Author Archives: Jamie Hicks

Ecclesiastes 8:9-9:18; 2 Corinthians 7:11-16; Psalms 49:1-9; Proverbs 14:32-33 OT: “Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, I also know that it will go well with God-fearing people, for they are reverent before him. However, it will not go well with the wicked, and they will not lengthen their daysContinue reading “05/09/Su – The Here and Now, and the Life to Come”

Ecclesiastes 7:1-8:8; 2. Corinthians 7:8-10; Psalms 48:9-14; Proverbs 14:30-31 OT: “It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, since that is the end of all mankind, and the living should take it to heart. Grief is better than laughter, for when a face is sad,Continue reading “05/08/S – Good Grief”

Ecclesiastes 5:10-6:12; 2 Corinthians 7:2-7; Psalms 48:1-8; Proverbs 14:28-29 OT: “Here is what I have seen to be good: It is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his reward. Furthermore, everyoneContinue reading “05/07/F – True Joy and Satisfaction”

Ecclesiastes 4:1-5:9; 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1; Psalms 47:8-9; Proverbs 14:26-27 OT: “Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their efforts. For if either falls, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to lift him up. Also, if two lie down together, they can keepContinue reading “05/06/Th – The Power of Partnership”

Ecclesiastes 2:24-3:22; 2 Corinthians 6:3-13; Psalms 47:1-7; Proverbs 14:25 OT: “There is an occasion for everything, and a time for every activity under heaven: a time to give birth and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot; a time to kill and a time to heal; a time toContinue reading “05/05/W – Everything Beautiful in its Time”

Ecclesiastes 1:1-2:23; 2 Corinthians 6:1-2; Psalms 46:8-11; Proverbs 14:22-24 OT: “The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem. “Absolute futility,” says the Teacher. “Absolute futility. Everything is futile.” What does a person gain for all his efforts that he labors at under the sun?” (‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭1:1-3‬ ‭CSB) The authorship of the bookContinue reading “05/04/T – The Search for Meaning and Purpose”

Job 42:1-17; 2 Corinthians 5:15-21; Psalms 46:1-7; Proverbs 14:20-21 NT: “From now on, then, we do not know anyone from a worldly perspective. Even if we have known Christ from a worldly perspective, yet now we no longer know him in this way. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; theContinue reading “05/03/M – A New Perspective”

Job 40:1-41:34; 2 Corinthians 5:11-14; Psalms 45:7-17; Proverbs 14:17-19 NT: “Therefore, since we know the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your consciences… For if we are out of our mind, it is for God; if weContinue reading “05/02/Su – Compelled by Love”

Job 38:1-39:30; 2 Corinthians 5:1-10; Psalms 45:1-6; Proverbs 14:15-16 NT: “For we know that if our earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling in the heavens, not made with hands… Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us theContinue reading “05/01/S – A Place Prepared for Us”

Job 37:1-24; 2 Corinthians 4:13-18; Psalms 44:23-26; Proverbs 14:13-14 NT: “And since we have the same spirit of faith in keeping with what is written, I believed, therefore I spoke, we also believed, and therefore speak. For we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and presentContinue reading “04/30/F – Eyeing the Eternal”