WHY GOD DOES OR DOESN’T DO SOMETHING? BUT THOSE WHO KNOW HIM KNOWS WILL PLACE THEIR TRUST IN HIM!

Psa 9:10, AND THOSE WHO KNOW YOUR NAME WILL PUT THEIR TRUST IN YOU; FOR YOU, LORD, HAVE NOT FORSAKEN THOSE WHO SEEK YOU. 

Job 24:2-4, “SOME REMOVE LANDMARKS; THEY SEIZE FLOCKS VIOLENTLY AND FEED ON THEM; THEY DRIVE AWAY THE DONKEY OF THE FATHERLESS; THEY TAKE THE WIDOW’S OX AS A PLEDGE. THEY PUSH THE NEEDY OFF THE ROAD; ALL THE POOR OF THE LAND ARE FORCED TO HIDE.

Job sees these evil men stealing from the poor, from the fatherless and from the widows; Job knows what’s written in HIS word regarding them. BUT JUSTICE DOESN’T SEEM TO COME? GOD SEEMS TO BE SILENT EVEN THOUGH IN HIS WORD THOSE EVIL MEN ARE CURSED?

Deu 27:17, ‘CURSED IS THE ONE WHO MOVES HIS NEIGHBOR’S LANDMARK.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’ 

Deu 10:18, HE ADMINISTERS JUSTICE FOR THE FATHERLESS AND THE WIDOW, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing. 

Job 24:12, The dying groan in the city, And the souls of the wounded cry out; YET GOD DOES NOT CHARGE THEM WITH WRONG. 

Psa 73:17-19, UNTIL I WENT INTO THE SANCTUARY OF GOD; THEN I UNDERSTOOD THEIR END. Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction. Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

THE DAY IS COMING AND IS ALMOST HERE, WHERE THE RIGHTEOUS WILL SEE THEIR BLESSED HOPE, JESUS, FACE TO FACE, BUT THE WICKED WILL HAVE THEIR END!

Isa 3:11, Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, For the reward of his hands shall be given him. 

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Job 21, His ways!

Job 21:1-3, Then Job answered and said: “LISTEN CAREFULLY TO MY SPEECH, AND LET THIS BE YOUR CONSOLATION. Bear with me that I may speak, AND AFTER I HAVE SPOKEN, KEEP MOCKING.

Job’s friends weren’t listening, but he was! Job said, “COMFORT ME BY LISTENING TO ME”!

Job 21:4-5, “As for me, IS MY COMPLAINT AGAINST MAN? … Look at me and be astonished; Put your hand over your mouth.

Job complaint is not against man, BUT AGAINST GOD FOR HE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT GOD WAS DOING! WHY LORD! WHY!

Psa 77:7-8, NLT, HAS THE LORD REJECTED ME FOREVER? WILL HE NEVER AGAIN BE KIND TO ME? IS HIS UNFAILING LOVE GONE FOREVER? HAVE HIS PROMISES PERMANENTLY FAILED?

Job 21:22-23, 25-26, “CAN ANYONE TEACH GOD KNOWLEDGE, Since He judges those on high? ONE DIES IN HIS FULL STRENGTH, Being wholly at ease and secure; … ANOTHER MAN DIES IN THE BITTERNESS OF HIS SOUL, Never having eaten with pleasure. THEY LIE DOWN ALIKE IN THE DUST, AND WORMS COVER THEM.

Job, doesn’t understand GOD’s way! ONE MAN LIVES IN PROSPERIRTY AND IN GOOD HEALTH, YET ANOTHER LIVES IN BITTER POVERTY! WHY?

Isa 55:8-9, “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the LORD. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.

THE MIND OF MAN IS LIMITED, BUT THE LORD KNOWS ALL! WHO CAN TEACH GOD KNOWLEDGE, OR WHO CAN GIVE GOD COUNCIL? NO ONE CAN!  

Isa 40:13-14, Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, Or as His counselor has taught Him? With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him, And taught Him in the path of justice? Who taught Him knowledge, And showed Him the way of understanding?

WE MAY NOT KNOW THE REASON WHY THINGS HAPPEN TO US, BUT WE CAN KNOW THAT HE IS IN FULL CONTROL! TRUST IN HIM!

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Job 12, God is in full control!

Job 12:6, THE TENTS OF ROBBERS PROSPER, AND THOSE WHO PROVOKE GOD ARE SECURE—In what God provides by His hand. 

