{"id":4688,"date":"2023-04-12T08:27:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T13:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nazareneblogs.org\/pastorscott\/?p=4688"},"modified":"2023-04-12T08:27:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T13:27:17","slug":"devotional-on-1-kings-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/devotional-on-1-kings-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Devotional on 1 Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-kmSrn5KYQQg\/XjWxAAt5bFI\/AAAAAAABDsk\/yAaMUBU4YEQ7KNDJty8CCbzNksFY9YNAACKgBGAsYHg\/s1600\/100_4456.JPG\" width=\"1600\" height=\"901\" class=\"size-medium\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">2015 &#8211; Along Lake Michigan at Manistique, MI<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThank God for plumbers and roofers and carpenters<br \/>\n1Kings 7: Hiram was a real artist &#8212; he could do anything with bronze.<br \/>\nSolomon presides over some of the most impressive building projects imaginable including the construction of beautiful palaces and the impressive gold-inlaid Temple. He\u2019s the architect, the mastermind, of these great projects. But he isn&#8217;t the workman. He recruits a man named Hiram from Tyre to do the bronze work. This guy and some other key people are craftsmen with extraordinary abilities. Under Hiram\u2019s expert guidance durable, functional, and beautiful artifacts are created. I thank God for people like Hiram: people with practical knowledge and skill, people who have God-given gifts willingly given to the work of the Lord. As a person who just barely knows which end of the hammer to use, I\u2019ve come to appreciate those who bring their practical abilities as an offering of love to God and his Church.<br \/>\nTake Away: Thank the Lord for dedicated people who willingly give their skills to the work of God\u2019s Kingdom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank God for plumbers and roofers and carpenters 1Kings 7: Hiram was a real artist &#8212; he could do anything with bronze. Solomon presides over some of the most impressive building projects imaginable including the construction of beautiful palaces and the impressive gold-inlaid Temple. He\u2019s the architect, the mastermind, of these great projects. But he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1471,7],"tags":[53,113,226,1081],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4688"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4688"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14399,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4688\/revisions\/14399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}