How Rich Was Solomon?
on March 14th, 2023
Each year Solomon received about 25 tons of gold. This did not include the additional revenue he received from merchants and traders, all the kings of Arabia, and the governors of the land.King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold, each weighing more than fifteen pounds. He also made 300 smaller shields of hammered gold, each weighing nearly four pounds. The king placed these shields in... Read More
May Your Life Evoke Praises For God
on March 13th, 2023
When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relationship to the LORD, she came to test Solomon with hard questions. Arriving at Jerusalem with a very great caravan -- with camels carrying spices, large quantities of gold, and precious stones . . . Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too hard for the king to explain to her. When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom... Read More
How Is The Promise Fulfilled and Maintained?
on March 12th, 2023
When Solomon had finished building the temple of the LORD . . . the LORD appeared to him a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon. The LORD said to him:"I have heard the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple which you have built, by putting my Name there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there."As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with... Read More
Dedicate Your Blessings Back To God
on March 10th, 2023
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven and said:"LORD, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below -- you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way. You have kept your promise to your servant David my father: with your mouth you hav... Read More
May You Be Filled With The Glory of God
on March 9th, 2023
Then KIng Solomon summoned into his presence at Jerusalem the elders of Israel . . . to bring up the ark of the LORD's covenant from Zion, the City of David . . .and King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel that had gathered about him were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and cattle that they could not be recorded or counted. The priests then brought the ark of the LORD's covenant t... Read More
It's About Obedience; Not The Building.
on March 8th, 2023
In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites came out of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel . . . he began to build the temple of the LORD.. . . The word of the LORD came to Solomon: "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 ... Read More
The Vision Will Be Fulfilled
on March 7th, 2023
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. Solomon sent back this message to Hiram:"You know that because of the wars waged against my father David from all sides, he could not build a temple for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD put his enemies unde... Read More
Not too Long; Not too Long
on March 6th, 2023
How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever?How long will you hide your face from me?How long must I wrestle with my thoughtsAnd day after day have sorrow in my heart?How long will my enemy triumph over me?Look on me and answer, LORD my God.Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,And my enemy will say, “I have overcome him..”And my foes will rejoice when I fall.But I trust in your unfailing... Read More
When What Is Vile is Honored
on March 5th, 2023
Help, LORD, for no one is faithful anymore;Those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.Everyone lies to their neighbor; They flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts…You LORD, will keep the needy safe and will protect us forever from the wicked, Who freely strut about when what is vile is honored by the human race.Psalm 12:1-2;7-8 (NIV) Hardly a week goes by these day... Read More
What Can The Righteous Do?
on March 4th, 2023
In the LORD I take refuge.How then can you say to me:“Flee like a bird to your mountain.For look, the wicked bend their bows;They set their arrows against the stringsTo shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.When the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”The LORD is in his holy temple;The LORD is on his heavenly throneHe observes everyone on earth…On the wicked he will rain... Read More
Cry Out to God Against the Wicked
on March 3rd, 2023
In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,Who are caught in the schemes he devises...Arise, O LORD! Lift up your hand, O God.Do not forget the helpless.Why does the wicked man revile God?Why does he say to himself, “He won’t call me to account”?But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted;You consider their grief and take it in hand.The victims commit themselves to you;You are the help... Read More
Take Some Time to Praise God
on March 2nd, 2023
LORD, our LORD, how majestic is your name in all the earth!You have set your glory in the heavens.Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,What is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings t... Read More