SF349 - MEDITATIONS FOR REVIVAL Humble Themselves (2 Chronicles 7 14)

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MEDITATIONS FOR REVIVAL

"HUMBLE THEMSELVES"

2 Chronicles 7:14 (NIV)  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.

Read the Following Passages and meditate on the meaning and usage of this word in God's Word.

Ask God how to apply the meaning of this word to...

                Your personal life

                Your family

                Our church

OLD TESTAMENT USAGE

The Meaning Of The Word

Humble = to bend the knee; hence to humiliate, vanquish:‑‑bring down (low), into subjection, under, humble (self), subdue.

Carries the idea of being conquered

                                2 Samuel 8:1                                          2 Ki 22:10-19

                It means to be brought into service of as a slave

                                1 Chronicles 20:4

                If we don't humble ourselves, God will

                                2 Chronicles 28:19

                The lack of humbling brings guilt

                                2 Chronicles 33:23

                The presence of humbling brings forgiveness and renewal

                                2 Chronicles 12:6‑7

                What we must do in order to humble ourselves

                                2 Chronicles 32:26

NEW TESTAMENT USAGE

                The Meaning Of The Word

Humble = tapeinos, depressed, i.e. (fig.) humiliated (in circumstances or disposition):‑‑base, cast down, humble, of low degree (estate), lowly.

                The opposite of being proud or exalted

                                Romans 12:16        James 4:6               1 Peter 5:5

                Not to be brass or forward

                                2 Corinthians 10:1

                It is a command from God that is to be obeyed

                                James 4:10             1 Peter 5:6              Ephesians 4:2