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  Day 21: 1 Chronicles 28:9-10       Father David       As a father, what words of counsel did David give to his beloved son Solomon?  Firstly, Father David told Solomon, 'Know the God of your father' (1 Chron. 28:9).  David said this to Solomon because he wanted to pass on to his son the right knowledge about God.  The correct knowledge he wanted to impart to his son was the fact that their God is a God of covenant.  Father David knew that Solomon desired to know the God of the covenant, for Solomon sought to receive the blessings of prosperity from God (1 Kgs. 2:3).   Secondly, Father David told Solomon, 'Serve your father's God with a whole heart and a willing mind' (1 Chron. 28:9).  Father David desired not only for Solomon to receive the blessings of prosperity from God but also to keep those received blessings.  The key to this was serving the Lord with a whole heart.   Thirdly,...

Seven words on the cross (7)       [Luke 23:44-46]     This is the seventh word Jesus said on the cross: “Father into your hands I commend my spirt” (Lk. 23:46).   A scholar named Arthur Pink called this seventh word of Jesus ‘the word of satisfaction.  ‘It was an act of satisfaction, an act of faith, an act of trust, an act of love,’ he said.  Arthur Pink divided this word of satisfaction into seven parts and explained them in detail: (1) Here we see the Savior restored to fellowship with the Father.  (2) Here we see a deliberate contrast.  (3) Here we see Christ's perfect submission to God.  (4) Here we see the absolute uniqueness of the Savior.  (5) Here we see a perfect refuge forever.  (6) Here we see how blessed fellowship with God is.  (7) Here we see the true resting place of the heart.  Today I would like to consider the first of these seven, “Here we see the Savior restored to fellowsh...