by Steve Thomason | Apr 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
1 Kings 19:1-18 Do you ever feel discouraged? Do you ever feel like living in the Kingdom of God is not as fun as you thought it would be when you signed up? Here you are “pressing on for the goal,” living according to God’s standards, pouring your heart...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
1 Kings 12:25-33 The key to this passage and today’s thought is found in vv. 25-27. Let’s try to see this situation from Jeroboam’s perspective. Jeroboam was one of Solomon’s officials who was well respected by the king and placed in a position of power in the...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
1 Kings 10:14-11:13; 14:25-28 Today we come to the crescendo (or the deafening crash) of Solomon’s story. For the past two days we have been focusing on the positive aspects of God’s blessing. Today we see the other side of the equation. God warned Solomon, very...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
1 Kings 8:10-13; 9:1-9 Solomon’s Temple is one of the wonders of the ancient world. It was a magnificent structure whose brilliant gold and white facade took one’s breath away. People would literally travel from all over the world to marvel at it. In today’s passage...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
1 Kings 4:29-34 In the 1990’s a book written by Bruce Wilkinson swept the nation. It was titled The Prayer of Jabez. In that book Bruce challenged Christians to step out in radical faith and to tear off the ceilings of limitations that they had placed on themselves...
