A NECESSARY PAIN

A NECESSARY PAIN

1 Kings 1:6“(And his father had not rebuked him at any time by saying, ‘Why have you done so?’ He was also very good-looking. His mother had borne him after Absalom.)” Every one of us is a work in progress, and as such, we all constantly need the shaping hand of God...
A NECESSARY PAIN

THE CORRUPTION OF SELF-PROMOTION

1 Kings 1:5“Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, ‘I will be king’; and he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.” I have never really understood why men so earnestly desire to have authority and power. Even...
A NECESSARY PAIN

BEYOND DESIRE

1 Kings 1:4“The young woman was very lovely; and she cared for the king, and served him; but the king did not know her.” People have focused a lot on the need for desire, but I am beginning to understand that while desire is good and needful, desire is not enough. We...