Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards. —Song of Songs 2:15 Foxes invade vineyards, eat the grapes, and trash the vines. The foxes must be destroyed or the foxes will destroy the vineyards. The little foxes of greed, deceit, and envy are more deceptive than the big foxes of […]
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Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” —Ecclesiastes 7:10 If the biggest slice of your life is past tense, reliving your yesterdays may awaken pleasant memories. Life was exciting. Health was robust. Loved ones and friends were alive and as near as a phone call. Now those days are
When God gives any man wealth and possessions … this is a gift of God. —Ecclesiastes 5:19 “God is bringing you into a good land,” Moses told the Israelites, “and you will lack nothing” (Deut. 8:9). Then he told them how they should deal with their wealth: 1) Praise
All his days he eats in darkness, with great frustration, affliction and anger. —Ecclesiastes 5:17 Have you ever been mistreated by a spouse, a parent, a child, a teacher, an employer, a co-worker, or a friend? Of course you have. Has it
Naked a man comes from his mother’s womb, and as he comes, so he departs. —Ecclesiastes 5:15 There are only two things you can worry about: the things you control, and the things you don’t. It’s senseless to worry about the things you control, because if you control them you
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There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. —Ecclesiastes 4:8 “Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have” (Heb. 13:5). How do you pull that off? First,
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Mark and Katy were living a happy life in our community and church when they were abruptly uprooted and transferred to a remote, thinly-populated outpost in Alberta, Canada. I stopped by to spend a night with them when a trip took me that way. We talked and laughed late into the night. But out of
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There is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. —Ecclesiastes 3:12 “What makes people happy?” Robert Blondin asked 600 people that question. The three answers that ranked highest were: doing good, controlling attitude, and being thankful. Here are some things
When I surveyed all … I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless. —Ecclesiastes 2:11 Ecclesiastes 6 profiles two men who had wealth, but didn’t have God. The first was super successful: “he lacks nothing his heart desires”—at least nothing that money could buy.
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Her children arise and call her blessed. —Proverbs 31:28 Those of us who have been blessed with a godly mother have in wayward moments wandered off in a prodigal swagger, only to limp back from the far country because of the pull of her
