Daily DEVOTIONAL

Ecclesiastes 7:15-29: More About Wisdom

October 10, 2026

Jeremiah 23-25, Ecclesiastes 7:15-29, John 3:22-36, James 5:1-6   Ecclesiastes 7:15-29:   This section continues the discussion that we looked at yesterday. The basic idea is that—as the “teacher” explores his various experiments related to answering his question about the meaning of life “under the sun”—he now comes to explore wisdom. Certainly wisdom has much to offer. It is better…

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1 Timothy 4: Heresy and Its Antidote

August 6, 2023
Ezra 8, Proverbs 6, Luke 14:25-35, 1 Timothy 4 1 Timothy 4: In this passage, Paul teaches Timothy – and us – what the nature of false teaching is and what is to ...
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1 Timothy 3:8-18: Deacons

August 5, 2023
Ezra 7, Proverbs 5, Luke 14:15-24, 1 Timothy 3:8-18 1 Timothy 3:8-18: Paul now describes the necessary qualifications for the role of deacons. Basically, they are similar to that which he described for ...
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1 Timothy 3:1-7: An Overseer

August 4, 2023
Ezra 6, Proverbs 4, Luke 14:1-14, 1 Timothy 3:1-7 1 Timothy 3:1-7: The Bible reading program that we follow in our devotionals suggests that this reading goes to verse 10 (and then the ...
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1 Timothy 2: Christ Centered Worship

August 3, 2023
Ezra 4-5, Proverbs 3, Luke 13:22-35, 1 Timothy 2 1 Timothy 2: This chapter begins a section of Paul advising Timothy how he is to conduct worship in (as he calls it at ...
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1 Timothy 1:12-20: Worst of Sinners

August 2, 2023
Ezra 3, Proverbs 2, Luke 13:10-21, 1 Timothy 1:12-20 1 Timothy 1:12-20: Paul is writing to Timothy to give him the necessary instructions to deal with the false teaching that had arisen in ...
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1 Timothy 1:1-11: Defeating False Teaching

August 1, 2023
Ezra 1-2, Proverbs 1, Luke 13:1-9, 1 Timothy 1:1-11  1 Timothy 1:1-11:  In this (and its companion letter 2 Timothy), Paul is writing to the young Timothy to give him specific instructions regarding ...
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