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 I do not publish supplemental material on Sundays, but I do include a suggested Scripture reading.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 The God-Centered Life is Joyful
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 138:1–8 (ESV)1 I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise;2 I bow … Continue reading Thanksgiving
Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 5:13–17 (ESV)13 There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt,14 and those riches were lost in a bad venture. And he is father … Continue reading It Can Disappear So Quickly
Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 5:10–12 (ESV)10 He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.11 When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has … Continue reading Money Cannot Satisfy
Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 5:8–9 (ESV)8 If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, … Continue reading They Seize the Land for Themselves
Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 5:1–7 (ESV)1 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing … Continue reading Wise Worship
Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 4:13–16 (ESV)13 Better was a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knew how to take advice.14 For he went from prison to the throne, though in his own kingdom … Continue reading A Success Story?
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 I do not publish supplemental material on Sundays, but I do include a suggested Scripture reading.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 The Need for Friends
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 137:1–9 (ESV)1 By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.2 On the willows there … Continue reading Remember
Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 4:7–9 (ESV)7 Again, I saw vanity under the sun:8 one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, … Continue reading Riches Never Satisfy
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