What would you have asked for?...  What do you ask for?...  What should you ask for?... 

Think critically! Matthew 16:24-27; Mark 8: 34-38;

Matthew 6: 25-33; 27: 15-26; 26: 36-42; Luke 22: 39-44; Luke 16: 19-31; 23: 32-43  

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Matthew 16:18-19

1 Kings 3:26-28

 Then the woman whose son was living spoke to the king, for she yearned with compassion for her son; and she said, "O my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill him!"  

But the other said, "Let him be neither mine nor yours, but divide him." 

 So the king answered and said, "Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him; she is his mother." 

And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had rendered; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice. 

JOHN 10:1-10

BULLETINS

& SUCH!

1 Kings 10:1-9

Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions. 2 She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels that bore spices, very much gold, and precious stones; and when she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was in her heart. 3 So Solomon answered all her questions; there was nothing so difficult for the king that he could not explain it to her. 4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built, 5 the food on his table, the seating of his servants, the service of his waiters and their apparel, his cupbearers, and his entryway by which he went up to the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her. 6 Then she said to the king: "It was a true report which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom. 7 However I did not believe the words until I came and saw with my own eyes; and indeed the half was not told me. Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame of which I heard. 8 Happy are your men and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom! 9 Blessed be the Lord your God, who delighted in you, setting you on the throne of Israel! Because the Lord has loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, to do justice and righteousness." 

LET'S LISTEN THEN TALK!

1 Kings 3:1-5

Now Solomon made a treaty with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and married Pharaoh's daughter; then he brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall all around Jerusalem.

Meanwhile the people sacrificed at the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the Lord until those days.

And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense at the high places. 

Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place: Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said,

"Ask! What shall I give you?"

ALL

ABOUT  YOU!

Critically Thinking: Paul Acts 17; The wise man house upon the rock; Seek first the kingdom; 2 Cor 6:14-18 the do's; Acts 2; James 2 faith; Qualifications of elders, deacons; Heb 8:5 pattern; thief upon cross; (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Tim 2:15; Acts 4:12; John 12:48); Baptism; My church; Holy Spirit - Indwelling vs Outpouring, Pentecostalism); (Romans 10:17 - Jude 3 - Romans 14:23b)

Not Critically Thinking: Foolish man; count the cost of tower; Servant who didn't pass on forgiving debts;  2 Cor 6:14-18 The don'ts; Ananias and Sapphira; Worshipping  Spirit Truth; Romans 1;  Satan; Ephesians 4:4-6

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you say, "I have no pleasure in them": 

Ecclesiastes 12:6-7

Remember your Creator before the silver cord is loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher shattered at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the well. Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

DIRECTIONS THEREABOUTS!

Hebrews 5:12-14

For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. 14 But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. 

THE LORD'S

DAY!

WE ARE AN OPEN BOOK!  JOHN 20:30-31; 21:25

GET

IN TOUCH!

1 Kings 3:23-25

And the king said, "The one says, 'This is my son, who lives, and your son is the dead one'; and the other says, 'No! But your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.'" 24 Then the king said, "Bring me a sword." So they brought a sword before the king. 25 And the king said, "Divide the living child in two, and give half to one, and half to the other."

1 Kings 3:10-14

The speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.

Then God said to him: "Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked long life for yourself, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice,

Behold, I have done according to your words; see, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has not been anyone like you before you, nor shall any like you arise after you.

And I have also given you

what you have not asked:

Both riches and honor, so that there shall not be anyone like you among the kings all your days. 14 So if you walk in My ways, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.

1 Kings 3:23-25

And the king said, "The one says, 'This is my son, who lives, and your son is the dead one'; and the other says, 'No! But your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.'" 24 Then the king said, "Bring me a sword." So they brought a sword before the king. 25 And the king said, "Divide the living child in two, and give half to one, and half to the other."

TO AN OPEN DOOR!  ​LUKE 13:23-24

HOME

AT LAST!

Ecclesiastes 12:9-14

The Whole of Man

And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yes, he pondered and sought out and set in order many proverbs. 10 The Preacher sought to find acceptable words; and what was written was upright — words of truth. 11 The words of the wise are like goads, and the words of scholars are like well-driven nails, given by one Shepherd. 12 And further, my son, be admonished by these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is wearisome to the flesh. 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:

Fear God and keep His commandments
For this is man's all (the whole of man)

 
For God will bring every work into judgment
Including every secret thing
Whether good or evil

AT 

YOUR SERVICE!

YOUR PLACE

TOO!

SCRIPTORIALS

& THEN SOME!

ABOUT 

THE REST!

1 Kings 3:16-21

Now two women who were harlots came to the king, and stood before him. 17 And one woman said, "O my lord, this woman and I dwell in the same house; and I gave birth while she was in the house.

Then it happened, the third day after I had given birth, that this woman also gave birth. And we were together; no one was with us in the house, except the two of us in the house. And this woman's son died in the night, because she lay on him.

So she arose in the middle of the night and took my son from my side, while your maidservant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

And when I rose in the morning to nurse my son, there he was, dead. But when I had examined him in the morning, indeed, he was not my son whom I had borne."

Then the other woman said, "No! But the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son." 

And the first woman said, "No! But the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son." 

Thus they spoke before the king.

1 Kings 3:6-9

And Solomon said: "You have shown great mercy to Your servant David my father, because he walked before You in truth, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with You; You have continued this great kindness for him, and You have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

Now, O Lord my God, You have made Your servant king instead of my father David,

but I am a little child

I do not know how to go out or come in

And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people, too numerous to be numbered or counted.

Therefore give to Your servant

an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?"

ABOUT

US!

1 Kings 4:29-34

And God gave Solomon wisdom and exceedingly great understanding, and largeness of heart like the sand on the seashore. 30 Thus Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the men of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 For he was wiser than all men — than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the surrounding nations. 32 He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were one thousand and five. 33 Also he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree of Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish. 34 And men of all nations, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom, came to hear the wisdom of Solomon.