The Rise of Solomon
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FALL OF DAVID: Family out of control
Amnon & Tamar,
Absalom’s Coup,
David running for his life from his own son).
2 SAMUEL ends with a PLAGUE due to David’s transgression of numbering the people.
The PLAGUE is averted through sacrifice at the THRESHING FLOOR OF ARAUNAH.
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Transition: Before Picking up in tonight’s passage—Give us some larger biblical context...
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OVERVIEW: THE KINGS & DIVIDED KINGDOM
OVERVIEW: THE KINGS & DIVIDED KINGDOM
Focus: Time of Kings & David = Found also in Chronicles
Background on Chronicles:
AUTHORSHIP: TRADITIONALLY VIEWED as EZRA
WRITTEN POST-EXILE—BACK in JUDAH
GENEALOGY of RETURNED EXILES… (CH. 1)
PROCLAMATION of CYRUS (2 CHR. CH. 36)
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Background on 1-2 Kings:
AUTHORSHIP UNKNOWN—JEWISH TRADITION- JEREMIAH?
WRITTEN DURING EXILE (37/70 YRS IN)
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Takeaway:
CHRONICLES = FULL CIRCLE
KINGS = FOCUSED on TIME UP to EXILE…
PURPOSE IN WRITING:
CHRONICLES focuses more on God’s FAITHFULNESS to the DAVIDIC COVENANT.
KINGS focuses more on Israel’s FAITHLESSNESS to the MOSAIC COVENANT.
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INTERESTING DIFFERENCES
INTERESTING DIFFERENCES
CHRONICLER OMITS MUCH NEGATIVE INFO…
DAVID & BATHSHEBA
AMNON & TAMAR
ABSALOM’S COUP
ADONIJAH’S REBELLION
SOLOMON’S FOLLY
FOCUS = COVENANT FAITHFULNESS of YAHWEH…
**NOTE** CHRONICLES FOLLOWS KINGS of JUDAH
KINGS FOLLOWS KINGS of JUDAH & ISRAEL (DIVIDED KINGDOM)
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**WE’LL TRY & HIT BOTH BOOKS to SHOWCASE “BIG PICTURE”
TONIGHT—LOOKING @ CHRONICLER’S ACCOUNT
FULFILLMENT of GOD’S PROMISES to DAVID…
READ: 1 CHR. 28..1-8 ..
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Text: 1 CHRONICLES 28:1-8 (DAVID’S CHARGE TO ISRAEL)
Text: 1 CHRONICLES 28:1-8 (DAVID’S CHARGE TO ISRAEL)
1 Chronicles 28:1–8 (ESV)
1 David assembled at Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, the officials of the tribes, the officers of the divisions that served the king, the commanders of thousands, the commanders of hundreds, the stewards of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, together with the palace officials, the mighty men and all the seasoned warriors.
2 Then King David rose to his feet and said: “Hear me, my brothers and my people. I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for the footstool of our God, and I made preparations for building.
3 But God said to me, ‘You may not build a house for my name, for you are a man of war and have shed blood.’
4 Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me from all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For he chose Judah as leader, and in the house of Judah my father’s house, and among my father’s sons he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.
5 And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
6 He said to me, ‘It is Solomon your son who shall build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
7 I will establish his kingdom forever if he continues strong in keeping my commandments and my rules, as he is today.’
8 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of the Lord your God, that you may possess this good land and leave it for an inheritance to your children after you forever.
Setting: PICKING UP @ END of DAVID’S LIFE…
RECOUNTING ELECTION: God’s sovereign choice of:
Judah—
Jesse’s household—
David—
and now Solomon.
ALL BECAUSE GOD WANTED TO! BECAUSE of GRACE!
(v4) GOD TOOK PLEASURE in DAVID—JUST BECAUSE
Background: SCANDAL of GRACE— GOD CHOSE SOLOMON (SON of BATHSHEBA!)
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DAVID’S PUBLIC ADDRESS:
VALIDATES SOLOMON ALONE as KING
(v8) URGES PEOPLE to OBEY YAHWEH’S COMMANDMENTS
Key Idea: COVENANTAL BLESSING = TIED to COVENANTAL OBEDIENCE!
