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BROKEN-DOWN ALTAR

“Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So, all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down.” ~ I Kings 18:30   REFERENCE: I Kings 18:20-39   Israel was in a famine that lasted for three years. It had not rained, and the nation was in dire desperation. Rain represents the nourishment of the earth, refreshing, cleansing, renewal, and fruitfulness. The lack of rainfall in Israel’s agrarian (farming) society was bad for the people. They looked upward for a remedy, but the solution to the problem would...
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WHEN SUCCESS LOOKS EASY

“Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him went out through all the surrounding region.” ~ Luke 4:14   REFERENCE: Luke 4:1-15   Have you seen professionals at their game, work, or art? They make it look easy. Ronaldo and Messi make scoring goals in football look easy, Israel Adesanya makes mixed martial arts look easy, Lebron James makes playing basketball look easy, and several other musicians, authors, actors, preachers, scientists, etc., who excel in their vocation make success look easy. Some people seem born to be successful, make money, or excel in all...
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STRENGTH IN WEAKNESS

“Therefore, I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” ­~ II Corinthians 12:10   REFERENCE: II Corinthians 12:9-10   If you can’t find any weakness, ‘disability,’ disadvantage, or flaw in your life, then maybe you are not human; you are a robot, perhaps. We all have an area of our lives that we wish was better, stronger, more beautiful, or better developed. Some desire to be taller, others to look better, be more intelligent, or wish they had a better family background. However, life...
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IF YOUR HEART IS WISE

“My son, if your heart is wise, my heart will rejoice – indeed, I myself.” ~ Proverb 23:15   REFERENCE: Proverbs 23:15-16   Our focus verse captures a father’s earnest desire for his son; he expresses the joy he would feel if his son became wise of heart. Why would this be important to the father? It is because wisdom is the principal thing. Solomon said in Ecclesiastes 8:1, “There’s nothing better than being wise, knowing how to interpret the meaning of life. Wisdom puts light in the eyes and gives gentleness to words and manners.” God, our Father, will rejoice if...
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BEHOLD THE LAMB

“…Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” – John 1:29b   REFERENCE: John 1:29-34 The Baptist’s statement, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world!” calls us to take a close look at Jesus and discover Him in His fulness as God’s answer to everything that plagues man and the hope he desires. John saw Him as a sacrificial lamb because of His mission to be our substitute at the executioner’s post, dying for our sins. Several prophets and saints beheld Him and spoke glowingly about Him. Today, behold...
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HIDDEN IN THE BEDROOM

"But Jehosheba…sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who were being murdered; and they hid him and his nurse in the bedroom, from Athaliah, so that he was not killed." ~ II Kings 11:2   REFERENCE: II Kings 11:1-12   It was a chaotic time in Israel; judgment came because of the sins of Ahab's house. God used Jehu to execute His judgment on Ahab's sons. Having killed them, including Ahaziah, Athaliah's son, she vowed to kill every son in the royal line so she could reign unchallenged. Joash was...
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YOU SHALL NOT KILL THEM

"Now when the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, "My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?" But he answered, "You shall not kill them…" ~ II Kings 6:21-22a   REFERENCE: II Kings 6:13-23   The default mode of many believers is that God must kill enemies. You hear them saying, "Die, die," when praying about a person(s) they perceive as an enemy. However, our real enemy is the devil; he always wants us to focus on the people around us, terming them as enemies. Give a dog a bad name, and you can hang it....
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QUALIFIED IN THE QUARRY

"And the temple, when it was being built, was built with stone finished at the quarry so that no hammer or chisel or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built." ~ I kings 6:7   Reference: 1 Kings 6:1-7   In the 6th century, Solomon's Temple was called one of the seven wonders of the ancient world (Wikipedia). Its magnificence was such that people came from all over the world to see it. It was the pride of Israel, and it housed the Ark of Covenant, which signified the presence of God. Solomon used the...
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WORSHIP IN THE WILDERNESS

“Then it happened, when the musician played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him. And he said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Make this valley full of ditches.’ For thus says the Lord: ‘You shall not see wind, nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water….” ~ II Kings 3:15-18   REFERENCE:  II Kings 3:8-20   The kings of Israel and Judah, Jehoram and Jehoshaphat, allied to fight against the Moabites to crush their rebellion. After a session of military strategy and projection, they concluded that they would make an incursion on Moab through the...
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A.S.K.

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you." ~ Matthew 7:7   REFERENCE: Matthew 7:7-11   God extends an invitation and a blank check to us in this verse. It is an invitation to come to God in prayers and supplication; it is a blank check because there are no restrictions to what we can pray for. The strength of the invitation to prayer is in the acronym, 'A.S.K.' 'A' for ask, 'S' for seek, and 'K' for knock. The acronym captures what God expects us to do in prayers...
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