2021 March
Wednesday in Holy Week
Merciful and everlasting God, You did not spare Your only Son but delivered Him up for us all to bear our sins on the cross. Grant that our hearts may be so fixed with steadfast faith in Him that we fear not the power of sin, death, and the devil; through the same Jesus Christ,
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Bible Study: Ecclesiastes part 6
This chapter continues all this talk with the miser and the tragic person that the miser is, Solomon then Luther in his comments reflect upon that. As we dig into this sense of tragedy of life where there is struggle, there is suffering, there is a restlessness in our hearts that chases after all these
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Tuesday in Holy Week
Almighty and everlasting God, grant us by Your grace so to pass through this holy time of our Lord’s passion that we may obtain the forgiveness of our sins; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. March 30th, 2021
Monday in Holy Week
Almighty God, grant that in the midst of our failures and weaknesses we may be restored through the passion and intercession of Your only-begotten Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. March 29th, 2021
Bible Study: Ecclesiastes Part 5
As we begin there are very challenging words for us but very good words to set us back into place to foster that sense of humility right at the beginning of the chapter then going back to the second half of the chapter to the larger theme of the meaningless of toiling and chasing after
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Bible Study: Ecclesiastes Part 4
We continue to walk with Solomon through his tour of all of the sources of vanity and anxiety within the world we find ourselves subjected to. As we go through this almost at this point it comes across as depressing, but underneath what he is trying to do is demonstrate that stuff we get wrapped
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Bible Study – Ecclesiastes part 3
This is a wonderful chapter, and yes it is the Beatles chapter where they used the first 8 verses for their song “There’s a season, turn, turn, turn” and as we listen to that there is some wisdom we so easily overlook. Looking at the way Solomon writes, this is written so far to talk
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Bible Study – Ecclesiastes part 2
As we take a look at the way in which Solomon builds this whole discussion about the meaningless of our human toil and our vanity, the way in which we build ourselves up with so many different efforts, rather than simply resting in God’s Word and God’s work.
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