Devotion

QT 23/01/2025 Thu. Ecclesiastes 7. Take profit when both the good and bad happens. READ http://www.esvbible.org/eccl7 The various sayings are contrasted from 7:1–12 as the text continues to portray the complexities of living in this world. The reader can agree with many

QT 22/01/2025 Wed. Ecclesiastes 6. Can More Wealth Satisfy? READ http://www.esvbible.org/eccl6 💡The line between responsible preparation and irresponsible hoarding can sometimes be difficult to identify-- Edward M. Curtis. Chapter 6 contains Qoheleth's partial view of wealth. Though not complete, his views identify some negatives

QT 21/01/2025 Tue. Ecclesiastes 5. The Surprising Vanity of Excessive Words and Wealth. READ http://www.esvbible.org/eccl5 A person good with words might be described as eloquent. A person who had amassed wealth might be described as having arrived. But Qoheleth brought to our attention the

QT 20/01/2025 Mon. Ecclesiastes 4. Living in between promise and fulfilment READ http://www.esvbible.org/eccl4 Oppression easily invokes anger against the oppressor and sympathy for the oppressed. Many examples prevail in history. But history also revealed that the oppressed today became the oppressor tomorrow! Sigh. Read

QT 19/01/2025 Sun. Ecclesiastes 3. But is the time now? READ http://www.esvbible.org/eccl3 Ecclesiastes 3:1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: (ESV) The next 7 verses list out a time for this and that, even "He

QT 17/01/2025 Fri. Ecclesiastes 2. The incomprehensibility of similar outcomes. READ http://www.esvbible.org/eccl2 In any promotion exercise, some of us would get angry at the perceived unfairness of who gets promoted and gets a raise. The one who worked hard? The one who pulled in