How to Stop Your World from Spinning

In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the Lord says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.”  ² Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord,  ³ “Remember, Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. ⁴ Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah:  ⁵ “Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will add fifteen years to your life.  ⁶ And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city. ⁷ “‘This is the Lord’s sign to you that the Lord will do what he has promised:  ⁸ I will make the shadow cast by the sun go back the ten steps it has gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had gone down.  Isaiah 38:1-8 (NIV)

to stop my world from SPINNING…

1. I ________ to God __________.

Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord… Isaiah 38:2 (NIV)

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything…⁷ Then you will experience God’s peace…   Philippians 4:6-7 (NLT)

But your heavenly Father already knows perfectly well that you need them, ³³and he will give them to you if you give him first place in your life… Matthew 6:33 (TLB)

2. I ________ For God ____________________.

Remember, Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes. Isaiah 38:3 (NIV)

The Lord watches over everyone who obeys him, and he listens to their prayers. 1 Peter 3:12 (CEV)

The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. James 5:16 (NLT)

“Walking faithfully” is displayed by living…

• ________________________ – “…I have walked before you faithfully…”

• __________________ – “…and with wholehearted devotion…”

• ____________________ – “…and have done what is good in your eyes.”

In all that he did in the service of the Temple of God and in his efforts to follow God’s laws and commands, Hezekiah sought his God wholeheartedly. As a result, he was very successful.  2 Chronicles 31:21 (NLT)

3. i ________ to God __________________.

And Hezekiah wept bitterly. Isaiah 38:3b (NIV)

The Lord said: It isn’t too late. You can still return to me with all your heart. Start crying and mourning…turn back to me with broken hearts. Joel 2:12-13 (CEV)

While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God.  Hebrews 5:7 (NLT)

ISAIAH 38:5 – THE RESULT OF HEZEKIAH’S PRAYER:

• God __________ — I have heard your prayer…
• God ______ — and seen your tears…
• God __________ — I will add fifteen years to your life.
• God’s response brings…

________________ Blessing.

Blessings for those ____________ ____.

And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city. Isaiah 38:6 (NIV)

Blessings for those I __________ yet ________.