Wednesday, October 22, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Ecclesiastes 5 Secondary Reading: Psalms 122 Key Verse Ecclesiastes 5:11 — “When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?” Devotional Thought The Preacher of Ecclesiastes turns our feet toward … Read more
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Ecclesiastes 3-4 Key Verse Ecclesiastes 3:20 — “All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.” Devotional Thought The Preacher of Ecclesiastes has been everywhere and seen everything, and here in chapter three he lays out his great poem of … Read more
Monday, October 20, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Ecclesiastes 1-2 Secondary Reading: Psalms 121 Key Verse Ecclesiastes 2:5 — “I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:” Devotional Thought The Preacher of Ecclesiastes is Solomon, the son of David, king in Jerusalem—the man who asked God … Read more
Sunday, October 19, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Proverbs 31 Key Verse Proverbs 31:16 — “She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.” Devotional Thought Proverbs 31 opens in the palace of a king named Lemuel, though his name means “belonging to God” and he is … Read more
Saturday, October 18, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Proverbs 29-30 Key Verse Proverbs 30:4 — “Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is … Read more
Friday, October 17, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Proverbs 27-28 Secondary Reading: Psalms 120 Key Verse Proverbs 28:1 — “The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.” Devotional Thought Solomon’s proverbs in these chapters are not a random collection of wise sayings but a father’s earnest counsel to … Read more
Thursday, October 16, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Proverbs 26 Key Verse Proverbs 26:15 — “The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.” Devotional Thought Solomon paints a gallery of fools in Proverbs 26, and the portraits are uncomfortably familiar. There is the fool who … Read more
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Proverbs 24-25 Secondary Reading: Psalms 119 Key Verse Proverbs 24:32 — “Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.” Devotional Thought Solomon’s proverbs in these chapters read like a father’s parting counsel to a son who is about to enter a … Read more
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Proverbs 22-23 Key Verse Proverbs 23:4 — “Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.” Devotional Thought Solomon’s collection of proverbs in these chapters reads like a father’s urgent counsel to a son, and its central concern is the heart. The father knows that what … Read more
Monday, October 13, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Proverbs 21 Key Verse Proverbs 21:16 — “The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.” Devotional Thought Proverbs 21 opens with a picture of surprising comfort: “The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as … Read more
Sunday, October 12, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Proverbs 19-20 Secondary Reading: Psalms 118 Key Verse Proverbs 20:1 — “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.” Devotional Thought Solomon’s proverbs in these chapters are not a random collection of wise sayings but a gallery of portraits—the … Read more
Saturday, October 11, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Proverbs 17-18 Key Verse Proverbs 17:27 — “He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.” Devotional Thought Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived, here gathers his observations into a treasury of contrasts. He sets a dry crust … Read more