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Laura Sweet

Laura N. Sweet is a wife, mother, grandmother, and former Christian school teacher from Midland, Michigan. She writes devotional material for both adults and children, and her work has appeared in more than a dozen publications.
Devotionals

The Splendor of Solomon

Read: 1 Kings 10:14-29 Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. (v. 23) In Psalm 145:13 we read, “The LORD is faithful

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The Witness of Solomon

Read: 2 Chronicles 9:1-12 Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you and set you on his throne as king for the LORD your God! (v. 8)

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God’s Reply to Solomon

Read: 2 Chronicles 7:11-22 Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place. (v. 15) In a recent sermon, my

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The Temple of Solomon

Read: 2 Chronicles 2:1-12 The house that I am to build will be great, for our God is greater than all gods. (v. 5) The world watched in horror last

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The Wisdom of Solomon

Read: 1 Kings 3:16-28 They stood in awe of the king, because they perceived that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice. (v. 28) They were an

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The Promise to Solomon

Read: 1 Kings 3:10-15 It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this. (v. 10) In proverbs attributed to Solomon, we read: “Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and

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The Petition of Solomon

Read: 1 Kings 3:1-9 Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil. (v. 9) I once read that when

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