Welcome to The Daily , where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. We are in the last chapter of Ecclesiastes. That means today, we are 2 days away from starting the Gospel of Mark . Go to the website and grab the Scriptural Journal for this study so you can study along with us. Today, we’re looking at Ecclesiastes 12:8 : Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity.— Ecclesiastes 12:8 This is Solomon’s final conclusion. The last echo of a theme he...
May 01, 2025•3 min
Welcome to The Daily , where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. We are in the last chapter of Ecclesiastes. That means today, we are 3 days away from starting the Gospel of Mark . Go to the website and grab the Scriptural Journal for this study so you can study along with us. Today, we’re looking at Ecclesiastes 12:6-7 : Before the silver cord is snapped, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is shattered at the fountain, or the wheel broken at t...
Apr 30, 2025•4 min
Welcome to The Daily , where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. We are in the last chapter of Ecclesiastes. That means today we are 4 days away from starting the Gospel of Mark . Go to the website and grab the Scriptural Journal for this study so you can study along with us. Today, we’re looking at Ecclesiastes 12:4-5 : And the doors on the street are shut—when the sound of the grinding is low, and one rises up at the sound of a bird, and all the daught...
Apr 29, 2025•4 min
Welcome to The Daily , where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. We are in the last chapter of Ecclesiastes. That means today we are 5 days away from starting the Gospel of Mark . Go to the website and grab the Scriptural Journal for this study so you can study along with us. Today, we’re looking at Ecclesiastes 12:2-3 : Before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain, in the day when the keepers ...
Apr 28, 2025•4 min
Welcome to The Daily , where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. We are in the last chapter of Ecclesiastes. That means today we are 6 days away from starting the Gospel of Mark . Go to the website and grab the Scripture Journal for this study so you can study along with us. Today, we’re looking at Ecclesiastes 12:1: Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no p...
Apr 27, 2025•3 min
Welcome to The Daily , where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. We are one week away from starting the Gospel of Mark . Go to the website and grab the Scriptural Journal for this study so you can study along with us. Today, we’re looking at Ecclesiastes 11:9-10 : Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God wi...
Apr 26, 2025•3 min
Welcome to The Daily , where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. We are approaching the end of Ecclesiastes, and the Gospel of Mark is next. Go to the website and grab the Scriptural Journal for this study so you can study along with us. If you are a donor who gives $35/month or more, you will receive one of these for free each time we begin a new study, as long as we have your current mailing address. You also get a few more benefits by becoming a month...
Apr 25, 2025•3 min
Welcome to The Daily , where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. Today's shout-out goes to a couple of Delta pilot friends of mine. Cory Baron and Randy Strenge . Thanks to both of you for being followers for so many years and for faithfully serving me and others on Delta for all that time. Also we are approaching the end of Ecclesiastes, and the Gospel of Mark is next. Go to the website and grab the Scriptural Journal for this study so you can study alo...
Apr 24, 2025•3 min
Welcome to The Daily , where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. I want to give a shout-out to Mike Olson from Mexico, Florida, and Minnesota . Some of you don't know this, but Mike is one of those guys who pushed me over the edge about 12 years ago to start doing what I am doing today. We met for breakfast, and he said, "There is no better time than the present to take the leap." This devotional is for you today Mike. Today, we’re looking at Ecclesiaste...
Apr 23, 2025•3 min
Welcome to The Daily , where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. I want to give a shout-out to Don and Jami Mahr from Minnesota . Thanks for listening as a couple to these daily devotionals, and thanks for sharing them with others, too. Today, we’re looking at Ecclesiastes 11:3-4 : If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth, and if a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie. He ...
Apr 22, 2025•3 min
Welcome to The Daily , where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. We are approaching the end of Ecclesiastes, and the Gospel of Mark is next. Go to the website and grab the Scriptural Journal for this study so you can study along with us. If you are a donor who gives $35/month or more, you will receive one of these for free each time we begin a new study, as long as we have your current mailing address. You also get a few more benefits by becoming a month...
Apr 21, 2025•3 min
Welcome to The Daily , where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. We are approaching the end of Ecclesiastes, and the Gospel of Mark is next. Go to the website and grab the Scriptural Journal for this study so you can study along with us. If you are a donor who gives $35/month or more, you will receive one of these for free each time we begin a new study, as long as we have your current mailing address. You also get a few more benefits by becoming a month...
Apr 20, 2025•5 min
Welcome to The Daily , where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. We are taking a short break from Ecclesiastes to celebrate Easter with some unique devotionals to prepare our hearts for this week in history. Our text today is Revelation 22:12 Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done. — Revelation 22:12 Easter Was Just the Beginning The resurrection wasn’t the end of the story—it was the beginning of...
Apr 19, 2025•3 min
Welcome to The Daily , where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. We are taking a short break from Ecclesiastes to celebrate Easter with some unique devotionals to prepare our hearts for this week in history. Our text today is John 21:15 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” — John 21:15 More ...
