Tag: life
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Gathered and Separated
31“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he [Jesus] will sit on his glorious throne. 32All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33He will put the sheep on his right…
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Learning from the Magi
1Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, 2saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”–Matthew 2 The magi will teach us something…
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Jezebel or Obadiah
Now the famine was severe in Samaria, 3and Ahab had summoned Obadiah, his palace administrator. (Obadiah was a devout believer in the Lord. 4While Jezebel was killing off the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them in two caves, fifty in each, and had supplied them with food and water.)–1 Kings 18
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Elijah, Ahab, and a Drought
1Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.”–1 Kings 17
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Ahab and Demon Worship
29In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria over Israel twenty-two years. 30Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the eyes of the Lord than any of those before him. 31He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of…
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The Queen of Sheba
1When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relationship to the Lord, she came to test Solomon with hard questions…3Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too hard for the king to explain to her. …9Praise be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on the throne of…
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Solomon’s Math
1It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his palace. 2He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty wide and thirty high…1 Kings 7 The temple that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty wide and thirty high…He had spent seven years building it. (1…
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Samson and Solomon
29God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore. 30Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East, and greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.–1 Kings 4 17Then Manoah inquired of the angel of the Lord, “What is your…
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A Heart of Understanding
9So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?”–1 Kings 3 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. (Deuteronomy 6:4)
Joel M Bradshaw 