As you know, Tony and Mary DeKoter live and work in Haiti with Quisqueya Christian School (QCS) in Port au Prince. We have word that Tony is ok, Mary is in the States right now. The following comments were made by Els Vervloet who works at QCS. Please keep all of Haiti in your prayers….
Author: Norm
a lamp still burns
SCRIPTURE: 1 Kings 15 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Nevertheless, for David’s sake the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by making Jerusalem strong. [1 Kings 15:4] Again and again we hear that, for David’s sake, God always keeps hope alive for a better future – a lamp in Jerusalem. This…
unwilling
SCRIPTURE: 1 Kings 14 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Judah did evil in the eyes of the LORD. By the sins they committed they stirred up his jealous anger more than their fathers had done. [1 Kings 14:22] Today’s reading gives a picture of things going from bad to worse, and God’s judgment against the people. I think it is helpful to remember…
warning
SCRIPTURE: 1 Kings 13 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Most of the time I can find something in the passage that connects, through which the Lord places a message in my heart. Most of the time I can find a connection to Jesus. But I am having a hard time today. Yes, when the Lord tells us to say or do…
how much more!
January 10, 2010 SCRIPTURE: 1 Kings 12 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The king answered the people harshly. Rejecting the advice given him by the elders, he followed the advice of the young men and said, “My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions. [1 Kings 12:13-14]…
the fruit God desires
SCRIPTURE: 1 Kings 11 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. [Matthew 21:43] This chapter shows both God’s justice and mercy. Solomon’s sin results in the eventual breakdown of Solomon’s kingdom. But the kingdom is not totally destroyed –…
money, sex, power
SCRIPTURE: 1 Kings 10 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions. [Luke 12:15] Jesus’ warning was one piece of wisdom Solomon forgot. This chapter sets the stage for the fall that follows. We see his great success, fame and power, yet…
FOREVER
SCRIPTURE: 1 Kings 9 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: As for you, if you walk before me in integrity of heart and uprightness, as David your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws, I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, `You shall never fail…
celebrating God in me!
SCRIPTURE: 1 Kings 8 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: But will God really dwell on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built! [1 Kings 8:27] God cannot be contained by a temple, Solomon knows this. But he also knows that God chooses to reveal Himself powerfully, and personally, through His covenant bond…
God’s splendour and ours
SCRIPTURE: 1 Kings 7 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labour or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was dressed like one of these. [Matthew 6:28-29] Solomon in all his splendour! When I read 1 Kings 7, I am struck…