| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 30 secs | 0 Comments
There are only two accounts in the Bible of the Queen of Sheba. This one and in 2 Chronicles 9, but over time legends and myths have built up around her. Her mystic inspired the composer Handel to write a piece of music declaring her entrance, and Hollywood in the 1950’s to make a […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 2 secs | 0 Comments
I’m just enjoying “The Message of Kings” commentary to help with these readings. It’s such a timely help. We love success stories, but 1 & 2 Kings are the opposite. They were written when Israel was in exile, a national disaster and are a reflection of why they are in such mess. 1&2 Samuel was […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 29 secs | 0 Comments
Quite a long passage today, I trust you read all the verses as sometimes we are inclined to skip through scripture and miss some of the message. We often have to wait upon God for the revealing, this is the first point here in this passage. Solomon has had to wait almost a year to […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 6 secs | 0 Comments
My new favourite word is “unprecedented” – we are living in unprecedented times, without a road map or rules to guide us. Tim Keller wrote that wisdom is knowing how to navigate the realities of life when rules don’t help. Chuck Swindoll adds that it is the ability to see things from God’s perspective. In […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 40 secs | 0 Comments
The beginning of Solomon’s reign in 1 Kings 2 reminds me of the iconic scene in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 gangster film, ‘The Godfather’, where Michael Corleone, the new Don, following the death of his father, orchestrates the brutal murder of all those in opposition to him. Shortly before he does away with his final […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 25 secs | 0 Comments
Abishag was young and beautiful. Bathsheba, also, had been ‘very beautiful’ (2 Sam. 11:2). It seems that old age is forcing upon David a standard of morality that he should have followed as a younger man! The main focus of this chapter, however, is David’s throne (mentioned 14 times); in particular, who will occupy it […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 39 secs | 0 Comments
Uriah is dead, Bathseba is pregnant through adultery and the baby will die. It’s a mess. Nathan is sent by the Lord to David to bring revelation that will lead to repentance. Nathan tells a story of a two men, one rich with a large flock and one poor with just one lamb. The rich […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 16 secs | 0 Comments
Sadly, we never get too old to be tempted and blow it. David was probably in his 50s when he commited adultery and murder. What a mess sin causes. In so many areas David did so well, but he never dealt with lust in his life. He had 8 wives and concubines (2 Sam 3:2-5; […]
| By Andy Moyle | 4 mins 14 secs | 0 Comments
God is all-powerful, all-wise and all for you! He has made a series of covenants, which are God’s job descriptions which he signs – He will withhold no good thing from those who love Him. The covenants, except Noah’s covenant, all have a condition for us. That we follow and obey! 2 Samuel 7 is […]