Category Archives: 1Kings

To Be Faithful Amidst the Fullness

It kills me to read 1Kings 11. Maybe, if he had had a lot less money, he could have afforded a lot less wives. Perhaps if he had a little less to possess he wouldn’t have become so bored with … Continue reading

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He Hears In Heaven!

Lot of praying going on. Talking to the Lord every day about what’s going on in our lives. Interceding for babies to be born healthy. Asking for wisdom in matters of direction for the body of Christ. Petitioning on behalf … Continue reading

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The Grace Available . . . The Glory to be Revealed

Double dose of fulfilled promise this morning. One from the Old Testament, the other from the New. Both concerning the same promise–God’s promise to David that He would “raise up your offspring after you, . . . establish his kingdom. … Continue reading

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Limping Along

It really wasn’t about wicked king Ahab or his prophets of Baal. Nor was it about a showdown on Mt. Carmel. It wasn’t even about fire from heaven. As I’m reading 1Kings 18 this morning, I’m reminded it was about … Continue reading

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Making God Angry

In a conversation with a friend earlier this week, he reminded me that we tend to classify sin. All sin is bad, sure. But some sin, based on the response of many, is REALLY bad . . . way worse … Continue reading

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A Dinner Invitation

In many ways it’s kind of a confusing story. Not the part about the man of God sent to King Jeroboam to pronounce judgment on the king for his idolatrous leadership of the northern kingdom. That part’s pretty clear. The … Continue reading

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More Than We Could Ask or Deserved

It must be one of the best known encounters between a man and God in the Old Testament. And, it must be one of the most inspirational. God appears to the newly crowned king, Solomon, in a dream and says, … Continue reading

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The Power of Repentance

I read it and I did a double take . . . and so, I read it again.  Unbelievable.  You wouldn’t have naturally thought it possible given the clear testimony of Scripture  . . . “there was none who sold himself … Continue reading

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Turning Hearts Back

Put me in a word association situation and give me “Mt. Carmel” and I don’t think I’d come back with “grace” as the first thing that pops into my head. You might get “Elijah” . . . or “awesome display … Continue reading

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The Wonder of Regeneration

It would be almost comical if the situation weren’t so tragic. As it is, it’s almost unbelievable that someone could have had such an encounter of the divine kind as did Jeroboam, and yet be so dense as to the … Continue reading

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