Pray the word with David Platt as a resource from Radical.net.

And he was born next after Absalom. Here we have in 1 Kings chapter one, a picture of one of David's

sons rising up in an attempt to take over the kingdom. He's exalting himself, making himself

king. Adonaija is exalting himself, saying, I will be king. And verse 6 tells us, his father had never

at any time, displeased him by asking, why have you done thus and so? In other words,

his father, King David, had never disciplined his son, had never sat down and had a conversation

with him in which he asked him, why have you done this? I can think about a variety of conversations

I've had with my children, saying, why have you done this? And helping them think through

why they may not have made a wise decision in that moment? And this is part of the responsibility

God has given to parents. And on Ephesians 6, 4 kind of way, fathers do not provoke your children

to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord to lovingly

discipline them in a way that reflects Hebrews chapter 13. God's loving discipline in our lives.

God loves us so much. He cares for us so much that he opens our eyes to see when we have done

something foolish, when we have sinned, when we have done something that will harm us or harm

others. And God turns us from it. In the same way, parents are intended to be a reflection

of God's love and care in this way. And King David had not done this with Adonijah. And the

result was attempted coup and sin against God and the people of God. And so can we just pray

based on 1 Kings chapter 1 for those of us who are parents for wisdom and parenting? And even if

you're not a parent, for the parents around you to have wisdom and loving our children well,

and just for us to pray all together for the next generation that God would help us to lead the

next generation in our homes and our churches to follow God, to ask good questions like,

why did I do this? And to learn from unwise decisions, God, we pray based on 1 Kings chapter

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