October 15 Ecclesiastes 12 (ESV) Remember Your Creator in Your Youth 12:1 Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”; 2 before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are [...]
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October 15 Ecclesiastes 12
Posted: October 15, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Ecclesiastes, October Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Ecclesiastes, October 15 Ecclesiastes 12, October Bible Readings, Scripture
God’s ways: unpredictable and mysterious
Posted: October 14, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Ecclesiastes, OctoberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, God's sovereignty, God's ways: unpredictable and mysterious, Scripture
InEcclesiastes 11:5 Solomon continues with two more analogies: Just as you do not know the path of the wind and how bones are formed in the womb of the pregnant woman,so you do not know the activity of God who makes all things. Life is unpredictable and mysterious. Solomon says life is just like the [...]
October 14 Ecclesiastes 11
Posted: October 14, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Ecclesiastes, October Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Ecclesiastes, October 14 Ecclesiastes 11, October Bible Readings, Scripture
October 14 Ecclesiastes 11 (ESV) Cast Your Bread upon the Waters 11:1 Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you know not what disaster may happen on earth. 3 If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on [...]
Wise Words
Posted: October 13, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Ecclesiastes, OctoberTags: A wise and discerning mind, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Ecclesiastes, God's wisdom, Scripture, wise and discerning heart, Wise Words
The words of a wise man’s mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him. —Ecclesiastes 10:12 We probably all know foolish people who use many words. I know a few wise people who use many words and are discerning and articulate. Using many words is not necessarily an indicator of one’s [...]
October 13 Ecclesiastes 10
Posted: October 13, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Ecclesiastes, October Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Ecclesiastes, October 13 Ecclesiastes 10, October Bible Readings, Scripture
October 13 Ecclesiastes 10 (ESV) 10:1 Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor. 2 A wise man’s heart inclines him to the right, but a fool’s heart to the left. 3 Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense, and he says to everyone [...]
Unsung Hero: The ROCKS Will Cry Out!
Posted: October 12, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Ecclesiastes, OctoberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Ecclesiastes, God is my Help and Deliverer, Jesus is our deliverer, OUR Deliverer!, Scripture, Unsung Hero: The ROCKS Will Cry Out!
ECCLESIASTES 9:13-16 Joe Guglielmo, commentary on Ecclesiastes: Back in 1925 the Italian Freighter, Ignazio Florio, was sinking in the Atlantic Ocean. To the rescue came the United States Liner, President Harding. But the sea was too rough and the ship was in such distress that they could not get a line aboard her. Thus, the [...]
October 12 Ecclesiastes 9
Posted: October 12, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Ecclesiastes, October Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Ecclesiastes, October 12 Ecclesiastes 9, October Bible Readings, Scripture
October 12 Ecclesiastes 9 (ESV) Death Comes to All 9:1 But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him. 2 It is the same for all, since [...]
It will be well with those who fear God, because they fear before him.
Posted: October 11, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Ecclesiastes, OctoberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Ecclesiastes, fear of God, fearing God, God is sovereign, God's sovereignty, it is well with my soul, It will be well with those who fear God because they fear before him., Scripture
Carrollton, Kentucky, was the site of one of the most deadly bus disasters in United States history. About 11:00 p.m. on Saturday May 14, 1988, Larry Mahoney, a drunk driver in a pickup truck was traveling in the wrong direction on an interstate highway. He collided head-on with a church youth group returning from a day at a theme park in their converted [...]
October 11 Ecclesiastes 8
Posted: October 11, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Ecclesiastes, October Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Ecclesiastes, October 11 Ecclesiastes 8, October Bible Readings, Scripture
October 11 Ecclesiastes 8 (ESV) Keep the King’s Command 8:1 Who is like the wise? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed. 2 I say: [1] Keep the king’s command, because of God’s oath to him. [2] 3 Be [...]
F.E.A.R.-Faith, Experience, Awe, Resolve
Posted: October 15, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Ecclesiastes, OctoberTags: Awe, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Experience, F.E.A.R.-Faith, fear of God, fearing God, Resolve, Scripture
The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. Ecclesiastes 12:13 Ray Stedman: Everything hangs upon that word, “Fear God.” I know that this is a difficult word for us to comprehend. Most of us think of it in terms of [...]