Leading Through Crisis
2 Chronicles 20
I. Check your attitude – so that it too does not end up out of control
Verses 1-3
After this, the Moabites and Ammonites with some of the Meunites came to make war on Jehoshaphat. 2 Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, "A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from the other side of the Sea. It is already in Hazazon Tamar" (that is, En Gedi). 3 Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah.
II. Reinforce your spiritual disciples.
Verses 3-4
3 Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the Lord , and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah. 4 The people of Judah came together to seek help from the Lord ; indeed, they came from every town in Judah to seek him.
III. Don’t forget you are setting an example.
5 Then Jehoshaphat stood up in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem at the temple of the Lord in the front of the new courtyard
Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone. Colossians 4:6 NLT
IV. In Crisis – prayer is where you gain your edge.
6 and said: "O Lord , God of our fathers, are you not the God who is in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. Power and might are in your hand, and no one can withstand you.