The Danger of Forgetting God

Series: Transitions in the Kingdom of Israel

Pastor: Raymond Smith

Tuesday Evening

Date: 25th November 2025

Passages:

• Deuteronomy 8:11-14
• 2 Kings 19:35
• 2 Kings 20:12-13
• 2 Chronicles 29:2
• 2 Chronicles 32:24-26
• 2 Chronicles 32:31-32
• Psalm 1:1-150:6
• Proverbs 4:20-23
• Proverbs 16:18-19
• Isaiah 37:7
• Romans 12:3
• 1 John 2:14-16

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Hezekiah faced a turning point when God exposed the pride that grew after a season of blessing and victory. Success attracts flattery and pride can easily twist a heart that once sought the Lord. Pride can creep in slowly, yet it shapes choices, responses, and the way someone views what God has given them.

God often will allow a test to bring hidden motives into the open and reveal how quickly we drift into self-confidence. Hezekiah's fall remind us that every blessing comes from God and that guarding the heart matters far more than protecting achievements.