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Love Letters from God When God Does the Work · Military Broadcast Radio | MBR Talk

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  To love letters. Welcome to Love Letters from
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  God. We have been reading some of
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  David's psalms that he has written during all of the
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  escapades in his life. We're not going to read any
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  Psalms today, but we're going to read a little bit of the story
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  about David toward the end of his life.
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  He wanted to build a temple for God.
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  He so much wanted to do that. And this is recorded in the book
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  of First Chronicles, chapters 28 and 29.
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  And turn with me there. And that's where we will begin
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  reading now. David assembled at Jerusalem all
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  the leaders of Israel, the officers of the tribes, the
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  captains of the divisions who served the king, the captains
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  over thousands and captains over hundreds, and the stewards over
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  all the substance and possessions of the king and of
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  his sons, with the officials, the valiant men, and all the
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  mighty men of valor. Then King David rose to his
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  feet, and he said, Hear me, my brethren and my people, I had it
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  in my heart to build a House of rest for the ark of the covenant
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  of the Lord and for the footstool of our God, and I had
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  made preparations to build it. But God said to me, you shall
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  not build a house for my name, because you have been a man of
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  war and you've shed blood. However, the Lord God of Israel
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  chose me above all the House of my Father, to be king over
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  Israel forever. For He has chosen Judah to be
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  the ruler, and of the House of Judah, the House of my father,
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  and among the sons of my father. He was pleased with me to make
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  me king over all of Israel and all of my sons, for the Lord has
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  given me many sons. He has chosen my son Solomon to
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  sit on the throne of the Kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
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  Now he said to me, It is your son Solomon who shall build my
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  house and my courts, and I will be his father.
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  Moreover, I will establish His Kingdom forever if he is
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  steadfast to observe My commandments and My judgments,
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  as it is this day. Now, therefore, in the sight of
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  all Israel, the assembly of the Lord, and in the hearing of our
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  God, be careful to seek out all the commandments of the Lord
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  your God, that you may possess this good land and leave it as
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  an inheritance for your children after you forever.
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  As for you, my son Solomon, no, the God of your father, and
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  serve him with a loyal heart and with a willing mind, For the
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  Lord searches all the hearts and understands all the intents of
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  the thoughts. If you seek Him, he will be
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  found by you, but if you forsake him, you'll cast you off
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  forever. Consider now, for the Lord has
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  chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary.
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  Be strong and do it. Then David gave his son Solomon
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  the plans for the vestibule of its houses, its treasuries, its
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  upper chambers, its inner chambers, and the place of the
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  mercy seat, and the plans for all that he had by the spirit of
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  the courts of the House of the Lord, of all the chambers all
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  around, of the treasuries of the House of God, and of the
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  treasuries for the dedicated things.
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  Also for the division of the priests and the Levites, for all
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  the work of the service of the House of the Lord, and for all
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  the articles of service in the House of the Lord.
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  He gave gold by weight for things of gold for all the
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  articles used in every kind of service.
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  Also silver for all the articles of silver by weight for all the
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  articles used in every kind of service.
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  The weight for the lampstands of gold.
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  The lamps of gold by weight for each lampstand and its lamps,
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  for the lampstands of silver, by weight for the lampstand and its
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  lamps, according to the use of each lampstand and by weight.
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  He gave gold for the tables of the showbread for each table,
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  and silver for the tables of silver.
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  Also pure gold for the forks, the basins, the pitchers of pure
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  gold, and the golden bowls. He gave gold by weight for every
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  bowl and for the silver bowls, silver by weight for every bowl,
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  and refined gold by weight for the altar of incense, for the
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  construction of the chariot, that is the gold cherubim that
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  spread their wings and overshadowed the ark of the
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  covenant of the Lord. All this said David, the Lord
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  made me understand in writing by his hand upon me all the works
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  of these plans. And David said to me, Son
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  Solomon, be strong and of good courage, and do it.
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  Do not fear nor be dismissed, for the Lord God, my God, will
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  be with you. He will not leave you nor
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  forsake you until you have finished all the work for the
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  service of the House of the Lord.
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  Here are the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all
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  the service of the House of God, and every willing Craftsman will
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  be with you for all matter of workmanship, for every kind of
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  service. Also the leaders and all the
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  people will be completely at your command.
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  And that's First Chronicles chapter 28.
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  Notice that Solomon or David, he's got everything prepared,
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  all every detail is there and he's passing it on to his son
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  Solomon. Let's go into chapter 29.
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  Furthermore, King David said to all the assembly, My son
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  Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, is young and
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  inexperienced, and the work is great, because the temple is not
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  for man, but for the Lord God. Now for the House of my God, I
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  have prepared with all my might, gold for things to be made of
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  gold, silver for things of silver, bronze for things of
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  bronze, iron for things of iron, wood for things of wood, Onyx
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  stones to be set, glistening stones of various colours, all
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  kinds of precious stones, and marbled slabs in abundance.
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  Moreover, because I have set my affection on the House of my
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  God, I have given to the House of my God over.