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Transition: DAVID,, WILL ALSO GIVE CHARGE to HIS SON:
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Text 1 Chronicles 28:9–10 (ESV)
Text 1 Chronicles 28:9–10 (ESV)
9 “And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
10 Be careful now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong and do it.”
AGAIN—COVENANT BLESSINGS TIED to OBEDIENCE… BOTH PEOPLE & KING
Exhort: EARTHLY KING = VASSAL RULER of HEAVENLY KING
The Task: OBEY GOD & BUILD TEMPLE…
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Me Read: 1 Chronicles 28:19 (ESV)
19 “All this he made clear to me in writing from the hand of the Lord, all the work to be done according to the plan.”
GOD GAVE DAVID PLANS, WEALTH, DESIRE...
BUT TEMPLE-BUILDING AWAITED SOLOMON
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Transition:
DAVID CHARGES SOLOMON AGAIN:
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Text: 1 Chronicles 28:20–21 (ESV)
Text: 1 Chronicles 28:20–21 (ESV)
20 Then David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for the Lord God, even my God, is with you. He will not leave you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the Lord is finished.
21 And behold the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of the house of God; and with you in all the work will be every willing man who has skill for any kind of service; also the officers and all the people will be wholly at your command.”
THERE is ASSURANCE—HE CAN DO IT—HE’S NOT ALONE…
Exhort: GOD DOESN’T DO the WORK FOR HIS PEOPLE—BUT EQUIPS THEM to DO IT…
Ref: JOSHUA— I’M GIVING LAND— STILL TAKE IT.
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Philippians 2:12–13 (ESV)
12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,
13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
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Summarize: Chapter 29
Summarize: Chapter 29
DAVID ENCOURAGES ASSEMBLY W/ GIVING
GIVES of HIS OWN TREASURES
PRAYS for THEM
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Transition:
SOLOMON ANOINTED—DAVID PASSES:
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Text: 1 Chronicles 29:22–30 (ESV)
Text: 1 Chronicles 29:22–30 (ESV)
22 And they ate and drank before the Lord on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and they anointed him as prince for the Lord, and Zadok as priest.
23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king in place of David his father. And he prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.
24 All the leaders and the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon.
25 And the Lord made Solomon very great in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
27 The time that he reigned over Israel was forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
28 Then he died at a good age, full of days, riches, and honor. And Solomon his son reigned in his place.
29 Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are written in the Chronicles of Samuel the seer, and in the Chronicles of Nathan the prophet, and in the Chronicles of Gad the seer,
30 with accounts of all his rule and his might and of the circumstances that came upon him and upon Israel and upon all the kingdoms of the countries.
DAVID’S LIFE ENDED WELL
SOLOMON’S KINGSHIP BEGAN WELL
(v25) LORD MADE HIM GREAT in the EYES of ALL
=> Takeaway: NEVER FORGET—IT WAS ALL GOD.
=> ALL WE HAVE is a GIFT FROM GOD!!
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(v23) SOLOMON SAT on THRONE of the LORD
Exhort: HEAVENLY KING NEVER LEFT HIS THRONE
HUMAN KING = VICE REGENT
INITIALLY “PRINCE/LEADER” NOT KING
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Me Read: Summary: 2 Chr. 1:1
Me Read: Summary: 2 Chr. 1:1
2 Chronicles 1:1 (ESV)
1 Solomon the son of David established himself in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him and made him exceedingly great.
Establishment = Messy:
ADONIJAH SET HIMSELF UP AS KING (Ref. 1 Kings Ch. 1-2)
JOAB & ABIATHAR FOLLOWED HIM
CHRONICLER’S ACCOUNT = SIMPLER
Conclusion: NEVERTHELESS—SOLOMON’S REIGN = ESTABLISHED…
D.Q. Why is this significant?
Background—Davidic covenant (2 Sam. 7).
Background: Contrast w/ Saul
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SOLOMON = GIFTED KINGDOM BY GRACE — COVENANT
Summarize:
Summarize:
CH. 1— SOLOMON GOES to GIBEON to WORSHIP
Ch. 1— GOD APPEARED to HIM,, OFFERED— BLANK CHECK
SOLOMON NEEDED HELP—ASKED for WISDOM/UNDERSTANDING —IMPOSTER SYNDROME, NEEDED HELP
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Summary: SOLOMON LAVISHED W/ WISDOM & WEALTH…
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Transition:FOCUS for TONIGHT—HE PURPOSES to BUILD the TEMPLE
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Text: 2 CHR. 2:1-10
Text: 2 CHR. 2:1-10
2 Chronicles 2:1–10 (ESV)
1 Now Solomon purposed to build a temple for the name of the Lord, and a royal palace for himself.
2 And Solomon assigned 70,000 men to bear burdens and 80,000 to quarry in the hill country, and 3,600 to oversee them.
3 And Solomon sent word to Hiram the king of Tyre: “As you dealt with David my father and sent him cedar to build himself a house to dwell in, so deal with me.
