1 Kings 20:28 “Because the Arameans think the Lord is a god of the hills and not a god of the valleys, I will deliver this vast army into your hands, and you will know that I am the Lord.” Every morning, I get ready for work and gather all my things. I have some coffee in preparation for the

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I Kings 19:11-12   “So He said, “Go forth and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord was passing by! And a great and strong wind was rending the mountains and breaking in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the

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1 Kings 18:21 “Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions?  If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God follow him.”  But the people said nothing. I love all of my daughters. One of them had some hard times and it all started with

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1 Kings 17:14 “For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the land.’” When I was kid, we used to go hunting with my dad. It was a great time

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1 Kings 15:13 “He even deposed his grandmother Maakah from her position as queen mother, because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah.”   If you are a human then you have a family. Even Jesus, even though he was born of a virgin, had a family. And where we find family, we

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1 Kings 14:23 “They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree.” Many times I have read the Old Testament and wondered what the author was writing about. I will ask questions such as who is Baal? Why is the worship of idols not

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1 Kings 13:33 “Even after this, Jeroboam did not change his evil ways, but once more appointed priests for the high places from all sorts of people. Anyone who wanted to become a priest he consecrated for the high places.” In the book, Lord of Flies, a group of young British boys are stranded on an uninhabited

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1 Kings 12:8 “But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him and served him.” The young kids are in a drug store and all of them want some candy. With their mouth watering they can almost taste the sweet

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1 Kings 11:4 “As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been.” I will bet you have heard of the phrase “blind leading the blind.”  Or the t-shirt that says “I’m with stupid.” In the

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