Therefore the LORD said to Solomon, “Since this has been your practice and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes that I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you and will give it to your servant.” 1 Kings 11:11 Even though I knew the potential consequences of my addictive…
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And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods. But he did not keep what the LORD commanded. 1 Kings 11:9-10 Both of…
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And so he did for all his foreign wives, who made offerings and sacrificed to their gods. 1 Kings 11:8 Occasionally, while working with someone struggling with alcohol, I’ll encounter a spouse who refuses to remove alcohol from the house. During the discussion of how the alcoholic must cut alcohol out of his or her…
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He had 700 wives, who were princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart. 1 Kings 11:3 If you read my blog regularly, you know that I write a lot about our self-destructive appetites. The problem with those appetites – whether those appetites are for food, chemicals, or money – doesn’t lie…
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And the whole earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind. 1 Kings 10:24 While in treatment, which was the first time in a long time that my brain had been free from drugs, my mind began to work again. As I turned my thoughts towards…
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And she said to the king, “The report was true that I heard in my own land of your words and of your wisdom, but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not told me. Your wisdom and prosperity surpass the…
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Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples. And this house will become a heap of ruins. Everyone passing by it will be astonished and will hiss, and they will say, “Why has the LORD done thus to this land and to this house?” 1 Kings 9:7-8 Whenever I hear about the…
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But if you turn aside from following me, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes that I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them . . . 1 Kings…
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Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD. 1 Kings 8:63 Far from being a perfect father, I made more than my share of mistakes while my kids were growing up. Early on though, I…
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Let your heart therefore be wholly true to the LORD our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day. 1 Kings 8:61 Most of us, as teenagers, experienced infatuation in some relationship. We had overwhelming emotions that dictated our reality. . . until those emotions just wore off. Then, for…
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