Archive for month: February, 2025

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is 1 Kings 10:14-29.  As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first.  See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go! 

1 Kings 10:14-29 (NIV)
14  The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents,
15  not including the revenues from merchants and traders and from all the Arabian kings and the governors of the land.
16  King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred bekas of gold went into each shield.

On verses 14-29: Previously Solomon had prayed for a wise and discerning heart.  God was so pleased with Solomon’s request that He decided to grant Solomon not only a wise and discerning heart but riches and honour as well, such that in terms of wisdom there would never be anyone like Solomon and in terms of riches Solomon would have no equal in his lifetime (1 Kings 3:12-13).

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is 1 Kings 10:1-13.  As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first.  See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go! 

1 Kings 10:1-9 (NIV)
1  When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relation to the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard questions.
2  Arriving at Jerusalem with a very great caravan–with camels carrying spices, large quantities of gold, and precious stones–she came to Solomon and talked with him about all that she had on her mind.
3  Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too hard for the king to explain to her.

On verses 1-9:  Having heard of Solomon’s fame, wisdom and splendour, the Queen of Sheba travels approximately 1,200 to 1,500 miles from Sheba (modern day Yemen) to visit King Solomon in Jerusalem.  The Queen of Sheba is thoroughly impressed by King Solomon’s ability to answer her tough questions (v3). 

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is 1 Kings 9:1-14.  As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first.  See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go! 

1 Kings 9:1-9 (NIV)
1  When Solomon had finished building the temple of the LORD and the royal palace, and had achieved all he had desired to do,
2  the LORD appeared to him a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.
3  The LORD said to him: “I have heard the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.

On verses 1-9:  Earlier in 1 Kings 3:5, when Solomon was just starting his reign, God appeared to Solomon in a dream at the city of Gibeon.  At that time God told Solomon to walk in His ways and obey His statutes as David his father had (1 Kings 3:14).  Now, fast forward to today’s passage in 1 Kings 9. 

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is 1 Kings 8:54-66.  As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first.  See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go! 

1 Kings 8:54 (NIV) 
54 When Solomon had finished all these prayers and supplications to the LORD, he rose from before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven. 

On verse 54:  Solomon began his prayer standing (v22), but he ends his prayer kneeling with his hands spread out to God.  Why?  It’s because as Solomon continued to pray, he realized more and more how much he and his people needed God.  His humility and his desperation for God grew the more he prayed.