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MORNING— Life Under the Sun “I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and striving after wind. What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is lacking cannot be counted.” Faith Hill sang, “The secret of life is there ain’t no secret, and you don’t…

MORNING— Iron Sharpens Iron “Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” Some lessons you can only learn in the presence of another person. Proverbs 27 doesn’t romanticize friendship. It tells the truth: real friends bring friction. Not the kind that burns you down, but the kind that hones you—like two blades making each other…

Hi everyone! Earlier this year I put out a book on Jeremiah titled “Are You There God, It’s Me, Jeremiah.” It was well received. But upon reading my copy I found too many errors so I knew I had to release a new edition. For those that have already purchased the first one, this isn’t…

MORNING— How Foolishness is Established “He who gives an answer before he hears, it is folly and shame to him.” Proverbs 18 introduces us again to a familiar character — the fool. Not the unintelligent person. Not someone lacking IQ. But someone lacking wisdom. When I was a young believer, I used to read Proverbs…

MORNING— Established in Christ “A man will not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will not be moved.” Adoniram Judson arrived in Burma in 1813 with a burning call from God and almost nothing else. No converts. No encouragement. No visible fruit. For six years he preached and translated Scripture without…

MORNING— Shell Collecting on the Shoreline “The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all transgressions.” Proverbs 10 feels different from the earlier chapters. In Proverbs 1–9, we hear extended appeals — a father instructing his son, Wisdom crying…

MORNING— Unwavering Trust “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.” There is something unsettling about walking in the dark. Even in your own house. You think you know the layout. You’ve walked the…

MORNING— Where Wisdom Begins “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.” Do you want a good life? Not just survival. Not just getting by. But a life marked by strength, stability, and satisfaction? Proverbs opens with that promise. Solomon, son of David, king of Israel, lays out…

MORNING— Known All the Way Through “O LORD, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up;You understand my thought from afar.” Psalm 139 confronts us with the kind of truth that steadies our day before it even begins: you are not a mystery to God.…

MORNING— Blessed Unity “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!” A story is told of a tiny pygmy warrior standing proudly over a dead rhinoceros. Someone asked, “Did you kill that?”“Yeah,” he said, “I killed it.”“How?”“With my club.”“How big is your club?”“About a hundred of us.” There…