Tag - 1 Kings

He’s Here

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 1 Kings 8:11 And the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled his temple. O-bservation: When King Solomon had finished building the temple, he instructed the priests to bring the Ark of the Covenant into the Holy of Holies. The Ark housed the presence of the Lord. When they did, a cloud descended into the place so that the priests had to move back because of the presence of the Lord. In that instance, all of them knew ... "He's Here." A-pplication: In the next verse,...

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Once Again, God Keeps His Promises

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 1 Kings 4:20 The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore; they ate, they drank and they were happy. O-bservation: Here is the fulfillment of the promise God made to Abraham in Genesis 22:17. God told Abraham that one day His descendants would be as numerous as the sand on the seashore. A-pplication: It took some 1,200 years for this promise made to Abraham, by God, to come to pass. But "Once Again God Keeps His Promises." What is it you're believing for? What is it that you've been...

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First Pray

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 1 Kings 22:5 But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “First seek the counsel of the Lord.” O-bservation: Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, visited the king of Israel, whose name was Ahab. When he arrived, Ahab asked Jehoshaphat to join his army so the two of them could go after the king of Aram and take back Ramoth-Gilead, which Ahab claimed was rightfully theirs anyway. Jehoshaphat agreed. However, he told Ahab, “We must First Pray!” A-pplication: In the story, Ahab was not a man of God, and Jehoshaphat certainly was a man of God....

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Never Limit The Lord

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 1 Kings 20:28 The man of God came up and told the king of Israel, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because the Arameans think the Lord is a god of the hills and not a god of the valleys, I will deliver this vast army into your hands, and you will know that I am the Lord.’” O-bservation: This story spans a full season of warring nations, where Israel had defeated the Arameans the year before, and now the following year, the same Arameans had regrouped and had a new battle plan. Their...

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Who Are You Raising Up?

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 1 Kings 19:19a So Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. O-bservation: This is a very revealing passage of scripture. Elijah had just called down fire on the prophets of Baal and had them killed. Ahab, the King of Israel, went and told his wife Jezebel what Elijah had done. Jezebel swore she would kill Elijah. When Elijah heard this, he was so scared he ran for his life and hid in a cave. God came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” (vs. 9). Elijah told the...

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