Nothing makes sense to Job now! He sees the wicked prosper and the upright man suffer? WHY DO THE WICKED PROSPER?

Psa 73:12-14, BEHOLD, THESE ARE THE UNGODLY, WHO ARE ALWAYS AT EASE; THEY INCREASE IN RICHES. SURELY I HAVE CLEANSED MY HEART IN VAIN, AND WASHED MY HANDS IN INNOCENCE. FOR ALL DAY LONG I HAVE BEEN PLAGUED, AND CHASTENED EVERY MORNING.

It may seem that the wicked are enjoying life,  BUT REMEMBER, FOR THEM THIS IS THE CLOSEST THEY WILL EVER GET TO HEAVEN! AND FOR THE GODLY MAN THIS IS THE CLOSEST THEY WILL EVER GET TO HELL!

Job 12:7, 9, “But now ASK THE BEASTS, and they will teach you; And THE BIRDS OF THE AIR, and they will tell you; … WHO AMONG ALL THESE DOES NOT KNOW THAT THE HAND OF THE LORD HAS DONE THIS!

If it weren’t for Chapters 1 and 2 of Job, we would also believe that this is from the LORD! GOD ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN!

Job 12:23, HE MAKES NATIONS GREAT, AND DESTROYS THEM; HE ENLARGES NATIONS, AND GUIDES THEM. 

ONLY THE LORD CAN MAKE A NATION GREAT

Job 12:24-25, HE TAKES AWAY THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHIEFS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE EARTH, AND MAKES THEM WANDER IN A PATHLESS WILDERNESS. THEY GROPE IN THE DARK WITHOUT LIGHT, AND HE MAKES THEM STAGGER LIKE A DRUNKEN MAN.

I SEE OUR COUNTRY IN THESE SCRIPTURES! HE HAS TAKEN THE UNDERSTANDING OF OUR LEADERS, AND THE PEOPLE AND APPARENTLY FLUSHED THEM DOWN THE TOILET!

Luk 21:28, Now when these things begin to happen, LOOK UP AND LIFT UP YOUR HEADS, BECAUSE YOUR REDEMPTION DRAWS NEAR.

LOOK UP, HE IS COMING! HE IS AT THE DOOR BE READY!

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Job 11, the wrath to come

Job 11:1-4, Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said: “Should not the MULTITUDE OF WORDS BE ANSWERED? And should a man FULL OF TALK BE VINDICATED? SHOULD YOUR EMPTY TALK MAKE MEN HOLD THEIR PEACE? And WHEN YOU MOCK, SHOULD NO ONE REBUKE YOU? For you have said, ‘My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in your eyes.’

Yet another, so called friend, who attacked Job and called his words empty talk, words without understanding! THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE TODAY WHO ARE COMPLETELY BLINDED BY THEIR OWN WISDOM, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY CAN’T SEE THE TRUTH IN SCRIPTURE! THEY ARE HOLLOW WORDS FOR THE, SO CALLED WOKE, PEOPLE OF TODAY!

Joh 12:40, “HE HAS BLINDED THEIR EYES AND HARDENED THEIR HEARTS, LEST THEY SHOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES, LEST THEY SHOULD UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEARTS AND TURN, SO THAT I SHOULD HEAL THEM.” 

Job 11:6, …KNOW THEREFORE THAT GOD EXACTS FROM YOU LESS THAN YOUR INIQUITY DESERVES.

Job’s friends came to him to comfort him (Job 2:11), yet they are now in full attack? Yes, it’s true that the LORD doesn’t deal with us as our sins deserve, yet this doesn’t apply to Job!

Job 16:2, “I have heard many such things; MISERABLE COMFORTERS ARE YOU ALL! 

Job 11:11, 20, FOR HE KNOWS DECEITFUL MEN; HE SEES WICKEDNESS ALSO. Will He not then consider it? … BUT THE EYES OF THE WICKED WILL FAIL, AND THEY SHALL NOT ESCAPE, AND THEIR HOPE—LOSS OF LIFE!” 

Again, implying Job is a deceitful person who believed that GOD would not see his sin!

THIS WORLD IS PERISHING AND THE ONLY HOPE OF THE WICKED WILL BE TO DIE! THE FATHER HAS MADE A WAY OF ESCAPING THE WRATH TO COME! ONLY BY HIS SON JESUS! Heb 2:3, HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE IF WE NEGLECT SO GREAT A SALVATION, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

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Ezra 10, Sin destroys families!

