Aug 10, 2020
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow…
This morning’s Gospel Invitation from John 3 makes it very
clear—because God loves, He gives. We serve a generous Lord who
promises blessing even in a world where the days of darkness are
many and when all is vanity under the sun (Ecclesiastes 11:8). This
is the same God...
Aug 3, 2020
Ecclesiastes 10:1-20
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 that he is a fool. 4 If the
anger...
Jul 26, 2020
Ecclesiastes 9:1-18
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 the same event happens to the
righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil,...
Jul 19, 2020
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: Keep the king's command, because of
God's oath to him. 3 Be not hasty to go from his
presence. Do not take your stand in an evil cause, for he does
whatever he...
Jul 13, 2020
Ecclesiastes 7:14-29 14
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him. 15 In my vain life I have seen everything. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a...