In The Word Read: Song of Solomon 5:2-6:3 The Bride 2 “I was asleep but my heart was awake. A voice! My beloved was knocking: ‘Open to me, my sister, my darling, My dove, my perfect one! For my head is drenched with dew, My locks with the dew drops of the night.’ 3 I have taken […]
Keep Married Love Burning Bright
In The Word Read: Song of Solomon 3:6-5:1 Solomon’s Wedding Day The Bride 6 “What is this coming up from the wilderness Like columns of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all the scented powders of the merchant? The Chorus 7 Behold, it is the traveling couch of Solomon; Sixty warriors around it, Of the […]
Do Not Awaken Love Until It Is Time
In The Word Read: Song of Solomon 2:8-3:5 The Bride 8 “Listen! My beloved! Behold, he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, Jumping on the hills! 9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, he is standing behind our wall, He is looking through the windows, He is peering through the lattice. 10 “My […]
Purity And Proper Love
In The Word Read: Song of Solomon 1:1-2:7 The Young Shulammite Bride and Jerusalem’s Daughters 1 The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s. The Bride 2 “May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is sweeter than wine. 3 Your oils have a pleasing fragrance, Your name is like purified oil; Therefore the […]
Fear God And Keep His Commands
In The Word Read: Ecclesiastes 11:9-12:14 9 Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things.10 So remove sorrow from your heart […]
Work Wisely And Diligently
In The Word Read: Ecclesiastes 10:8-11:8 8 One who digs a pit may fall into it, and a serpent may bite one who breaks through a wall. 9 One who quarries stones may be hurt by them, and one who splits logs may be endangered by them. 10 If the axe is dull and he does not sharpen […]
Each Decision Matters
In The Word Read: Ecclesiastes 9:1-10:7 People Are in the Hand of God 9 For I have taken all this to my heart, even to examine it all, that righteous people, wise people, and their deeds are in the hand of God. People do not know whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits them. […]
Benefits Of Wisdom
In The Word Read: Ecclesiastes 7-8 Wisdom and Foolishness Contrasted 7 A good name is better than good oil, And the day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth. 2 It is better to go to a house of mourning Than to go to a house of feasting, Because that is the end […]
Great Value In Companionship
In The Word Read: Ecclesiastes 4:9- 6:12 9 Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor; 10 for if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up! 11 Furthermore, if two lie down […]
Purpose In Life
In The Word Read: Ecclesiastes 3:1-4:8 A Time for Everything 3 There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every matter under heaven— 2 A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted. 3 A time to kill and a […]