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Brendaonline.com 1 Chronicles 22 As a black woman of more than 1/2 century of living on earth, I pray that the black church will rise up and study God's word, book by book, chapter by chapter, and verse by verse.  In this chapter we will see how important it was for  David to build God a house.  David was told by God he could not build the house because of the blood he shed during wartime.  God instructed David that one of his sons would be the one to build him a house.  He promised David that Solomon would have peace and he would be the one that would build a sanctuary for him to dwell in.   Although David will not see the actual building, David wanted to make sure that Solomon had enough material to get the job done.  David provided everything he thought Solomon would need to build a house for God.  Not only did David provide the materials that would be required, he made sure he had the right people to ensure the house would be built right.  He wanted God's house to be the be

Brendaonline.com 1 Chronicles 21 New International Version David Counts the Fighting Men 21  Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.   2  So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan. Then report back to me so that I may know how many there are.” Satan rose up against Israel!  The devil wants the most!  He used king David but his eyes were ultimately on the people of Israel.  The enemy does not just want to destroy you, he wants to destroy all you are connected to.  David commands the official under him to take an assignment that he did not have God's approval to do.  When we lead, we must always pray and seek God for the good of his people before we do anything. 3  But Joab replied, “May the  Lord  multiply his troops a hundred times over.My lord the king, are they not all my lord’s subjects? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?” Even though Joab is un

Brendaonline.com 1 Chronicles 20 This is a very short chapter.  This chapter tells us of David and other soldiers who were undefeated when an attack was attempted against the people of God.  David is known to win.  David fought several wars and I've not found that he lost one.  The mighty men in this chapter fought with David and they too won. When God is the director of life you will not lose.  Whatever we face in life we will win if God is the controller.  God is undefeated in all aspects of life.  The men who aided David in this chapter work under David's leadership and never tried to take his place.  They were submitted to good leadership.  David sought God and God order David's steps and all the steps of those who followed David.  We can be assured if we seek God and move according to what he says, we win every time. The Capture of Rabbah 20  In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, Joab led out the armed forces. He laid waste the land of the Ammonites and

Brendaonline.com                                                                                                                                                1.  Some time later, Nahash king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son.   2 And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.”   Who is Nahash?  Nahash was the king that demanded the right eye of the children of Israel and was defeated by Saul.  This was Saul's first victory won as king.  (1 Samuel 11) Who were the Ammonites?  They were the sons of Lot.  Lot's daughter got him drunk and she slept with her father thinking this was the only way she and her sister could repopulate the earth after the destructions of Sodom and Gomorrah. David sends condolences to Hanun because of what had happened to his father and his father was very kind to him at some point. We do not know exactly what his father did for him but we do know that he didn't stop in for Da

                                                                                    Brendaonline.com David’s Military Campaigns 1  After this, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its surrounding villages from Philistine control.  2  He also defeated the Moabites, and they became David’s subjects and brought tribute. David represents the people of God.  The Philistines represent the enemy.  We have the power to put the enemy under our feet each day.  If they show up the next day put the enemy under your feet again. 3  David also defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah at Hamath when he went to establish his control at the Euphrates River.  4  David captured one thousand chariots, seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers from him, hamstrung all the horses, and kept a hundred chariots. [fn] Our enemies won't always be named the  same.  Same Enemy different name.  Ask  God how he  wants  the newly named enemy defeated. 5  When the Arameans of Dama