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October 31, 2020October 31, 2020 Tim Farley

Today’s post is part of our Psalm Saturdays series from guest blogger Robert Chamberlain. You can read his archives at www.roberlain.wordpress.com . Psalm 141:1–10 (ESV)1 O LORD, I call upon you; hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I call to you!2 … Continue reading Guard

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The Limitations of Wisdom

October 30, 2020October 29, 2020 Tim Farley

Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 9:13–16 (ESV) 13 I have also seen this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me. 14 There was a little city with few men in it, and a great king came against it … Continue reading The Limitations of Wisdom

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We Never Know the Time

October 29, 2020October 28, 2020 Tim Farley

Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 9:11–12 (ESV) 11 Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those … Continue reading We Never Know the Time

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Enjoy Your Life

October 28, 2020October 27, 2020 Tim Farley

Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 9:7–10 (ESV) 7 Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do. 8 Let your garments be always white. Let not oil be lacking on … Continue reading Enjoy Your Life

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A Living Dog Is Better Than a Dead Lion

October 27, 2020October 26, 2020 Tim Farley

Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 9:4–6 (ESV) 4 But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, … Continue reading A Living Dog Is Better Than a Dead Lion

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The Certainty of Death

October 26, 2020October 25, 2020 Tim Farley

Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 9:1–3 (ESV) 9 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 … Continue reading The Certainty of Death

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Some Things Are a Mystery

October 25, 2020October 24, 2020 Tim Farley

Shaped by the Word is a daily, Bible-reading devotional. I do not publish supplemental material on Sundays, but I do include a suggested Scripture reading. Please be sure to subscribe to this page to follow along every day. Thanks for … Continue reading Some Things Are a Mystery

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Deliverance

October 24, 2020October 23, 2020 Tim Farley

Today’s post is part of our Psalm Saturdays series from guest blogger Robert Chamberlain. You can read his archives at www.roberlain.wordpress.com . Psalm 140:1–13 (ESV)1 Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men; preserve me from violent men,2 who plan evil things in their heart … Continue reading Deliverance

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This Upside Down World

October 23, 2020October 22, 2020 Tim Farley

Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 8:14–15 (ESV) 14 There is a vanity that takes place on earth, that there are righteous people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked, and there are wicked people to whom it happens … Continue reading This Upside Down World

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Is Evil Rewarded?

October 22, 2020October 21, 2020 Tim Farley

Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 8:10–13 (ESV) 10 Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to go in and out of the holy place and were praised in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity. 11 Because … Continue reading Is Evil Rewarded?

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