Daily Devotions

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

Ecc. 2:1-3 I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good.”  But that also proved to be meaningless.  “Laughter,” I said, “is madness.  And what does pleasure accomplish?”  I tried cheering myself with wine, and embracing folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom.  I wanted to…

Ecc. 1:3-4 What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun?  Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. I was convinced that they were not your regular, ordinary weeds.  They must have been some form of super weeds.  At first, it was not that bad.  As…

Phi. 4:6-7 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. It was just about our turn to go on stage, and I was…