20/07/2026
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THEME: WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE?
SCRIPTURE: 2 Kings 20vs1-6
✓In the journey of life, we are going to face challenges but what determines a man's destiny is how he responds to challenge us.
✓What is your response? When you first problems, when you first challenges, when you first sickness, when you receive a negative report, when you receive bad news, when people talk against you, when men rise up against you, when your family and friends reject you what is your response?
✓How you respond to situations determines where you are going. Life will not give you what you want but it will give you what you fight for by how you respond.
✓Church, every word from God demands a response. Every situation in life demands a response. The question is not whether God will speak or whether storms will come. The question is: WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE?
✓Hezekiah got the worst news a man could get: _“Set your house in order, you will die.”_ But his response changed the verdict of heaven.
Let’s break it down:
1. YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE TO TURN TO GOD, NOT AWAY FROM GOD
2 Kings 20vs2“Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord.”
✓The first place Hezekiah went was not to doctors, not to friends, not to panic. He turned to the wall, a place of privacy and to God.
✓When you get bad news, your first response reveals what you truly believe.
Many people turn to complaint, fear, or people. But champions turn to God first.
Psalm 34vs15 “The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.”
James 5vs13 “Is any among you afflicted? let him pray.”
✓When pressure comes, turn your face to the wall and your heart to God.
2. YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE AN HONEST PRAYER BACKED BY YOUR WALK WITH GOD
2 Kings 20vs3 “I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart...”
✓Hezekiah didn’t beg with empty words. He reminded God of his walk, his integrity, his service. His tears were not manipulation. They were the cry of a man who had served God faithfully.
✓God is not moved by noise. He is moved by relationship. Your history with God becomes your argument in prayer.
Psalm 116vs1-2 “I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.”
Isaiah 38vs3 “Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth.”
✓Live in such a way that you can boldly remind God of your walk with Him. Integrity gives weight to your prayers.
3. YOUR RESPONSE WILL MOVE THE HEART OF GOD AND CHANGE THE WORD
2 Kings 20vs5-6 “I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee... and I will add unto thy days fifteen years.”
✓Before Isaiah left the palace, God sent him back. Why? Because of one man’s response.
Prayer didn’t just comfort Hezekiah. It reversed a divine decree. Tears didn’t make God weak. They moved God’s mercy.
✓Your response has power. The same God who said “you will die” said “I will add 15 years.” What God said yesterday can change by how you respond today.
Exodus 32:14 “And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.” Moses’ intercession changed God’s sentence.
Jeremiah 18vs7-8 “At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation... if that nation turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil.”
✓Don’t accept a final verdict until you have responded in prayer. God still answers.
4. YOUR RESPONSE DETERMINES YOUR INCREASE AND YOUR ASSIGNMENT
God didn’t just heal Hezekiah. He added years. He added purpose. He added influence.
✓When you respond rightly, God doesn’t just fix the problem, He increases you. Psalm 67vs5-7 says “Let the people praise thee... then shall the earth yield her increase.” Praise and prayer are responses that unlock increase.
Proverbs 3vs5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart... and he shall direct thy paths.”
John 11vs40 “Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?” Jesus asked Martha for a response: believe.
📌CONCLUSION & ALTAR CALL
Hezekiah teaches us 3 things:
1. Turn to God first – not fear, not people.
2. Pray honestly from a place of relationship – God remembers your walk.
3. Expect God to respond – your tears and prayers are seen.
The word has come to you today. Maybe it’s a medical report, a financial report, a family report. What is your response?
Will you panic, or will you pray?
Will you murmur, or will you magnify God?
Will you quit, or will you cry out?
📌DECLARATION:
I declare that my response will provoke heaven on my behalf.
As I turn to God, He will turn to me.
As I pray, He hears. As I weep, He sees.
And because of my response, God will add to my days, add to my health, add to my family, and add to my destiny.
I will not die but live to declare the works of the Lord!
By Goodluck Paul Mumba
ORACLE OF CHRIST