The Lottery Ticket Lady
The lady rushing to buy her lottery ticket was not expecting this! Christian, you’re more rich than you know. […]
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November 4, 2024 — In Addition
When it all crumbles around and within, hallelujah for the faithfulness of God’s faithfulness. 1The Lord is so fair. If you knew how badly this king would end, leading your people into gross idolatry, would you still offer your help in advance? What seems to be hypothetical in 2 Chronicles 7:19-20—“IF you turn away and […]
Resouled
The Guicciardinis are one of the oldest and most renowned families of Florence, dating back to the 1200s. Many of them held prominent positions in the Florentine Republic as scholars and historians through the centuries. But Pietro, born in a palace, would prove the adage that God often uses little to accomplish much, being won […]
November 1, 2024 — The Lord Appears Again
Here is the watershed in every life: “if you walk before Me” or “if you turn away” (2 Chron 7:17, 19). God not only hears our prayers, but He answers, too—in this case, 13 years later! Solomon had emphasized the keeping power of God. Thankfully He keeps both His “covenant and mercy” (2 Chron 6:14). That is, when we obey Him, […]
You’ll Get A Charge Out Of This
My daughter Moira and I were chatting recently. Music is her native language. She told me an amazing fact—how flowers sing to bees! Let me share it with you. Springtime, after all, is busy bee time. In the Oct 28, 2022 edition of Smithsonian magazine, Sarah Kuta tells about Ellard Hunting and fellow researchers at […]
October 31, 2024 — Dedicating The House
In worship, it’s better to have heart without words than words without heart. But why not both? The climax of Solomon’s prayer is an invitation from a little man on a little planet that’s like a grain of sand on the shore of trackless space. The God of whom he said, “Behold, heaven and the heaven […]
October 30, 2024 — The Father’s House
“I dwell in the high and holy place, with him who has a contrite and humble spirit” (Isa 57:15). At the heart of Solomon’s prayer were two main ideas: the imminence and preeminence of God. These are expressed in the two “locations,” so to speak, of God: “may You hear the supplications of Your servant and of […]
Episode 39: The Levitical Offerings — The Sin Offering
October 29, 2024 — Solomon’s Prayer Of Dedication
“Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance, but laying hold of His willingness.” —Martin Luther Apart from the prayer of rededication in Nehemiah 9, this prayer of dedication by Solomon is the longest recorded prayer in the Bible. We see immediately that engaging with the Lord in true prayer is, at the same time, both elevating and […]
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