BIG IDEA: Distracted men produce a divided people   Scripture Reading: 1 John 1:9   "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."   Psalm 51:10 "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me." The remedy for a distracted and divided heart is only found through repentance. What exactly is repentance? It is a change of heart and mind that produces a change in your life.  1 John 1:9 pr

BIG IDEA: Distracted men produce a divided people    Scripture Reading: 1 Kings 11:4    "For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father." Exodus 20:3 ESV  "You shall have no other gods before me." Solomon's relationships with foreign wives eventually led to idolatry, drawing his heart away from God. This passage highlights the dangers of forming alliances th

BIG IDEA: Distracted men produce a divided people    Scripture Reading: 1 Kings 10:19  "The throne had six steps, and the throne had a round top, and on each side of the seat were armrests and two lions standing beside the armrests." Philippians 2:3-4  "Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others." The description of Solomon’s

BIG IDEA: Distracted men produce a divided people   Scripture Reading: 1 Kings 10:14-15    "Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold, besides that which came from the explorers and from the business of the merchants, and from all the kings of the west and from the governors of the land." Matthew 6:24 ESV  "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the ot

BIG IDEA: Distracted men produce a divided people   Scripture Reading: 1 Kings 10:1    "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." James 1:5   "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him." Solomon’s encounter with the Queen of Sheba (AKA the original “Spice Girl”) begins innocently with her desire to witness his wis

BIG IDEA: Distracted men produce a divided people   Scripture Reading:  Genesis 3:6   "So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate." Genesis 2:24  "Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh."    The account