My Quiet Place

Solomon’s Prayer

1 Kings 3 3 Solomon showed his love for the Lord by walking according to the instructions given him by his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.

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Counting the Countless

Solomon, the richest and wisest king of Israel… Of his material and human resources, numbers could be given: daily supply of food, areas of land owned and ruled over, numbers of flocks, herds of cattles,

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When Hubby and I fought…

Tampo queen? (Tampo is sulky in Tagalog) Sumbong queen? (Sumbong is Tagalog word for complain or report) Balat-sibuyas fragile cry-baby? (Balat-sibuyas is Tagalog term for onion-skin or thin skinned, easily offended, easily hurt, sensitive to

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Humbly Cursed

Ham Yong… that is a Hokkien term to describe a person who’s humble enough to take it when people hurled insults at him. It means to be patient and meek – not angry and not

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Praying and Running

What do you do when someone is trying to kill you? And that someone is the most powerful man in the nation? You run. You hide. That was what David did. King Saul even killed

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A Game of Chess

The Queen’s Gambit is a 2020 Netflix drama series about a girl who’s a chess genius. She can play against multiple players, anticipate, memorise their moves and win against all of them. Jesus was also

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