1 Kings
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Who Will You Listen To?
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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Led Astray
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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The Right People
1 Kings 9: 20-23 “There were still people left from the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites (these peoples were not Israelites). Solomon conscripted the descendants of all these peoples remaining in the land—whom the Israelites could not exterminate—to serve as slave labor, as it is to this day. But Solomon did not make slaves of any of the Israelites; they were…
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The History of Solomon’s Temple
1 Kings 6:1 “In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites came out of Egypt…he began to build the temple.” I love sitting down with my relatives who are older than I am. I love getting to hear their stories of life and how different things are now. My wife’s great aunts all grew up…
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What Should I Ask For?
1 Kings 3:7-9 “Now, Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties. Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or number. So give your servant a discerning heart…
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Cleaning House
1 Kings 2:12 “So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his rule was firmly established.” Solomon cleans house. My brother and I were rebuilding an engine back in the day. We had already replaced most of parts and it came time to put the oil pan and the valve covers back…
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Exalting Yourself
1 Kings 1:5 “Now Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith, put himself forward and said “I will be king”.” In today’s world, we elect nearly every official in government. We have been given a special gift that we get to elect our officials and they don’t hold office for a lifetime. This was not the way…
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Blinded to Sin
1 Kings 11:11-14 “So the Lord said to Solomon, “Since this is your attitude and you have not kept my covenant and my decrees, which I commanded you, I will most certainly tear the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your subordinates. Nevertheless, for the sake of David your father, I will not do it during your…
Let It Go 