Defined By Moments

Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus 23  And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. Thanks for listening to Defined By Moments! Subscribe now to never miss an episode! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.definedbymoments.org

Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus 23  And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. Thanks for listening to Defined By Moments! Subscribe now and never miss an episode! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.definedbymoments.org

Greeting 1  Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker 2  and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house: 3  Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Philemon's Love and Faith 4  I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers, 5  because I hear of your love and of the...

Greeting 1  Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker 2  and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house: 3  Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Philemon's Love and Faith 4  I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers, 5  because I hear of your love and of the...

Greeting 1  Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker 2  and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house: 3  Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Philemon's Love and Faith 4  I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers, 5  because I hear of your love and of the...

A Great Crowd Follows Jesus 7  Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea 8  and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him. 9  And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him, 10  for he had h...

Fear God and Keep His Commandments 9  Besides being wise, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs with great care. 10  The Preacher sought to find words of delight, and uprightly he wrote words of truth. 11  The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one Shepherd. 12  My son...

Remember Your Creator in Your Youth 12  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 pleasure in them”; 2  before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain, 3  in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent, and the gri...

Cast Your Bread upon the Waters 11  Cast your bread upon the waters,    for you will find it after many days. 2  Give a portion to seven, or even to eight,    for you know not what disaster may happen on earth. 3  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. 4  He who...

16  Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child,    and your princes feast in the morning! 17  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 drunkenness! 18  Through sloth the roof sinks in,    and through indolence the house leaks. 19  Bread is made for laughter,    and wine gladdens life,    and mone...

1  Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off a stench;    so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor. 2  A wise man's heart inclines him to the right,    but a fool's heart to the left. 3  Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense,    and he says to everyone that he is a fool. 4  If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place,    for calmness[ a ] will lay...

Wisdom Better Than Folly 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. 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 snar...

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Death Comes to All 9  But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him. 2  It is the same for all, since the same event happens to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil,[ a ] to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does no...

Those Who Fear God Will Do Well 10  Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to go in and out of the holy place and were praised[ a ] in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity.[ b ] 11  Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil. 12  Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his lif...

Keep the King's Command 1  Who is like the wise?    And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine,    and the hardness of his face is changed. 2  I say:[ a ] Keep the king's command, because of God's oath to him.[ b ] 3  Be not hasty to go from his presence. Do not take your stand in an evil cause, for he does whatever he pleases. 4  For the word of the king is s...

15  In my vain[ a ] life I have seen everything. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evildoing. 16  Be not overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself? 17  Be not overly wicked, neither be a fool. Why should you die before your time? 18  It is good that you should take hold of th...

The Contrast of Wisdom and Folly 1  A good name is better than precious ointment,    and the day of death than the day of birth. 2  It is better to go to the house of mourning    than to go to the house of feasting,for this is the end of all mankind,    and the living will lay it to heart. 3  Sorrow is better than laughter,    for by sadness of face the heart is made glad. 4  The heart of the wise...

10  Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he. 11  The more words, the more vanity, and what is the advantage to man? 12  For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun? This is a p...

1  There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind: 2  a man to whom God gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity;[ a ] it is a grievous evil. 3  If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years...

18  Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot. 19  Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God. 20  For he will not much reme...

The Vanity of Wealth and Honor 8  If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them. 9  But this is gain for a land in every way: a king committed to cultivated fields.[ a ] 10  He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, n...

1  Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil. 2  [ b ] Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few. 3  For a dream comes with much business, and a fool's voice...

7  Again, I saw vanity under the sun: 8  one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business. 9  Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. 10  For if they fall,...

Evil Under the Sun 1  Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them. 2  And I thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive. 3  But better than both is he who has not yet been and...