Awakened – SoS Saturday
Beneath the apple tree I awakened you. Song of Songs 8:5 NASB It’s a good practice in our walk of faith to allow our hearts to go back and visit the place the Lord first awakened us. Paul models this...
View ArticleFire in the Bridal Chamber – SoS Saturday
Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe as Sheol; Its flashes are flashes of fire, The very flame of the LORD. Song of Songs...
View ArticleLove for Sale – SoS Saturday
If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love, It would be utterly despised. Song of Songs 8:7 NASB The Shepherd Kings offers three statements about love in this passage. They point to the...
View ArticleCan’t Buy Me Love. ~ SoS Saturday
If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love, It would be utterly despised. Song of Songs 8:7 NASB One day Jesus decided to pass the offering plate Himself. The rich folks were so happy....
View ArticleCan't Buy Me Love – II – SoS Saturday
If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love, It would be utterly despised. Song of Songs 8:7 NASB There is another side of this coin. Yes, you can’t buy love, but would you betray your...
View ArticleWhat Shall We Do? ~ SoS Saturday
We have a little sister, And she has no breasts; What shall we do for our sister On the day when she is spoken for? Song of Songs 8:8 NASB Compassion Have you ever been in a time of worship, basking in...
View ArticlePeace Finder – SoS Saturday
Our maiden’s pursuit of the Shepherd King culminates in this: Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace. Song of Songs 8:10 NASB Shalom This word shows up 242 times in the Old Testament, and...
View ArticleAt Work in the Vineyard ~ SoS Saturday
Today we hear the voice of one who has spoken little in this Song of Songs, the narrator. For the most part the song is a dialog between Shepherd King and the Shulamite, with some soliloquy sprinkled...
View ArticleCome Quickly, My Beloved – SoS Saturday
Come quickly, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices. Song of Songs 8:14 International Standard Version So ends the Song of all Songs. With the cry of the Bride...
View ArticleJesus Among His People – SoS Saturday
Hurry, my beloved, And be like a gazelle or a young stag On the mountains of spices. Song of Songs 8:14 NASB The last word picture in the Song of Songs is of a gazelle or young stag running, jumping,...
View ArticleThat Name! – SOS Saturday
Because of the fragrance of your good ointments, Your name is ointment poured forth; Therefore the virgins love you. Song of Songs 1:3 NKJV I have written about the fact that God reveals Himself by His...
View ArticleFragrance and Ointment – SOS Saturday
Because of the fragrance of your good ointments, Your name is ointment poured forth; (Song of Songs 1:3 NKJV) What is fragrance? What does it do? Here’s the thing. When our Song speaks of fragrance it...
View ArticleHis Name Poured Forth – SOS Saturday
Because of the fragrance of your good ointments, Your name is ointment poured forth; (Song of Songs 1:3 NKJV) I have been pondering last week's post for the last few days, and it is really rocking my...
View ArticleIntimacy and Productivity – #SOSSaturday
Draw me after you and let us run together! (Song of Songs 1:4 NASB) Today's verse gives us the outline of the Song of Songs. We'll find it is also a broad-stroke of God's plan for the Christian life...
View ArticleThree Ways to Press In – #SOSSaturdays
The King hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee. (Song Of Songs 1:4 KJV) Today we see our first brush...
View ArticleHide Me! – #SOSSaturday
"Do not stare at me because I am swarthy, For the sun has burned me." - Song of Songs 1:6 NASB There are three books in our Bible attributed to Solomon, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs. We...
View ArticleMomma’s Boys – #SOSSaturday
My mother’s sons were angry with me (Song of Songs 1:6 NASB) For the last two weeks, we looked at the Maiden’s first big problem. She felt dirty on the outside but had beauty on the inside. Today we...
View ArticleWho’s in Charge of Your Vineyard? – #SoSSaturday
They made me caretaker of the vineyards, But I have not taken care of my own vineyard. (Song of Songs 1:6 NASB) We have arrived at the third of three disasters that have presented themselves in quick...
View ArticleI Want to See You Again – #SOSSaturdays
Tell me, O You whom my soul loves, Where do You pasture Your flock, Where do You make it lie down at noon? (Song of Songs 1:7 NASB) Three major detractors pulled our maiden away from spiritual vitality...
View ArticleMirror, Mirror on the Wall – #SoSSaturdays
…O fairest among women... (Song of Songs 1:8 NKJV) He speaks! Verse 8 contains the Shepherd’s first words in the Song. Fairest of them all! With all our girl is stressing over: The conflict of inner...
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