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1 Kings 3:8 · BSB
3:8 Your servant is here among the people You have chosen, a people too numerous to count or number.
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…of David, and he loved the Lord. The Lord appears to Solomon and says, “ask me for whatever you want me to give you.” This is Solomon’s response.1 Kings 3:6-8Solomon could have said anything. God give me riches, long life, death of enemies. But instead, we see Solomon’s humility. He thanks God for the…
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…wisdom, it seeks the interest of self. The interest of self always comes first, but godly wisdom, it seeks to serve. And we see that there in1 Kings chapter 3, verses 5 through 9. And so all of a sudden, who who dreamed something last night? You know, I have these dreams, and I'm gonna be honest, my dreams are wild. I'm…
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…we do know this about Solomon, that he was a man of incredible wisdom. Let's see where he got this wisdom. If you would like to, turn with me to1 Kings chapter 3, verses 3 through 9. 1 Kings 3, 3 through 9. Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father. Only he sacrificed and made offerings at the high…
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…THAT AND I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE YOU TURN THERE TONIGHT OR WE'RE NOT GOING TO READ THE SCRIPTURE, BUT IF YOU'RE TAKING NOTES, YOU CAN JOT THIS DOWN.FIRST KINGS CHAPTER 3 VERSES 5 THROUGH 10TELLS US THE STORY ABOUT WHEN GOD OFFERED TO GIVE SOLOMON ANYTHING HE WANTED, SOLOMON ASKED FOR WISDOM BECAUSE HE KNEW HE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE…
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…recognition of who God is and who I am, and more accurately that I'm not God and Sam, not Samson. But Solomon has that right in his early life. InFirst Kings chapter 3 verses 7 to 9, he prays this prayer which shows incredible wisdom. He said, now Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David, but I'm…
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…wisely. It's not the goal of life. It's not the end. When Solomon, the primary author of Proverbs, first became a king of Israel, God asked him in1 Kings 3, verses 5 to 14, he appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God asked him, What do you want? Ask me what I shall give you. And then Solomon replied this way, He said,…
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…mentioned and named most frequently. And this is not surprising because other parts of Scripture corroborate Solomon's great wisdom. So we see in1 Kings 3, verses 5-14, that at the beginning of his reign, Solomon asked God specifically to grant him an understanding to discern what is right. And it says that God…
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