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Lead:

Solomon begins his prayer with a reminder of today’s word: aseity.

Intro:

Yesterday we read that God blessed Solomon for asking for wisdom…a good thing for us to consider when we are tempted to treat God like a spiritual vending machine!

Today again pay attention to his attitude when he’s dedicating the temple. AND, even though I’ve decided to change up the show so that the stories and instruction are separate from the Bible reading, I’m going to take a stab at having a word of the day so we can add to our knowledge around the Bible reading.

Today’s word: aseity. Listen for this in Solomon’s prayer.

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Bible segment (read along with The Bible Project):

Passage: 2 Chronicles 5-8
Translation: CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Verses: 96
Words: ~2894

Thinking/reflection segment:

Aseity. The divine property of being completely independent of everything distinct from God himself. Everything other than God depends on God, but God depends on nothing besides himself. (1)

Wisdom segment:

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Love you!

-R

Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.

Sources and resources:

(1) C. Stephen Evans, Pocket Dictionary of Apologetics & Philosophy of Religion (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2002), 13.

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