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Please click below to view any of the articles in our archive. And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them. For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me. For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. 9.Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people: 10.And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. |