Jul 17, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
This is the way of those who are foolish, and of their posterity who approve their sayings. Like sheep they are laid in the grave. (Psalm 49:13-14) As was addressed in the previous devotion, it is foolish for anyone to think that building their own kingdom will endure...
Jul 16, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
The fool and the senseless person perish, and leave their wealth to others. Their inner thought is that their houses will last forever, their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. Nevertheless man, though in honor, does not...
Jul 15, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Those who trust in their wealth and boast in the multitude of their riches, none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him— for the redemption of their souls is costly. (Psalm 49:6-8) Carnal men are generally unresponsive to the...
Jul 14, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Why should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity at my heels surrounds me? (Psalm 49:5) In the previous verse, the psalmist spoke of the need to listen intently “to a proverb” and then, presumably, reveal what is learned through music made upon his harp....
Jul 13, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will disclose my dark saying on the harp. (Psalm 49:4) From the beginning of time, music has been infinitely important to mankind; more specifically, sacred music is essential to the believer as a source of inspiration and...
Jul 12, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will disclose my dark saying on the harp. (Psalm 49:4) The Hebrew word translated here as “proverb” is equivalent in meaning to the word “parable” which literally means “throwing alongside.” In other words, a parable is a story,...
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