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  1. August 21 - The Fire of God

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    08/21/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    אשׁ - [Elijah said], "You call upon the name of your god, and I will call upon the name of the Lord, and the God who answers by fire, he is God.” And all the people answered, “It is well spoken.” 1 KINGS 18:24
    August 21 - The Fire of God

  2. August 20 - The Sidonian Widow

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    08/20/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    אלמנה - Then the word of the Lord came to [Elijah], “Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you.” 1 KINGS 17:8–9
    August 20 - The Sidonian Widow

  3. August 19 - Dry Hand, Hard Face

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    08/19/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    חלה - And the king said to the man of God, “Entreat now the favor of the Lord your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.” And the man of God entreated the Lord, and the king's hand was restored to him and became as it was before. 1 KINGS 13:6
    August 19 - Dry Hand, Hard Face

  4. August 18 - Unwise Counsel

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    08/18/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    יעץ - So [Jeroboam] took counsel and made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, “You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” And he set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan. 1 KINGS 12:28–29
    August 18 - Unwise Counsel

  5. August 17 - Heavy and Light Yokes

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    08/17/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    על - Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and said to Rehoboam, “Your father [Solomon] made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke on us, and we will serve you.” 1 KINGS 12:3–4
    August 17 - Heavy and Light Yokes

  6. August 16 - Tearing Clothes and Kingdoms

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    08/16/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    קרע - 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
    August 16 - Tearing Clothes and Kingdoms

  7. August 15 - The Abomination of Desolation

    book
    08/15/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    שׁקוץ - Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and did not wholly follow the Lord, as David his father had done. Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites, on the mountain east of Jerusalem. 1 KINGS 11:5–7
    August 15 - The Abomination of Desolation

  8. August 14 - Israelite Navy

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    08/14/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    אניה - King Solomon built a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent with the fleet his servants, seamen who were familiar with the sea, together with the servants of Solomon. 1 KINGS 9:26–27
    August 14 - Israelite Navy

  9. August 13 - Bend Our Hearts Outward

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    08/13/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    נטה - "The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers. May he not leave us or forsake us, that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his rules, which he commanded our fathers." 1 KINGS 8:57–58
    August 13 - Bend Our Hearts Outward

  10. August 12 - Absolution: God’s Wheelhouse

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    08/12/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    סלח - "Listen to the plea of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. And listen in heaven your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive." 1 KINGS 8:30
    August 12 - Absolution: God’s Wheelhouse

  11. August 11 - Weighing and Measuring God

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    08/11/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    כול - [Solomon said,] “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built!" 1 KINGS 8:27
    August 11 - Weighing and Measuring God

  12. August 10 - The Gift of Wisdom

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    08/10/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    חכמה - And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore, so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. 1 KINGS 4:29–30
    August 10 - The Gift of Wisdom