Fr. Mike Schmitz

We thank you for the gift of peace and deliverance. Lord God, because you do, you deliver us from our enemies. Now, even when we're in distress, even when it seems like the world is crashing around us, even when it seems like there are obstacles, and truly there are obstacles in our lives, you make us lie down and sleep.

Lord God, when we can't sleep, when we cannot find rest, when our minds are so busy, are so scattered, and we feel so stretched, so thin, then we can realize that we need to rely upon your grace and your mercy. God, when we pray, deliver me from this thorn, deliver me from this trial, you speak to us the words you spoke to St. Paul. My grace is sufficient for you.

Lord God, when we can't sleep, when we cannot find rest, when our minds are so busy, are so scattered, and we feel so stretched, so thin, then we can realize that we need to rely upon your grace and your mercy. God, when we pray, deliver me from this thorn, deliver me from this trial, you speak to us the words you spoke to St. Paul. My grace is sufficient for you.

Lord God, when we can't sleep, when we cannot find rest, when our minds are so busy, are so scattered, and we feel so stretched, so thin, then we can realize that we need to rely upon your grace and your mercy. God, when we pray, deliver me from this thorn, deliver me from this trial, you speak to us the words you spoke to St. Paul. My grace is sufficient for you.

Power is made perfect in weakness. And so we acknowledge our weakness so we can accept your power. And we know it's true. Your grace is sufficient for every one of our days, for every one of our moments. And so we give you praise. In Jesus' name we pray, amen. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen.

Power is made perfect in weakness. And so we acknowledge our weakness so we can accept your power. And we know it's true. Your grace is sufficient for every one of our days, for every one of our moments. And so we give you praise. In Jesus' name we pray, amen. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen.

Power is made perfect in weakness. And so we acknowledge our weakness so we can accept your power. And we know it's true. Your grace is sufficient for every one of our days, for every one of our moments. And so we give you praise. In Jesus' name we pray, amen. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen.

Okay, so we have the tale of in 2 Chronicles 9, which is a little FYI. We're taking a little break from 2 Chronicles for the next number of days. In fact, maybe roughly about two weeks. Tomorrow we're starting Ecclesiastes, which is one of the readings of the wisdom of Solomon, right? And so that's going to take us about five days or so to get through Ecclesiastes.

Okay, so we have the tale of in 2 Chronicles 9, which is a little FYI. We're taking a little break from 2 Chronicles for the next number of days. In fact, maybe roughly about two weeks. Tomorrow we're starting Ecclesiastes, which is one of the readings of the wisdom of Solomon, right? And so that's going to take us about five days or so to get through Ecclesiastes.

Okay, so we have the tale of in 2 Chronicles 9, which is a little FYI. We're taking a little break from 2 Chronicles for the next number of days. In fact, maybe roughly about two weeks. Tomorrow we're starting Ecclesiastes, which is one of the readings of the wisdom of Solomon, right? And so that's going to take us about five days or so to get through Ecclesiastes.

And so we're taking a break from 2 Chronicles. This is a big moment. Why? Because this is the end of Solomon's life. We begin with 2 Chronicles chapter 10 with the beginning of Rehoboam as being the new king. And that's going to be pretty much disaster. But we're taking a little break because we're going to join 1 Kings 12, which is

And so we're taking a break from 2 Chronicles. This is a big moment. Why? Because this is the end of Solomon's life. We begin with 2 Chronicles chapter 10 with the beginning of Rehoboam as being the new king. And that's going to be pretty much disaster. But we're taking a little break because we're going to join 1 Kings 12, which is

And so we're taking a break from 2 Chronicles. This is a big moment. Why? Because this is the end of Solomon's life. We begin with 2 Chronicles chapter 10 with the beginning of Rehoboam as being the new king. And that's going to be pretty much disaster. But we're taking a little break because we're going to join 1 Kings 12, which is

Rehoboam and that whole story and second chronicles 10 and 11 that's Rehoboam and that story so we're kind of going to match up the timelines a little bit by taking a quick little break for the next five days again tomorrow we're starting Ecclesiastes for the next five days and then we're jumping into Mark chapter 1 all the way through chapter 16 for the days after that so just kind of FYI of what's coming up because we just heard today in second chronicles 9 of the end of Solomon's life and one of the things that is noted to us and really is pointed out so clearly to us about Solomon's life is that

Rehoboam and that whole story and second chronicles 10 and 11 that's Rehoboam and that story so we're kind of going to match up the timelines a little bit by taking a quick little break for the next five days again tomorrow we're starting Ecclesiastes for the next five days and then we're jumping into Mark chapter 1 all the way through chapter 16 for the days after that so just kind of FYI of what's coming up because we just heard today in second chronicles 9 of the end of Solomon's life and one of the things that is noted to us and really is pointed out so clearly to us about Solomon's life is that

Rehoboam and that whole story and second chronicles 10 and 11 that's Rehoboam and that story so we're kind of going to match up the timelines a little bit by taking a quick little break for the next five days again tomorrow we're starting Ecclesiastes for the next five days and then we're jumping into Mark chapter 1 all the way through chapter 16 for the days after that so just kind of FYI of what's coming up because we just heard today in second chronicles 9 of the end of Solomon's life and one of the things that is noted to us and really is pointed out so clearly to us about Solomon's life is that

He did a lot of building, right? Solomon's known as the great builder. In fact, one of the things that Jeff Cavins always reminds us of when we're in Israel is that Solomon was the builder. He doesn't just build, he amasses this incredible, incredible wealth for the people of Israel and for the temple of the Lord. Gosh, if there is anything we heard, any one word we heard in 1 Kings 6,

He did a lot of building, right? Solomon's known as the great builder. In fact, one of the things that Jeff Cavins always reminds us of when we're in Israel is that Solomon was the builder. He doesn't just build, he amasses this incredible, incredible wealth for the people of Israel and for the temple of the Lord. Gosh, if there is anything we heard, any one word we heard in 1 Kings 6,

He did a lot of building, right? Solomon's known as the great builder. In fact, one of the things that Jeff Cavins always reminds us of when we're in Israel is that Solomon was the builder. He doesn't just build, he amasses this incredible, incredible wealth for the people of Israel and for the temple of the Lord. Gosh, if there is anything we heard, any one word we heard in 1 Kings 6,

about the building of the temple, it's the word gold. There is, the other word is cubits, but the two words being gold and cubits, that recognition of everything was, so here's stone. Oh my gosh. Okay. Let's stop. Hopefully you had a chance to look up what the temple of Solomon might've looked like.