4 Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the Lord my God and dedicate it to him for the burning of incense of sweet spices before him, and for the regular arrangement of the showbread, and for burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths and the new moons and the appointed feasts of the Lord our God, as ordained forever for Israel.
5 The house that I am to build will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
6 But who is able to build him a house, since heaven, even highest heaven, cannot contain him? Who am I to build a house for him, except as a place to make offerings before him?
7 So now send me a man skilled to work in gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue fabrics, trained also in engraving, to be with the skilled workers who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.
8 Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon. And my servants will be with your servants,
9 to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am to build will be great and wonderful.
10 I will give for your servants, the woodsmen who cut timber, 20,000 cors of crushed wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 20,000 baths of wine, and 20,000 baths of oil.”
SOLOMON AIMS to FULFILL HIS FATHER’S MANDATE
ASSEMBLES HUGE TASK FORCE
CONTACTS FOREIGN KING for ADDITIONAL WORKERS
Background:
BEST LUMBERJACKS AROUND
BEST LUMBER AROUND.
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Focus: SOLOMON’S GOAL: MAKE the TEMPLE AWESOME—GOLD, CEDAR, ETC.
(Ref. v5) GREAT HOUSE for GREAT GOD… (v9) GREAT & WONDERFUL…
(v6) ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING—IT’S INSUFFICIENT....A HOUSE for YAHWEH??
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Exhort: TOUGH BALANCE BETWEEN PERFECTIONISM & CARELESSNESS
=> PERFECTIONISM = COMPETING W/ GOD
BUT SHOULDN’T WE DO OUR BEST???
IS GOD REALLY GLORIFIED THROUGH HALF-HEARTED WORK?
Testimony: BOOK STRUGGLES—WON’T BE PERFECT—BUT IT’S for GOD’S GLORY—SHOULD BE REALLY GOOD....
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Transition:SOLOMON BUILDS TEMPLE…
… PICTURE = WORTH THOUSAND WORDS… SAVE SOME of the ACCOUNT…
**ref. P.P. Pics**
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Important Takeaways:
FOLLOWED TABERNACLE PATTERN
OUTER COURT
INNER COURT (HOLY PLACE)
MOST HOLY PLACE/HOLY of HOLIES
OUTER COURT = ACCESSIBLE BY ALL “CLEAN”
INNER COURT/HOLY PLACE = ACCESSIBLE BY PRIESTS
HOLY of HOLIES — HIGH PRIEST, ONCE PER YEAR.. DAY of ATONEMENT…
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2X in SIZE
2X in WIDTH & LENGTH...
3X in HEIGHT
CHERUBIM = MORE THAN MERCY SEAT — HUGE
ALTAR,, NEARLY 4X in SIZE
DIMENSIONS of MOST HOLY PLACE—JUST NOT as TALL!
MORE LAMPSTANDS, TABLES, ETC.
WATER BASIN REPLACED W/ “SEA” —HUGE BASIN
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Focus: PLACE of WORSHIP & PLACE of MERCY…
Me Read: 2 Chronicles 3:1 (ESV)
Me Read: 2 Chronicles 3:1 (ESV)
1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
D.Q. Anyone remember what story takes place on Mount Moriah? Abraham & Isaac — A PLACE of SUBSTITUTION
Background: ALSO— THRESHING FLOOR of ORNAN (ARANAUH) JEBUSITE — WHERE PLAGUE WAS AVERTED in DAVID’S DAY.
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ALSO: TEMPLE = EARTHLY MEETING PLACE W/ GOD…
Summarize: SOLOMON HAS TEMPLE CONSTRUCTED— BUILD FURNISHINGS…
Me Read: 2 Chr. 5:1
Me Read: 2 Chr. 5:1
2 Chronicles 5:1 (ESV)
1 Thus all the work that Solomon did for the house of the Lord was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, and stored the silver, the gold, and all the vessels in the treasuries of the house of God.
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Transition: ONE THING REMAINS— BRING ARK…
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Text: 2 Chr. 5:2-8
Text: 2 Chr. 5:2-8
2 Chronicles 5:2–8 (ESV)
2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ houses of the people of Israel, in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.
3 And all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the feast that is in the seventh month.
4 And all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.
5 And they brought up the ark, the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent; the Levitical priests brought them up.
