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"Riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler of everything. Power and might are in  Your hand, and it is in Your hand to make great and to give strength to all." 1 Chronicles 29:12 From 1 Chronicles 29 and the Biblical Illustrator---Truths to Meditate Upon: "Use 3. For encouragement. I. This truth affords encouragement in those special cases which are most apt to trouble and deject you. He can supply all your need. (1) Want you wealth, or what you judge to be a competency? (1Ch 29:12).All the riches of the world are in His hands, and He can dispose thereof to whom and in what proportion He sees good (2Co 9:8; Php4:19). "And God is able to make every grace overflow to you, so that in every way, always having everything you need, you may excel in every good work." 2 Corinthians 9:8 I. “God is able”—a very simple proposition. A self-evident one to those who really believe in God. Is not the opinion of many something like this?—“God is not

www.stevethomason.net The kingdom is united for three reigns, although even within these reigns there was strife and division between the tribes. Saul-1st king David-2nd king Solomon-3rd king then the official split begins: From Bob Deffinbaugh's article "The Great Divorce" "Our text is a vivid illustration of the way divisions occur. The division of the united kingdom occurred in a way that is classic for all divisions. Churches have split and marriages have ended in divorce in precisely the same manner. Let me point out some of the key elements. The first element is pride (or arrogance). Rehoboam was too proud to heed the petition of the people and to lighten the load his father had placed on them. The second element, closely related, is power. Rehoboam wanted to be in control, to be “in charge.” He viewed mercy, kindness, and humility as weakness, and he would have none of this. The third element is “godly counsel.” Rehoboam refused to heed the wise

"Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters,  and thy footsteps are not known.  Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron."  -Psalm 77:19-20 “Thou leddest Thy people.” The whole philosophy of life is here, here for us no less than for Israel. If we think we need some other theory of living because the Israelites were only poor slaves, and we intelligent nineteenth-century Christians, we are greatly mistaken. After all these centuries, God has nothing to add to this, that men let Him lead them, in His own way, through the sea if so He will it. The true philosophy of life is summed up here, in simply following God. Over the Apennines there is a wonderful railroad, on which, in a space of less than seventy miles, one passes through forty-three tunnels, some of them of very great length. The road is full of magnificent outlooks, but every few moments you go plunging into a tunnel. And certainly the traveller over this road