BIG IDEA for the week:   Divided people are distracted by the surface. Devoted people see the heart of the matter. Scripture of the Day:   "Jeroboam said to himself, 'The kingdom is now likely to revert to the house of David. If these people go up to offer sacrifices at the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, they will again give their allegiance to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah. They will kill me and return to King Rehoboam.'" - 1 Kings 12:26-27 (NIV) Out of fear and insec

BIG IDEA for the week:   Divided people are distracted by the surface.. Devoted people see the heart of the matter. Scripture of the Day:  "Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him. He asked them, 'What is your advice? How should we answer these people who say to me, "Lighten the yoke your father put on us"?’” - 1 Kings 12:8-9 (NIV) Rehoboam’s choice to seek advice from his peers instead of the

BIG IDEA for the week:   Divided people are distracted by the surface. Devoted people see the heart of the matter. Scripture of the Day:   "But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand and give it to you—ten tribes. I will give one tribe to his son so that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put my Name." - 1 Kings 11:35-36 (NIV) God's sovereignty is evident as He orchestrates the division of the kingdom due to Solomo

BIG IDEA for the week:  Divided people are distracted by the surface. Devoted people see the heart of the matter. Scripture of the Day:   "Jeroboam was a capable man, and when Solomon saw how well the young man did his work, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the tribes of Joseph. About that time Jeroboam was going out of Jerusalem, and Ahijah the prophet of Shiloh met him on the way, wearing a new cloak. The two of them were alone out in the country, and Ahijah

This week’s BIG IDEA:   Divided people are distracted by the surface. Devoted people see the heart of the matter. Scripture of the Day:   “Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever." - 1