2 Kings 18:1-7 Hezekiah son of Ahaz began to rule over Judah in the third year of King Hoshea’s reign in Israel. 2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. 3 He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight, just as his ancestor David had done. 4 He removed the pagan shrines, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke up the bronze serpent that Moses had made, because the people of Israel had been offering sacrifices to it. The bronze serpent was called Nehushtan. 5 Hezekiah trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before or after his time. 6 He remained faithful to the Lord in everything, and he carefully obeyed all the commands the Lord had given Moses. 7 So the Lord was with him, and Hezekiah was successful in everything he did. He revolted against the king of Assyria and refused to pay him tribute.
Before God's blessing comes __________________.
2 Kings 20:1-2 About that time Hezekiah became deathly ill, and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to visit him. He gave the king this message: “This is what the Lord says: Set your affairs in order, for you are going to die. You will not recover from this illness.”
Turn your back on your _____________ and turn your face to the ________.
Hezekiah's Prayer __________________ the heart of God.
2 Kings 20:13 Hezekiah received the Babylonian envoys and showed them everything in his treasure-houses—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the aromatic oils. He also took them to see his armory and showed them everything in his royal treasuries! There was nothing in his palace or kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.
God had blessed him but he took __________________ for it.
2 Chronicles 32:25 But Hezekiah did not respond appropriately to the kindness shown him, and he became proud. So the Lord’s anger came against him and against Judah and Jerusalem.
Hezekiah lost God's favor due to __________________.
Proverbs 16:5 The Lord detests the proud; they will surely be punished.
tow`ebah: a __________________ thing, abomination.
Pride is the most __________________ sin.
Pride is anything that draws attention to _______.
Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.
To acknowledge that our pride is sin requires an act of ____________
Obadiah 1:3a The pride of your heart has deceived you...
Pride is so dangerous because pride can ______________.
