Sun 10/19 · James 3 · Lam 2
V.6a says, “The tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity.” Yes, we sin a lot through our tongue! But God has given us 3 spiritual weapons to help us…
Daily devotionals
Pastor Elmer Inafuku’s reflections on each day’s Bible reading.
2026 Bible reading plan
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Sat 10/18 · Lam 1 · James 2
This chapter describes the fall of Jerusalem from princess to slave (v.1). Her people have been taken captive (v.3). The reason for her desolation is the multitude of her transgressions,…
Fri 10/17 · Song 8 · James 1
The Shulamite uses her garden and vineyard as symbols of her body and her lovemaking with her Beloved (v.2, 5, 12). Her brothers think of her as a little sister…
Thu 10/16 · Song 7 · 1 Tim 6
Once more, the Beloved describes the Shulamite’s body in graphic imagery in v.1-9, using poetic expressions of love that stir her passion. We Christian men should be challenged from this…
Wed 10/15 · Song 6 · 1 Tim 5
V.8-9 are puzzling verses, “There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and virgins without number. My dove, my perfect one, is the only one, the only one of her mother,…
Tue 10/14 · Song 5 · 1 Tim 4
The Beloved goes to visit the Shulamite at night, but she is already in bed, sleeping (v.1-2). She awakes when she realizes it’s her beloved, but hesitates because of the…
Mon 10/13 · Song 4 · 1 Tim 3
The shepherd, who is the Shulamite’s Beloved, speaks from v.1 to v.15, and the Shulamite speaks v.16. The Beloved talks with love and poetic imagination about the Shulamite’s body in…
Sun 10/12 · Song 3 · 1 Tim 2
In this chapter we can see a contrast between the country shepherd whom the Shulamite loved (v.1-5) and Solomon with his 60 valiant soldiers, couch, palanquin and crown (v.6-11). The…
Sat 10/11 · Song 2 · 1 Tim 1
There are several interpretations of the Song of Solomon. One is that it’s a love story between Solomon and a Shulamite woman. Another is that it’s a triangle love story…
Fri 10/10 · Song 1 · 2 Cor 13
This book is a story of a love triangle among a Shulamite woman, King Solomon and a shepherd man whom the Shulamite loves! The characters each talk in this story,…
Thu 10/9 · Eccl 12 · 2 Cor 12
V.3 describes growing old: “In the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men bow down; when the grinders cease because they are few, and those…
Wed 10/8 · Eccl 11 · 2 Cor 11
V.1 says, “Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.” This is an encouragement to continue to share the Word and evangelize because you…
Tue 10/7 · Eccl 10 · 2 Cor 10
V.8 says, “He who digs a pit will fall into it…” What does this mean? I think it means if we judge others, we will also be judged, which is…
Mon 10/6 · Eccl 9 · 2 Cor 9
V.12 says, “For man also does not know his time: Like fish taken in a cruel net, like birds caught in a snare, so the sons of men are snared…
Sun 10/5 · Eccl 8 · 2 Cor 8
Solomon said in v.15: “So I commended enjoyment, because a man has nothing better under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry...” This was how Solomon lived, by…
Sat 10/4 · Eccl 7 · 2 Cor 7
V. 26 says, “And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God shall escape from her,…
Fri 10/3 · Eccl 6 · 2 Cor 6
V.7 says, “All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the soul is not satisfied.” This verse explains the cause of Solomon’s problems and vexations as expressed…
Thu 10/2 · Eccl 5 · 2 Cor 5
One very common evil in society is the rich and powerful exploiting the poor and weak. This was actually the root cause of the French Revolution, when the peasants revolted…
Wed 10/1 · Eccl 4 · 2 Cor 4
V.9-12 say, “2 are better than 1... For if they fall, 1 will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has…
Tue 9/30 · Eccl 3 · 2 Cor 3
In v.21, Solomon writes: “Who knows the spirit of the sons of men, which goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, which goes down to the earth?” He is…