Topic:Who Wins The Race? A DAILY DEVOTION FOR FEBRUARY 21ST READ THE SCRIPTURE: ECCLESIASTES 9:11-12 I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them …
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Topic:Ah, Sweet Mystery Of Life A DAILY DEVOTION FOR FEBRUARY 19TH READ THE SCRIPTURE: ECCLESIASTES 8:16-9:6 No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all his efforts to search it out man cannot discover its meaning. Even if a wise man claims he knows, he cannot really comprehend it. Ecclesiastes 8:17b The Searcher’s claim is quite clear: …
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Topic:Can We Trust The Government? A DAILY DEVOTION FOR FEBRUARY 18TH READ THE SCRIPTURE: ECCLESIASTES 8:2-15 Obey the king’s command, I say, because you took an oath before God. Do not be in a hurry to leave the king’s presence. Do not stand up for a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases. Ecclesiastes 8:2-3 King Solomon himself, …
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Topic:The Benefits Of Wisdom A DAILY DEVOTION FOR FEBRUARY 17TH READ THE SCRIPTURE: ECCLESIASTES 7:29-8:1 Who is like the wise man? Who knows the explanation of things? Wisdom brightens a man’s face and changes its hard appearance. Ecclesiastes 8:1 There is a marvelous, fourfold description of what happens to one who discovers the true wisdom of righteousness as a gift …
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Topic:Fearing God A DAILY DEVOTION FOR FEBRUARY 15TH READ THE SCRIPTURE: ECCLESIASTES 7:15-22 Be not righteous overmuch, and do not make yourself overwise; why should you destroy yourself? Be not wicked overmuch, neither be a fool; why should you die before your time? Ecclesiastes 7:16 RSV This must be a favorite Scripture of many, because it seems to advocate moderation …
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Topic:Who Is In Charge? A DAILY DEVOTION FOR FEBRUARY 14TH READ THE SCRIPTURE: ECCLESIASTES 7:1-14 When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, a man cannot discover anything about his future. Ecclesiastes 7:14 Prosperity and adversity both come from God’s hands; a wise Father’s heart …
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Topic:The Power To Enjoy A DAILY DEVOTION FOR FEBRUARY 13TH READ THE SCRIPTURE: ECCLESIASTES 6:1-12 I have seen another evil under the sun, and it weighs heavily on men: God gives a man wealth, possessions and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires, but God does not enable him to enjoy them, and a stranger enjoys them instead. …
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Topic:How To Enjoy Life A DAILY DEVOTION FOR FEBRUARY 12TH READ THE SCRIPTURE: ECCLESIASTES 5:18-20 Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work — this is a gift of God. Ecclesiastes 5:19 Enjoyment does not come from possessions or riches; nor does it …
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Topic:Watch Your Step A DAILY DEVOTION FOR FEBRUARY 11TH READ THE SCRIPTURE: ECCLESIASTES 5:1-17 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God Ecclesiastes 5:1a Learn to let God be God; that is the first thing He declares to us. The lessons of life will fall into place when you learn that. God is in charge of life, …
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Topic:Two Are Better Than One A DAILY DEVOTION FOR FEBRUARY 10TH READ THE SCRIPTURE: ECCLESIASTES 4:9-16 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! Also, if two lie down together, …
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