Ask God for Wisdom You Can Use - 1 Kings 3:5-12 - 9th Sunday after Pentecost - July 30, 2023

30/07/2023 21 min
Ask God for Wisdom You Can Use - 1 Kings 3:5-12 - 9th Sunday after Pentecost - July 30, 2023

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Send us a textThanks for joining us today! What would you ask for, if you were given one wish? Often our mind goes to where we're having the most trouble in our lives. What would make this life easier? Money? A healthy marriage? Solomon is given this gift from God, and he asked for wisdom, a discerning heart, to distinguish between right and wrong. Let us also ask God for this, and bless us through a discerning heart, and to know that God is always with us, even in our suffering and trouble. With this wisdom, let us see those around us that we can minister to, share the gospel with, and encourage. If you're local, come on down and see us! We're located at 3800 Hondo Pass, El Paso, TX 79904. Find us on-line: trinityelpaso.orgFB @trinitylutheranelpasoIG @trinitylutheraneptxAnd look for our sermon videos on YouTube. God be with you today and always. 5 At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.”6 Solomon answered, “You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David, because he was faithful to you and righteous and upright in heart. You have continued this great kindness to him and have given him a son to sit on his throne this very day.7 “Now, Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties. 8 Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or number. 9 So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?”10 The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. 11 So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, 12 I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be.

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