Lessons on Living from Solomon A GENTLE SPIRIT

1 KINGS 1:33 The king also said to them, “Take with you the servants of your lord, and have Solomon my son ride on my own mule, and take him down to Gihon.” Richard Weaver earned his living in the mines, but his higher priority was bringing others to Christ....

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Lessons on Living from Solomon FRIENDS WHO FAIL

1 KINGS 1:7 Then he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they followed and helped Adonijah. Aristotle claimed that a friend is “one soul dwelling in two bodies.” Others have defined a friend as “a person who knows all about us and still...

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Lessons on Living from Solomon THE WOULD-BE KING

1 KINGS 1:5 Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king”; and he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. Self-centeredness keeps us from truly caring about others. One of the saddest characters in American literature is Willy Loman...

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Lessons on Living from Elijah IN HIS STEPS

2 KINGS 2:14 Then he took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and struck the water, and said, “Where is the Lord God of Elijah?” And when he also had struck the water, it was divided this way and that; and Elisha crossed over. Someone once said,...

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Lessons on Living from Elijah STEP-BY-STEP

2 KINGS 2:1-2 And it came to pass, when the Lord was about to take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. Then Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, please, for the Lord has sent me on to Bethel.” And Elisha said, “As...

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Lessons on Living from Elijah IS THERE NO GOD?

2 KINGS 1:2-3 Now Ahaziah fell through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria, and was injured; so he sent messengers and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this injury.” But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah...

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Lessons on Living from Elijah BLESSED ENEMY

1 KINGS 21:20-22 Then Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” And he answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the Lord: ‘Behold, I will bring calamity on you. I will take away your posterity, and...

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