Ezr 10:1, Now while Ezra was praying, and while HE WAS CONFESSING, WEEPING, AND BOWING DOWN BEFORE THE HOUSE OF GOD, a very large assembly of men, women, and children gathered to him from Israel; FOR THE PEOPLE WEPT VERY BITTERLY.

The work of the HOLY SPIRIT is clearly seen when men are convicted of their sin and confess before the LORD!

1Jn 1:9, IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND TO CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 

Ezr 10:2, And Shechaniah … said to Ezra, “We have trespassed against our God, and have TAKEN PAGAN WIVES from the peoples of the land; YET NOW THERE IS HOPE IN ISRAEL IN SPITE OF THIS.

Someone said that our GOD is the GOD of second chances? YET, I’M THANKFUL THAT HE IS THE GOD OF 10TH AND 11TH CHANCES!

Ezr 10:11, Now therefore, make confession to the LORD God of your fathers, AND DO HIS WILL; SEPARATE YOURSELVES FROM THE PEOPLES OF THE LAND, AND FROM THE PAGAN WIVES.”

Mal 2:16, “FOR THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL SAYS THAT HE HATES DIVORCE ,” …

Rth 1:15-16, And she said, “LOOK, YOUR SISTER-IN-LAW HAS GONE BACK TO HER PEOPLE AND TO HER GODS; … BUT RUTH SAID: … For wherever you go, I will go; And wherever you lodge, I will lodge; YOUR PEOPLE SHALL BE MY PEOPLE, AND YOUR GOD, MY GOD.

As Ruth left her gods/idols and made the LORD her GOD, these families had the same choice!

YET, SOME WERE NOT WILLING TO DO SO AND THEY WERE SET APART!

Ezr 10:44, …SOME OF THEM HAD WIVES BY WHOM THEY HAD CHILDREN.

SIN HURTS A LOT OF PEOPLE AND MAINLY CHILDREN, BUT HE IS SEEKING GODLY OFFSPRING NOT A DIVIDED HOME! FOR WHAT FELLOWSHIP HAS RIGHTEOUSNESS WITH LAWLESSNESS? AND WHAT COMMUNION HAS LIGHT WITH DARKNESS? 2Cor 6:14

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2Chronicles 33, HIS ways!

2Ch 33:1-2, Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. BUT HE DID EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, …

His father Hezekiah was sick and near death and the LORD told him, via Isaiah, that he was going to die! It was his time! 2Ki 20:1. YET he pleaded and cried to the LORD and the LORD extended his life 15 years longer!

2Ki 20:6, AND I WILL ADD TO YOUR DAYS FIFTEEN YEARS….

During the last 15 years of his life he begot Manasseh, a wicked king! THE LORD HAS A BETTER PLAN FOR US, YET MOST OF THE TIME WE PRAY IN IGNORANCE; WHEN HE SAYS ‘NO’ TO OUR PRAYERS IS FOR OUR BENEFIT EVEN IF WE DON’T SEE IT! 

2CH 33: 6, 10, ALSO HE CAUSED HIS SONS TO PASS THROUGH THE FIRE IN THE VALLEY OF THE SON OF HINNOM; HE PRACTICED SOOTHSAYING, USED WITCHCRAFT AND SORCERY, AND CONSULTED MEDIUMS AND SPIRITISTS. HE DID MUCH EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, TO PROVOKE HIM TO ANGER. And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, BUT THEY WOULD NOT LISTEN. 

The sad thing is today this would be considered normal behavior; killing children in the womb, consulting mediums doing evil before the LORD! YET, HE sends HIS messengers to teach the WORD of GOD and it’s rejected by them!

2Ch 33:11-12, Therefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, WHO TOOK MANASSEH WITH HOOKS, BOUND HIM WITH BRONZE FETTERS, AND CARRIED HIM OFF TO BABYLON. Now when he was in affliction, HE IMPLORED THE LORD HIS GOD, AND HUMBLED HIMSELF GREATLY BEFORE THE GOD OF HIS FATHERS,

Hos 5:15, I will return again to My place TILL THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR OFFENSE. THEN THEY WILL SEEK MY FACE; IN THEIR AFFLICTION THEY WILL EARNESTLY SEEK ME.” 

2Ch 33:13, …THEN MANASSEH KNEW THAT THE LORD WAS GOD. 

THE LORD HAS HIS WAYS TO TURN EVEN THE MOST PEOPLE WICKED BACK TO HIM!

1Jn 1:9, If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.