In 1 Ki 3:5-12, Solomon asked the Lord for understanding and the Lord gave him a wise and an understanding heart.  The Lord can do this because “He is wise in heart”, Job 9:4.  Obviously, Solomon was wise hearted to begin with, to think to ask for understanding.   Wisdom...

What Can We Learn From Animals Lesson # 3 Being Wise (Proverbs 30:24-28) In this lesson we will continue to look at the word of God to see what we can learn from animals. This lesson is based on four small animals, which by themselves are not mighty, but are...

We need to be very careful about inquiring of the Lord.  While this was a common practice in the Old Testament, it was also a problem for some.  When you try inquiring of the Lord in the New Testament, you’re looking for an inside track to gain supernatural knowledge or...

Prov 2:6 says, “For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.”  In the Bible, the Lord has given you everything you need to live as a Christian.  The words in the Bible are God’s words.  He gave us his words out of his mouth. Christians...

According to Eph 1:11, when you were saved, you obtained an inheritance from the Lord.  The simplest way to put it is that you inherited eternal life.  This is what the rich, young ruler was after.  He asked Jesus what he must do “to inherit eternal life.” You can look...

The Wise Man’s Eyes are in His Head Ecclesiastes 2:14 In this lesson from the book of Ecclesiastes we are going to look at what at first might seem like a very odd phrase. The phrase is found in Ecclesiastes 2:14. It is as follows, “The wise man’s eyes are...

VIDEO RECORDING OF THIS SERMON AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS SERMON In 1 Ki 10, the queen of Sheba visited Solomon because she had heard of his fame concerning the name of the Lord, 1 Ki 10:1.  When she saw his grandeur, “there was no more spirit in her,” 1 Ki...

We’re studying the first seven verses of Col 2 today.  In the first verse, Paul wrote, “I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you.”  The great conflict was Paul’s distress for the well being of the saints and faithful brethren in Colosse and Laodicea, Col 1:2,...

As with some of his other epistles, Paul told the Colossians, in Col 1:9-12, what he had been praying for them.  See Eph 1:16-19, for example.  Paul’s prayer for the Colossians was that they might: Be filled with the knowledge of his will – Col 1:9 – several verses in...

There are things in your life that will affect your spirit.  And when your spirit gets down, you are in trouble.  We often think that our spirits won’t be lifted until whatever has gotten us down is resolved or is taken away.  But such is not the case.  You can...