6 And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
7 Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, in the inner sanctuary of the house, in the Most Holy Place, underneath the wings of the cherubim.
8 The cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering above the ark and its poles.
Background: REMEMBER—ARK = SYMBOL of GOD’S PRESENCE
IDOLS = FORBIDDEN
GRAVEN IMAGES = FORBIDDEN
ARK —NOT a PHYSICAL REPRESENTATION of GOD—HE’S NOT RECTANGULAR…
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PEOPLE RESPOND W/ GREAT MUSIC & GOD RESPONDS to THEM…
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Text: 2 CHR. 5:13-14
Text: 2 CHR. 5:13-14
2 Chronicles 5:13–14 (ESV)
13 and it was the duty of the trumpeters and singers to make themselves heard in unison in praise and thanksgiving to the Lord), and when the song was raised, with trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments, in praise to the Lord, “For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever,” the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud,
14 so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.
C.C. PRETTY NEAT to CONSIDER MUSICAL WORSHIP —THOUSANDS of YEARS OLD
Song: HE is GOOD… HIS STEADFAST LOVE ENDURES FOREVER! FAMILIAR??
=> ENCOURAGE: GOD’S COVENANT-KEEPING FAITHFUL LOVE WILL NOT DEPART—
— WE ALWAYS HAVE a REASON to WORSHIP!!
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Conclusion: IN RESPONSE— WORSHIP, TEMPLE-BUILDING— SHEKINAH GLORY CLOUD ARRIVES & SETTLES in the HOUSE
Background: PILLAR of CLOUD LET THEM DURING WILDERNESS WANDERINGS
=> NOW NO MORE to WANDER—FOREVER DWELLING AMONGST the PEOPLE…
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W/ TEMPLE & DYNASTY ESTABLISHED—GOD FULFILLED HIS PROMISE
Text: 2 Chronicles 6:7–11 (ESV)
Text: 2 Chronicles 6:7–11 (ESV)
7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
8 But the Lord said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.
9 Nevertheless, it is not you who shall build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.’
10 Now the Lord has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
11 And there I have set the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord that he made with the people of Israel.”
AGAIN & AGAIN— GOD = PROMISE-KEEPING GOD!
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STORY CLOSES— W/ SOLOMON’S PRAYER of DEDICATION
HEAR in HEAVEN
CONSECRATE THIS PLACE
GOD ANSWERS: THIS WILL BE a PLACE—WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEEK HIM.
Famous Verse: 2 Chronicles 7:14 (ESV)
Famous Verse: 2 Chronicles 7:14 (ESV)
14 if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
SPECIFIC TEMPLE PROMISE to SOLOMON— BUT an ASSURANCE THAT GOD = GOD WHO FORGIVES the PENITENT…
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Big Picture Connection:
Big Picture Connection:
SOLOMON’S KINGSHIP BRIDGES the UNITED MONARCHY & DIVIDED KINGDOMS...
TEMPLE CONSTRUCTION = HUGE DEAL
Focus: IT’S GOD’S DWELLING PLACE W/ MAN.
D.Q: WHAT DID IT SAY in GENESIS CONCERNING GOD’S ACTIVITY W/ ADAM & EVE? HE CAME & SOUGHT THEM in the COOL of the DAY… UNSTAINED FELLOWSHIP…
Exhort: GOD = RELATIONAL GOD—MADE US to KNOW HIM…
GARDEN
TABERNACLE
TEMPLE
CHRIST —MADE HIS DWELLING (TENTED) AMONGST US
PRESENTLY SPIRIT—MADE a DWELLING PLACE W GOD...
D.Q.: WHAT DOES it SAY @ END of REVELATION?
Revelation 21:3 (ESV)
3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
ALTHOUGH the HEAVENS CANNOT CONTAIN HIM—
HE CONDESCENDS to RELATE to US, to KNOW US… & ONE DAY WE’LL BE WITH HIM…
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TAKEAWAYS
TAKEAWAYS
1. GOD IS FAITHFUL TO HIS PROMISE (Dynasty and Temple).
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2. GOD'S PEOPLE OUGHT TO RESPOND TO THEIR GREAT GOD WITH GREAT WORSHIP.
NOT ONLY ALMIGHTY—BUT KIND
NOT ONLY HOLY—BUT GOOD.
HE is WORTHY of OUR VERY BEST & our ALL!
Romans 12:1 (ESV)
1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
CLOSING QUESTIONS & THOUGHTS??
Close in Prayer
