When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul,

Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven:

By your great skill in trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart is proud because of your wealth.

When the army is taken away, the king of the south will become arrogant. He will be responsible for the death of thousands and thousands of people, but he will not continue to prevail.

“Moreover, the Lord who rules over all says: ‘Pay close attention to these things also.

In addition, the officers are to say to the troops, “Who among you is afraid and fainthearted? He may go home so that he will not make his fellow soldier’s heart as fearful as his own.”

When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been.

When he left there, he met Jehonadab, son of Rekab, who had been looking for him. Jehu greeted him and asked, “Are you as committed to me as I am to you?” Jehonadab answered, “I am!” Jehu replied, “If so, give me your hand.” So he offered his hand and Jehu pulled him up into the chariot.

But if you seek the Lord your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul.

You must love the Lord your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength.

These words I am commanding you today must be kept in mind,

If you think, “These nations are more numerous than I – how can I dispossess them?”

Be keenly aware that just as a parent disciplines his child, the Lord your God disciplines you.

be sure you do not feel self-important and forget the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery,

Be careful not to say, “My own ability and skill have gotten me this wealth.”

Make sure you do not turn away to serve and worship other gods!

Now if you say to yourselves, ‘How can we tell that a message is not from the Lord?’ –

“Because you have not served the Lord your God joyfully and wholeheartedly with the abundance of everything you have,

However, if you turn aside and do not obey, but are lured away to worship and serve other gods,

Nathan replied to the king, “You should go and do whatever you have in mind, for the Lord is with you.”