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  And above all that I have prepared for the Holy House my
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  own special treasures of gold and silver. 3000 Talents of gold
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  of the gold of over 7000 talents of refined silver to overlay the
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  walls of the houses, the gold for things of gold, and silver
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  for things of silver, and for all kinds of work to be done to
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  the hands of Craftsman who then are willing to consecrate
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  himself. The state of the Lord.
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  Then the leaders of the Father's houses, leaders of the tribes of
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  Israel, the captains of the thousands and of the hundreds,
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  with the officers over the King's work offered willingly.
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  They gave for the work of the House of God 5000 talents and
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  10,000 derricks of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000
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  talents of bronze, 100,000 talents of iron, and whoever had
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  precious stones gave them to the treasury of the House of the
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  Lord, into the hand of Jehiel the Gershenite.
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  Then the people rejoiced, for they had offered willingly,
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  because with a loyal heart they had offered willingly to the
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  Lord. And King David also rejoiced
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  greatly. Therefore, David bless the Lord
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  before all the assembly. And he said, Blessed are you,
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  Lord God of Israel, our Father, forever and ever.
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  Yours, O Lord God, is the greatness, the power and the
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  glory, the victory and the majesty, For all that is in
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  heaven and in earth is yours. Yours is the Kingdom, O Lord,
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  and you are exalted as head over all.
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  Both riches and honor come from you, and you reign over all.
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  In your hand is power and might, in your hand it is to make great
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  and to give strength to all. Now therefore, our God, we thank
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  you, and we praise your glorious name.
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  But who am I and who are my people, that we should be able
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  to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from You,
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  and excuse me, and of your own we have given you.
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  For we are aliens and pilgrims before you, as were all our
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  fathers. Our days on earth are as a
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  shadow and without hope. O Lord our God, all this
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  abundance that we have prepared to build you a house, for your
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  holy name is from your hand, and it is all your own.
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  I know also, my God, that you test the heart and have pleasure
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  in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of
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  my heart I have willingly offered all these things, and
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  now with joy I have seen your people who are present here to
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  offer willingly to you, O Lord God of Abraham and of Isaac and
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  of Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the intent of
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  the thoughts of the heart of your people, and fix their heart
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  toward you. Give my son Solomon a loyal
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  heart to keep your commandments and your testimonies and your
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  statutes to do all these things and to build the temple for
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  which I have made provision. Then David said to all the
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  assembly, now bless the Lord your God.
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  So all the assembly bless the Lord God of their fathers, and
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  they bowed their heads and prostrated themselves before the
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  Lord and the King, and they made sacrifices to the Lord, and they
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  offered burnt offerings to the Lord on the next day. 1000
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  bulls, 1000 Rams, 1000 lambs, with their drink, offerings and
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  sacrifices and abundance for all Israel.
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  So they ate, and they drank before the Lord with great
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  gladness on that day. And they made Solomon the son of
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  David king the second time, and anointed him before the Lord to
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  be the leader, and Zadok to be the priest.
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  Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of
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  David his father, and prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.
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  All the leaders and the mighty men, and also all the sons of
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  King David, submitted themselves to King Solomon.
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  So the Lord exalted Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all
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  Israel, and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on
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  any king before him in Israel. Thus David, the son of Jesse
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  reigned over all Israel, and the period that he reigned over
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  Israel was 40 years, Seven years he reigned in Hebron, 33 years
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  he reigned in Jerusalem. So he died in a good old age,
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  full of days and riches and honor.
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  And Solomon his son reign in his place.
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  Now the acts of King David 1st and the last, indeed they're
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  written in the book of Samuel the Seer and the book of Nathan
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  the prophet in the book of Gad the seer with all his rain and
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  his might and the events that happened to him, to Israel and
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  to all the Kingdom of the land. And so goes chapter 29.
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  There's something there's something to note here,
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  particularly in chapter 29, David made provision for the
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  temple that Solomon would build. David knew that Solomon was
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  young and inexperienced, and the work was very great.
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  So the king gathered the people and all of the necessary things
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  to do the building material. And after the collection of all
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  these things, David offered 1000, or rather a beautiful
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  prayer. And that prayer is what we read
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  in First Chronicles 29. In that prayer he says, Yours, O
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  Lord, is the greatness, the power, and the glory.
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  Yours is the Kingdom, O Lord, and you are called as head over.
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  All this should remind us maybe some of the Lord's Prayer.
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  Yours is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever.
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  That's in what we call the Lord's Prayer.
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  David recognized that his Kingdom really wasn't his, it
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  was God's. And This is why, the chronicler
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  said then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king
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  instead of David, his father. The throne wasn't Solomon's, it
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  was God's. Peace comes to you and me when
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  we recognize what belongs to God.
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  We should acknowledge to the Lord that all we are and all we
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  have are from Him. And with that kind of a spirit,
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  we will find a greater reliance on the Lord and the presence and
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  peace that comes from Him. Shall we pray?
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  Our Father in heaven, we're so thankful for all you have given
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  us. We're thankful for the abilities
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  you give us. We're thankful for what we can
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  do to pass on to those coming behind us.
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  Help us to recognize that everything comes from You and
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  you are so blessed that you grant us the time and the
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  opportunity to be the influence on those that come after us.
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  And we pray this in Jesus name, Amen.
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