Archive for November 2023
The art of effective repair
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-fxm6h-14f7a81 As we go through life, we will be struck from all sides, even from within. Cracks will appear, and we cannot afford to ignore them or put off addressing them. We must repair them before they spread and cause us to shatter.
Read MoreS199P10 – Through Solomon’s eyes: the bed we have made
Ecc. 7:27-29 “Here is what I have found,” says the Preacher, “adding one thing to the other to find out the reason, which my soul still seeks but I cannot find: one man among a thousand I have found, but a woman among all these I have not found. Truly, this only I have found:…
Read MoreS199P9 – Through Solomon’s eyes: the days God has made
Ecc. 7:13-14 Consider the work of God; for who can make straight what He has made crooked? In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: surely God has appointed the one as well as the other, so that man can find out nothing that will come after him. There…
Read MoreS199P8 – Through Solomon’s eyes: those of good repute
Ecc. 7:1a A good name is better than precious ointment… These brothers were very influential in their large family, but their influence came in different forms. The older brother had really made it in the world, and everyone referred to him as the rich uncle or the rich nephew or the rich son. He had…
Read MoreS199P7 – Through Solomon’s eyes: the seriousness of faith
Ecc. 5:1 Walk prudently when you go to the house of God; and draw near to hear rather than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil. It is sad to think that he had grown accustomed to his parents’ divorce at such a young age, but he…
Read MoreS199P6 – Through Solomon’s eyes: the treasure of a friend
Ecc. 4:9-10 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up. What the people saw was an emperor who had everything…
Read MoreS199P5 – Through Solomon’s eyes: some things are better left unknown
Ecc. 4:1-3 Then I returned and considered all the oppression that is done under the sun: and look! The tears of the oppressed, but they have no comforter— on the side of their oppressors there is power, but they have no comforter. Therefore, I praised the dead who were already dead, more than the living…
Read MoreS199P4 – Through Solomon’s eyes: prevailing injustice
Ecc. 3:16-17 Moreover, I saw under the sun: in the place of judgment, wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, iniquity was there. I said in my heart, “God shall judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.” When I was young,…
Read MoreThe dialogue of prayer
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-54mz5-14ee58d When we approach the Lord in prayer, it is not necessarily meant to be a one-sided monologue. Prayer can be a conversation, which means that communication should flow in both directions. Let us honor our intimate prayer time with God by not only speaking to him but also waiting for him to speak to…
Read MoreS199P3 – Through Solomon’s eyes: all in its season
Ecc. 3:1-8 To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to…
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