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Judges chapter 19, verse 1.

In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was sojourning in the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim,

who took to himself a concubine from Bethlehem and Judah.

This verse begins one of the most horrible stories in all of the Bible, as one sin leads to another and another, and by the end, evil and

violence, unspeakable evil and violence are having their way. But the reason I read,

Judges 19, verse 1, and want to lead us to pray according to it is because it all begins with

rejection of God as king. In those days, there was no king in Israel.

And if God is not king on the throne of our hearts,

king on the throne in our lives,

king on the throne in the church,

king on the throne in our families,

just keep going where God is not honored and revered and worshipped as king, then

unspeakable sin and evil will follow. The greatest need in every one of our hearts is to

worship God as king. The greatest need in every one of our families is to worship God as king. The greatest need in every one of our families is to worship God as king.

The greatest need in our churches is to worship God as king.

The greatest need in every single person's life around us,

our greatest need in the world is to see and behold and revere and worship and follow God as king.

So we pray.

God, today we confess, you are the king of kings.

You're the Lord of Lord Jesus.

You rule and reign over all.

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