Reading the Word Psalm 90:1–12 (ESV)1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.3 You … Continue reading Teach Us to Number Our Days
Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 12:1–8 (ESV) 12 Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”; 2 before the sun … Continue reading Death Comes to All
Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 11:7–10 (ESV)7 Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.8 So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days … Continue reading Prepare in Your Youth
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
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
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
Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 4:1–6 (ESV)1 Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there … Continue reading Better Off Dead
Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 3:16–22 (ESV)16 Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.17 I said in my heart, God will judge … Continue reading From Dust to Dust
Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 2:12–17 (ESV)12 So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done.13 Then I saw that there is more … Continue reading The Fate of the Wise and the Fool
Reading the Word 1 Corinthians 15:50–58 (ESV) 50 I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When the perishable … Continue reading We Will All Be Changed
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