There are two passages assigned for today! SCRIPTURE: Ecclesiastes 11 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind or the mystery of a tiny baby growing in its mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the activity of God, who does all things. [Ecclesiastes 11:5] The Teacher makes some very basic observations, yet shares them…
a little bird tells Him
SCRIPTURE: Ecclesiastes 10 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Never make light of the king, even in your thoughts. And don’t make fun of the powerful, even in your own bedroom. For a little bird might deliver your message and tell them what you said. [Ecclesiastes 10:20] What goes on inside of us will come out, one way or another. Our wisdom…
my Redeemer lives
SCRIPTURE: Ecclesiastes 9 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: This, too, I carefully explored: Even though the actions of godly and wise people are in God’s hands, no one knows whether God will show them favour. The same destiny ultimately awaits everyone, whether righteous or wicked, good or bad, ceremonially clean or unclean, religious or irreligious. Good people receive the same…
religious people better?
SCRIPTURE: Ecclesiastes 8 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I have thought deeply about all that goes on here under the sun, where people have the power to hurt each other. I have seen wicked people buried with honour. Yet they were the very ones who frequented the Temple and are now praised in the same city where they committed their…
Jesus over the bible!
SCRIPTURE: Ecclesiastes 7 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: “This is my conclusion,” says the Teacher. “I discovered this after looking at the matter from every possible angle. Though I have searched repeatedly, I have not found what I was looking for. Only one out of a thousand men is virtuous, but not one woman! But I did find this: God…
content?
There are two passages assigned for today! SCRIPTURE: Ecclesiastes 6 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: All people spend their lives scratching for food, but they never seem to have enough. So are wise people really better off than fools? Do poor people gain anything by being wise and knowing how to act in front of others? Enjoy what you have…
more God
There are two passages assigned for today! SCRIPTURE: Ecclesiastes 5 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: There is another serious problem I have seen under the sun. Hoarding riches harms the saver. Money is put into risky investments that turn sour, and everything is lost. In the end, there is nothing left to pass on to one’s children. We all come…
what time is it?
There are two passages assigned for today! SCRIPTURE: Ecclesiastes 3 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. [Ecclesiastes 1:1] God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning…
quadruple-braided
There are two passages assigned for today! SCRIPTURE: Ecclesiastes 4 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm….
rich or poor?
There are two passages assigned for today! SCRIPTURE: Ecclesiastes 2 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: So I decided there is nothing better than to enjoy food and drink and to find satisfaction in work. Then I realized that these pleasures are from the hand of God. For who can eat or enjoy anything apart from him? God gives wisdom, knowledge,…