Turned his heart!

 “But King Solomon loved many foreign women, as well as the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites— from the nations of whom the Lord had said to the children of Israel, “You shall not intermarry with them, nor they with you. Surely they will turn away your hearts after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love. And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart. For it was so, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other gods; and his heart was not loyal to the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David.” I Kings 11:1-4 

Even the wisest will stray if they don’t stay grounded in the Word of  God and obey it! Hard to understand how such a wise man who had everything can make such a stupid mistake! Seems we do the same thing though!

Tom

Pay it!

 “When you make a vow to God, do not delay to pay it; For He has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you have vowed— Better not to vow than to vow and not pay.”

Ecclesiastes 5:4-5

Keep your word to God!! No ifs, ands, or buts! Do what you commit yourself to doing!

Tom

A few characteristics

 “And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.”

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭4‬:‭32‬ ‭

1. Be kind.

2. Tender hearted

3. Forgiving.

God’s word has spoken. Can we say we are all 3? All should be characteristics of a follower of Jesus!

Tom

Praise the Lord!

 “Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! While I live I will praise the Lord; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.”

Psalms 146:1-2 

Yes I will! There is nothing else created worth praise other than Jesus!!!

Tom

Rejoice always!

 “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!”

‭‭Philippians‬ ‭4‬:‭4‬ ‭

Paul had many hardships…beatings, prison, left for dead, shipwrecked, and the list goes on. All of this because he loved Jesus and spoke about Him. Yet Paul could say rejoice in the Lord! Always? 

May we ask ourselves…are we always rejoicing in the Lord? We should be for He has given us everything out of His love for us!

Tom

Foreigners

 “hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, that all peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this temple which I have built is called by Your name.”

I Kings 8:43 

Soloman, when dedicating the great temple of God included Gentiles (foreigners) 

Thank you Lord for remembering those who are not Jews!!! We are grateful!

In his own eyes!

 “Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, But the Lord weighs the hearts.”

Proverbs 21:2 

Most of us tend to think we are right in what we say and do! But if it don’t align with what God says then we are wrong no matter what we think! God truly knows our hearts!

Tom