#GOFAMINTDailyDevotion Sat. 9/4/2016

10/4/2016   LESSON   6:

JEROBOAM: A KING WHO MISLED A NATION

Quarter’s Theme: PORTRAITS OF JEWISH KINGS

Unit 3 – Portraits Of The Kings Of Divided Kingdom (Lessons 5-12)

Suggested Hymns: G.H.B. 306, 416

Devotional Reading: 1 SAM. 2:1-10

Topic For Adults

DON’T TURN YOUR BACK ON GOD

Topic For Youths

SET YOUR HEARTS FULLY ON SEEKING THE LORD

Topic For Intermediates

OBEY GOD’S COMMANDS

Scripture Lesson

1 KGS. 11:28-38; 12:19-33; 15:29-30

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MEMORY VERSE

For the Lord is the God of knowledge, and by Him actions are weighed (1 Sam. 2:3b) NKJV

DAILY DEVOTIONAL READING

Sat. 9/4/2016

Be Among the Exceptional Few

2 Chro. 11:13-17

God chose the Levites to serve as priests in His holy temple of worship (Num. 3:10-12). In 2 Chronicles 11:13-17, Jeroboam and his sons rejected the Levites and chose priests from other tribes of Israel. As a result these, Levites in Northern Israel abandoned their pasturelands and properties and came to Jerusalem in Rehoboam’s kingdom to worship the true God of Israel.  Who else came to live in Rehoboam’s kingdom? (verse 16). These were the exceptional few whose hearts set on seeking the Lord. They left Jeroboam’s kingdom and went with the Levites to Rehoboam’s kingdom to live and worship the true God with them. They left their comfort zone and all that mattered to them to seek the true God. Wherever we may find ourselves as believers, we must be among the exceptional few that will always stand for God in the very face of adversity and oppression. Christ’s love must always compel us to fellowship with Him at all times.

Point of Emphasis:   They left their comfort zone and all that mattered to them to seek the true God.

Prayer Point:            O Lord, help me to stand for You in every situation and circumstance.