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Living Power Online Bible Study Lessons
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May 29, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “I love all who love me. Those who search will surely find me” (Proverbs 8:17). When God created the world, He delighted in wisdom. Each time He created, He concluded with the words, “It is good.” Wisdom was present in creation. In fact, all things were ...
READ MOREMay 28, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “Drink water from your own well” (Proverbs 5:15). The book of Proverbs teaches wisdom to help us to perform a specific job skillfully – and that is the job of living! Proverbs teach us how to live well and also help us understand life from God’s ...
READ MOREMay 27, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “Their purpose is to teach people wisdom and discipline, to help them understand the insights of the wise. Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives, to help them do what is right, just and fair” (Proverbs 1:2-3). Solomon wrote over 3,000 ...
READ MOREMay 26, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “Solomon had twelve district governors who were over all Israel. They were responsible for providing food for the king’s household” (I Kings 4:7). Picture of Solomon’s 12 Districts It’s been said that delegation of authority is a mark of wisdom. Solomon appointed twelve governors over ...
READ MOREMay 25, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “Your wisdom and prosperity are far beyond what I was told. How happy your people must be” (I Kings 10:7-8). Possible Rendition of the Queen of Sheba’s Delegation In addition to the twenty-year building program, Solomon rebuilds towns from the King of Tyre and from ...
READ MOREMay 24, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “Then people all over the earth will know that the Lord alone is God and there is no other” (I Kings 8:60). In today’s reading, Solomon gives a beautiful blessing, praising God and sums up in a word picture the whole plan of God since the ...
READ MOREMay 23, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Bible Study “I built this Temple to honor the name of the Lord” (I Chronicles 6:10). Solomon’s Temple: At the opening of the Temple, Solomon gathered all the elders and publicly offered a prayer of dedication. This prayer included praise, petition and prophecy. He prayed for ...
READ MOREMay 22, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “Huram made all these things of burnished bronze for the Temple” (I Kings 7:45). Solomon’s Temple: Click here to see the redistricting of Israel under Solomon: Redistricting the Land under Solomon In addition to the Temple, the construction projects of Solomon took 20 years. ...
READ MOREMay 21, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “If you keep all my decrees and regulations and obey all my commands… I will never abandon my people Israel” (I Kings 6:12-13). Solomon reigned 40 years during a time of peace and prosperity. It was the golden age for Israel. Today, he begins work on ...
READ MOREMay 20, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “Because your greatest desire is to help your people and you did not ask for wealth, riches, fame or even the death of your enemies or a long life, but rather you asked for wisdom and knowledge to properly govern my people – I will certainly give you ...
READ MOREMay 19, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “Turn us again to yourself, O God. Make your face shine down upon us” (Psalm 80:3). Sometimes we feel as if we are far away from God. Yet, God hasn’t moved away from us, rather, we have moved away from Him. In today’s Psalms, we read ...
READ MOREMay 18, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “He cared for them with a true heart and led them with skillful hands” (Psalm 78.72). Psalm 78 gives us a historical recount of many Old Testament stories, providing insider information into God’s feelings and reasons for responding to the Israelites as he did. When ...
READ MOREMay 17, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “Giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors me” (Psalm 50.23). Often times, we strive to please people – our spouse, our employer, and/or God – through our performance. Somehow we think if we work harder, do the right things and produce results, we will somehow ...
READ MOREMay 16, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “You are entirely faithful” (Psalm 89.8). In Psalm 144, we see multiple descriptions for God, such as loving ally, fortress, tower, rescuer and shield. The praise rendered in this Psalm is truly appropriate because of the greatness of our God. In it we also see a ...
READ MOREMay 15, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “The Lord will work out his plans for my life” (Psalm 138.8). In the four Psalms we cover today, we read about God’s abilities vs. humankind’s helplessness. God is able to do all things and has perfect knowledge about all things. We, on the other hand, ...
READ MOREMay 14, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “But I will give repeated thanks to the Lord, praising him to everyone” (Psalm 109.30). The apostle Peter tells us in Acts chapter 1 that the Scriptures had to be fulfilled concerning Judas, who guided those who arrested Jesus (Acts 1:16). In our reading today, Psalm ...
READ MOREMay 13, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “Teach me your ways, O Lord, that I may live according to your truth! Grant me purity of heart, so that I may honor you” (Psalm 86:11). The Psalms we read today are beautiful! In one, we read about aspects of the first and second comings; ...
READ MOREMay 12, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “You have given me an inheritance reserved for those who fear your name” (Psalm 61:5). The collection of the Psalms we read today are vast in scope. Some are cries for deliverance; others are songs of praise. Some include aspects of the Lord our God; others ...
READ MOREMay 11, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “I take joy in doing your will, for your instructions are written on my heart” (Psalm 40:8). Surely, everyone can point to a moment of time where he/she remembers the bitter pain felt by the sting of betrayal. King David penned many Psalms expressing his grief ...
READ MOREMay 10, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “Don’t worry about evil people who prosper” (Psalm 37:7b). These Psalms help us identify with common problems we encounter in our Christian walk: the problem we have in dealing with revilers, the problems we have with un-confronted sin and the frustrations we feel when seeing the ...
READ MOREMay 09, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “My heart has heard you say, ‘Come and talk with me.’ And my heart responds, ‘Lord, I am coming.’” (Psalm 24:7). Today’s reading of the Psalms help us to identify with common life experiences, such as when people oppose us, when God seems silent, when God ...
READ MOREMay 08, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “Open up ancient doors, and let the King of glory enter” (Psalm 24:7). Psalms 22-24 are called the Passional Psalms because they describe the last three days of the Passion Week: Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday. They give us “insiders-insight” into what was really ...
READ MOREMay 07, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer” (Psalm 19:14). Today we begin the book of Psalms, which is a book of praise and poetry. Psalms 12-15 help us understand victories ...
READ MOREMay 06, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “Yet, you made them only a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor. You gave them charge of everything you made, putting all things under their authority” (Psalm 8:5-6). Psalm 8 is a Messianic Psalm, referring to Adam’s inability to steward the ...
READ MOREMay 05, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “And now, because of my devotion to the Temple of my God, I am giving all of my own private treasures of gold and silver to help in the construction” (1 Chronicles 29:3). Today, we discover a multi-step model for successful corporate giving. David is building ...
READ MOREMay 04, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “Worship and serve him with your whole heart and a willing mind” (1 Chronicles 28:9). David is nearing the end of his reign and his life and he warns all Israel to worship and serve God with their whole heart and mind. Like Moses, he convened ...
READ MOREMay 03, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “4000 will praise the Lord with the instruments I made” (1 Chronicles 23:4). After hundreds of years, the Levites no longer need to transport the Tabernacle and can perform other priestly duties. David has determined to build God a permanent dwelling place, a Temple in Jerusalem; ...
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May 02, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “I will not present burnt offerings to the Lord my God that have cost me nothing” (2 Samuel 24:24). David is incited to take a census and neglects to collect the ransom money outlined in Exodus, which results in a 3-day plague upon the land. 70,000 ...
READ MOREApr 30, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “Sheba began to chant: Down with the dynasty of David!” (2 Samuel 20:1). After the short exile in which David must leave Jerusalem due to the failed takeover of his son, Absalom, he is escorted by the tribe of Judah back into Jerusalem in joyful procession! ...
READ MOREApr 29, 2021 / Bible Study / 0 COMMENTS
Today’s Scripture “The king was overcome with emotion. He went up to the room over the gateway and burst into tears crying, “O my son… If only I had died instead of you!” (2 Samuel 18:33). Positioned for war, we see father and son on opposite sides in ...
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