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Need to Be Thankful: 1 Kings 6:12 and 2 Samuel 7:10
““As for this temple you are building, if you follow my decrees, observe my laws and keep all my commands and obey them, I will fulfill through you the promise I gave to David your father.” – 1 Kings 6:12 NIV God is telling Solomon that now that the temple is finished, it still can
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Week 6: February 5 – February 11, 2023
This week on my journey towards eldership, I have grown in my relationship with work. I have dedicated a lot of time to academy work and have grown in my ability to discipline myself into doing work even when I did not want to. This, however, has not yielded perfect results as with all of
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God Provides: 1 Kings 5:1, 10, 12
“When Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king to succeed his father David, he sent his envoys to Solomon, because he had always been on friendly terms with David. In this way Hiram kept Solomon supplied with all the cedar and juniper logs he wanted, The Lord gave Solomon wisdom, just
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Truth From The Source: 1 Kings 4:33
“He spoke about plant life, from the cedar of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of walls. He also spoke about animals and birds, reptiles and fish.” – 1 Kings 4:33 NIV Since Solomon got his information from God himself, it is accurate. In fact, because of that, if you could compare his information
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The Image of God: 1 Kings 3:28 and Genesis 1:27
Firstly, I’d like to give a quick lesson on the image of God: Human being are made in the image of God. “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” – Genesis 1:27 NIV Being made in the image of God
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A Godly Prayer: 1 Kings 3:11
“So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice,” – 1 Kings 3:11 NIV We can see from the verse Solomon was granted his request based on the reason
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Don’t Get it Twisted: 1 Kings 2:15 and Isaiah 5:20
““As you know,” he said, “the kingdom was mine. All Israel looked to me as their king. But things changed, and the kingdom has gone to my brother; for it has come to him from the Lord.” – 1 Kings 2:15 NIV This is genuinely a hilarious statement. We can see from 1 Kings 1
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