Apr 18, 2025•4 min
Welcome to The Daily , where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. We are taking a short break from Ecclesiastes to celebrate Easter with some unique devotionals to prepare our hearts for this week in history. Our text today is Luke 24:5-6 And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. — Luke 24:5-6 The Moment Everything Changed The grave was ...
Apr 17, 2025•4 min
Welcome to The Daily , where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. We are taking a short break from Ecclesiastes to celebrate Easter with some unique devotionals to prepare our hearts for this week in history. Our text today is Matthew 27:62-66 The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate and said, “Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will ...
Apr 16, 2025•4 min
Welcome to The Daily , where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. We are taking a short break from Ecclesiastes to celebrate Easter with some unique devotionals to prepare our hearts for this week in history. Our text today is Isaiah 53:5 But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. — Isaiah 53:5 More Than Wood and Nails The cross is ev...
Apr 15, 2025•4 min
Welcome to The Daily , where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. We are taking a short break from Ecclesiastes this week to celebrate Easter with some special devotionals aimed at preparing our hearts for this week in history. Our text today is Matthew 26:14-15 Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?” And they paid him thirty pieces of silver. — Matthe...
Apr 14, 2025•5 min
Welcome to The Daily , where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. Today, we are taking a short break this week to celebrate Easter with some special devotionals aimed at preparing our hearts for this week in history. Our text today is John 12:12-13 The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in t...
Apr 13, 2025•5 min
Welcome to The Daily , where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. Today, we’re looking at Ecclesiastes 10:18-20 . Let's take this verse by verse today: Lazy Living Leads to Leaky Lives Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks. — Ecclesiastes 10:18 Neglect never nurtures. A house ignored crumbles. A roof unrepaired drips. A heart left unchecked? It withers. Solomon warns us—sloth seeps into life like a slow leak, rotting our r...
Apr 12, 2025•3 min
Leadership builds—or it breaks. When wisdom leads, life thrives. When indulgence takes over, everything crumbles. Welcome to The Daily , where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. Today, we’re looking at Ecclesiastes 10:16-17 : Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning! Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of the nobility, and your princes feast at the proper time, for strength, and not for drunkennes...
Apr 11, 2025•3 min
Have you ever met someone who just won’t stop talking—but the more they speak, the worse it gets? Welcome to The Daily , where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. Today, we’re looking at Ecclesiastes 10:12-15 : The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is evil madness. A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who...
Apr 10, 2025•3 min
Shout out today to Earl Estep in Elk Grove, California. I am excited to be with you and your men at the Men of Honor Conference this weekend. I will see you soon. This devotional is for you today. Welcome to The Daily , where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. Today, we’re looking at Ecclesiastes 10:8-11 : He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall. He who quarries stones is hurt by them, and he who splits...
Apr 09, 2025•3 min
Fools are in charge. The wise are ignored. The lazy get ahead. The hardworking are overlooked. Ever feel like the world is completely upside down? You’re not imagining it—Solomon saw it, too. Welcome to The Daily, where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. Today, we’re looking at Ecclesiastes 10:5-7 : There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler: folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low ...
Apr 08, 2025•3 min
Some command respect. Others create chaos. Welcome to The Daily, where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. Today, we’re looking at Ecclesiastes 10:2-4 : A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left. Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense, and he says to everyone that he is a fool. If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for calmness will lay great offenses to rest. — Ecclesiastes...
Apr 07, 2025•3 min
Shout out to Earl Estep. This weekend, I will be at the Men of Honor Conference in Sacramento, CA. I am excited to be with you and your men. Welcome to The Daily, where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. Today, we’re looking at Ecclesiastes 10:1 : Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor. — Ecclesiastes 10:1 The Little Things Matter Imagine a master perfumer crafting a bottle of the finest f...
Apr 06, 2025•3 min
Ever notice how the loudest voices get the most attention? Social media. Politics. Everyday life. It’s a world where volume often drowns out value. But Ecclesiastes flips that idea on its head. Welcome to The Daily, where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. Today, we’re looking at Ecclesiastes 9:17-18 : The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools. Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys m...
Apr 05, 2025•3 min
Welcome to The Daily, where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. Today, we’re looking at Ecclesiastes 9:13-16 : I have also seen this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me. There was a little city with few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it. But there was found in it a poor, wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man. But I say t...
Apr 04, 2025•3 min
Welcome to The Daily, where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. Today, we’re looking at Ecclesiastes 9:12 : For man does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them. — Ecclesiastes 9:12 We live like we’ve got all the time in the world. Making plans. Setting goals. Acting like tomorrow’s guaranteed. But then—life h...
Apr 03, 2025•4 min
Welcome to The Daily, where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. Today, we’re looking at Ecclesiastes 9:11 : Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all. — Ecclesiastes 9:11 We like to think life is predictable. That hard work guarantees success. That wisdom leads to wealth. That str...
Apr 02, 2025•3 min
