by David Keesling | Aug 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
Song of Solomon 1:4, 15; 4:7, 9 “Draw me after You and let us run together! The King has brought me into His chambers.” …“We will extol Your love better than wine.” “How beautiful you are, my darling, how beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves.” “You are...
by David Keesling | Aug 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Psalm 14:1 “The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God.’” Observation: In this simple phrase we discover again Scripture’s commitment to utter honesty. As severe as a “fool’s judgment” must surely be, the passage goes on to declare the universality of fools:...
by David Keesling | Aug 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
Ecclesiastes 7:1–4 “The day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth. It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, because that is the end of every man, and the living takes it to heart. Sorrow is better than laughter. … The...
by David Keesling | Aug 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Ephesians 3:14–15 “For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.” Observation: Paul had been expanding the concept of the body of Christ, enlarging it to include not only Jews who believe, but...
by David Keesling | Aug 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Proverbs 22:2 “The rich and the poor have a common bond, the Lord is the maker of them all.” Observation: This verse is the great leveler of Scripture. The Lord is indeed the maker of all, and because of that we do indeed have a common bond. Between rich and poor He...
by David Keesling | Aug 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Proverbs 7:1–5 “My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you. Keep my commandments and live, and my teaching as the apple of your eye. Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. Say to wisdom, ‘You are my sister,’ and call...
