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Midweek Devotional for August 12, 2026: Proverbs 7:1–5

August 12, 2026 | Devotional

Wednesday, August 12, 2026 “My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you. Keep my commandments and live, and my teaching as the apple of your eye. Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. Say to wisdom, ‘You are my sister,’ and call understanding your intimate friend; that they may keep you from an adulteress, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.” (Proverbs 7:1–5) Proverbs 7 continues a subject Solomon has ...

August 10, 2026 | Sermon Follow-up

Summary The reign of King Solomon, which began with great wisdom and advantage, ended in turmoil due to his disobedience. Mirroring the downfall of King Saul, God declared He would tear the kingdom from Solomon’s house because Solomon, influenced by his many foreign wives, discarded God’s law and engaged in idolatry. God raised up adversaries against him, including Hadad the Edomite and, more significantly, Jeroboam, an industrious young man from the house of Joseph. While traveling, Jeroboam was met ...

August 9, 2026 | Sunday Sermon Preview

Sermon Preview For Sunday, August 9, 2026 The End of the United Kingdom (part 1) 1 Kings 11:28–43 “Providence is wiser than you, and you may be confident it has suited all things better to your eternal good than you could do had you been left to your own option.” John Flavel (The Mystery of Providence) This Lord’s Day we come to the closing years of Solomon’s reign and the beginning of a dramatic transition in the history of ...

Midweek Devotional for August 5, 2026

August 5, 2026 | Devotional

Wednesday, August 5, 2026 “Can a man take fire in his bosom and his clothes not be burned? Or can a man walk on hot coals and his feet not be scorched? So is the one who goes in to his neighbor’s wife; whoever touches her will not go unpunished.” (Prov. 6:27–29) Having warned against adultery throughout this chapter, Solomon now uses two unforgettable illustrations to impress upon us the certainty of sin’s consequences. His questions require no answer because ...

August 4, 2026 | Sermon Follow-up

Summary This story recounts the tragic downfall of King Solomon, who, despite being the wisest man who ever lived, directly disobeyed God’s commands. The text in 1 Kings 11 explicitly details how Solomon took many foreign women from nations concerning which God had forbidden such relationships. Instead of remaining wholly devoted to God like his father David, Solomon began to worship and build high places for foreign gods doing what was evil in the sight of the Lord. Solomon’s ...

Midweek Devotional for Wednesday, July 29, 2026: Proverbs 6:16–19

July 29, 2026 | Devotional

Wednesday, July 29, 2026 “There are six things which the Lord hates, yes, seven which are an abomination to Him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that run rapidly to evil, a false witness who utters lies, and one who spreads strife among brothers.” (Prov. 6:16–19) This passage gives us one of the strongest descriptions in Proverbs of the things that are especially offensive to God. The expression, ...

July 27, 2026 | Sermon Follow-up

Dear Saints, In the account of the Queen of Sheba’s visit to Solomon (1 Kings 10), we are reminded that true wisdom is not human cleverness or accumulated knowledge, but the wisdom that comes from God through His revealed Word. Remember that at the conclusion of her visit, the Queen declared, “Blessed be the LORD your God who delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel; because the LORD loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, ...

Midweek Devotion: Proverbs 6:9–11

July 22, 2026 | Devotional

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 How long will you lie down, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? “A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest.” Your poverty will come in like a vagabond and your need like an armed man. (Prov. 6:9–11) After warning his son about becoming entangled in another person’s financial obligations (Proverbs 6:1–5), Solomon turns to another danger that quietly destroys a person’s life: laziness. Rather than addressing ...

July 20, 2026 | Sermon Follow-up

Dear Saints, Yesterday we concluded our study of the dedication of Solomon’s Temple by considering 1 Kings 8:62–9:9. The dedication reached its conclusion as Solomon and all Israel offered an extraordinary number of sacrifices before the Lord, celebrating His covenant faithfulness with gladness and thanksgiving. For two weeks the nation rejoiced together, recognizing that the Temple stood not merely as a magnificent building, but as the place God had graciously chosen for His name to dwell among His people. ...

Midweek Devotion: Proverbs 5:1, 2

July 15, 2026 | Devotional

Wednesday, July 15, 2026 My son, give attention to my wisdom, incline your ear to my understanding; that you may observe discretion and your lips may reserve knowledge. (Prov. 5:1, 2) These verses introduce a chapter in which Solomon exhorts his son with an extended warning concerning sexual immorality and a corresponding commendation of marital faithfulness. Proverbs 5 continues one of the central themes of the opening chapters: wisdom must govern all of life. In chapter 4, Solomon urged ...

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