The Danger of Self-Reliance | The Writings | 2 Chronicles 14-16

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🗓️ 21 March 2024

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Are you overconfident? How quick are you to turn to God when things are hard? What about when things are good? Patrick uses 2 Chronicles 14-16 to warn against self-reliance and encourage you toward a God-reliance. Sign up here to receive the "Our Good King" Holy Week Devotional beginning on Palm Sunday, March 23rd, 2024. Read the Bible with us in 2024! This year, we’re tackling a group of Old Testament books traditionally known as “The Writings”— Psalms, Chronicles, Proverbs, Daniel, Ruth and more! Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter@TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: 2 Chronicles 14-16

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks.
0:05.0	Where we connect the Bible to your life,
0:09.0	in the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.0	I'm Patrick Miller.
0:14.0	My son can barely reach the water spigot in our refrigerator.
0:17.0	At first I thought that this was great because he could get his own water
0:20.0	and that would save me tons of time walking from place to place every single time that he was thirsty.
0:25.6	That's the upside, but there is a downside.
0:28.2	The downside is that he can't see when the cup is full.
0:31.7	And so overflows aren't that uncommon. It means that even though he doesn't need me to fill his cup, I still have to walk there every single time he fills it up so that I can let him know when the cup is full so that he doesn't overflow
0:44.4	it and pour it on top of himself. If you're a parent nothing about what I'm saying
0:48.9	is surprising. Even at their most independent, children really are dependent.
0:53.8	They need help.
0:54.8	I've often wondered if this is something of what the Bible intends for us to think about
0:59.5	when it challenges us to call God our father.
1:03.0	It's not merely that we're a part of his covenantal family
1:06.2	and that we've taken on his covenantal family name
1:09.1	and that we've been invited into the covenantal family business. It's also that we're a lot like four-year-olds in his presence.
1:16.0	Often we're overconfident about what we can do and we end up overflowing our cups in the process.
1:21.0	We're a lot like four-year-olds, even at our most independent, we're still deeply dependent
1:26.5	on him.
1:27.9	Of course, there's times when my son knows that he needs my help, when he's heard or when
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