Today’s Word

Heaven Above

Who knows that the breath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth?  Ecclesiastes 3:21  NASB Ascends upward – “Ecclesiastes, alone in the Bible, is aware of the belief that at death the soul goes upward to the heavens, rather than down to Sheol.  This idea is not…
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Turn, Turn, Turn

There is an appointed time for everything.  And there is a time for every event under heaven –   Ecclesiastes 3:1 Appointed Time – Do you believe that God has an appointed plan for your life?  Do you think that everything is already mapped out for you and you are just waiting for it to happen? …
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The Cutting Edge

Indeed, he does not know what is to happen; even when it is on the point of happening, who can tell him.   Ecclesiastes 8:7  NJPS On the point of – Do you know what’s happening?  Now, really, do you actually know?  Anyone who claims to actually know what’s happening is either a complete fool or…
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The Random Universe

So she departed and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.  Ruth 2:3  NASB Happened – How much does luck play a part in your thinking about life?  How many “accidents” just…
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Fixed Future

Then I said to myself, “As is the fate of the fool, it will also befall me.  Why then have I been extremely wise?”  So I said to myself, “This too is vanity.”  Ecclesiastes 2:15  NASB Fate – Is your future already set in stone?  Have the fates declared what will come to be?  Does…
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