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1Kings 3:16-28.
(The two women)

*KNOW WHO YOUR FRIENDS ARE*

“Now two women who were harlots came to the king, and stood before him.

And one woman said  “O my lord, this woman and I dwell in the same house; and I gave birth while she was in the house.

Then it happened, the third day after I had given birth, that this woman also gave birth.

And we were together; no one was with us in the house except the two of us in the house.

And this woman’s son died in the night, because she lay on him.
So she arose in the middle of the night and took my son from my side, while your maidservant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

And when I rose in the morning to nurse my son, there he was, dead. But when I had examined him in the morning, indeed, he was not my son whom I had borne “

LESSON LEARNED:

1. Know who your friends are and be aware of The company you keep..bad company corrupts good morals(though both women were harlots, one woman was jealous of the other..)

2. The “sleeping woman” is a sign of CARELESSNESS and PRAYERLESSNESS .. that’s why the “life-for-death” exchange took place and she wasn’t aware because of (sleeping)or prayerless life!

3. The king requested for a sword.( symbol of the Word of God.) The entrance of God’s Word brings light!

4. God expects us to pray! The mother of the living child was willing to give away her son.. ( her son a symbol of her own life..) She was willing to surrender her life  (her son) knowing this would spare her son’s life. God expects us to ask for His WILL to be done in our life’s..

LIFE APPLICATION. (Questions)

1. Are you praying?
2. Are you reading, are you believing and are you living according to God’s Word?