Sermons & Devotionals by Dan Biser

"I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me." In the last 3 chapters of Song of Solomon, there is much description of her Beloved. There is no more the scenarios of seeking and finding, but all is about description. I am my Beloved's - it is the certainty of knowing Who's we are; 'I am' is the c... Read More

"Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it." The Lord is speaking, and His place is found. Let us go where we may meet with Him and hear from Him. Thou that dwellest in the gardens - the Lord is located in the garden; If you knew where He was, where ... Read More

"Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices." We come to the conclusion of this book. Eight chapters, and what a roller coaster of experience in love and relationship it has been. And with this last verse we have a petition from her to her belov... Read More

"By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through." We come again to another verse that speaks to the wisdom of observation and our reality. Any one of us can be going down the road and see and old house that is crumbling. We know the simple re... Read More

" As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that iswith child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all." The two distinquishing marks of this verse are 'thou knowest not'; and the vastness of God mentioned. As thou knowest not wh... Read More

"Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw night when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;" The last chapter and now beginning in this chapter Solomon is looking to the distinction of youth and old age. He has much to say against old a... Read More

"Let us hear the conclsion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man." The last two verses of this book are very direct and needful. Of all that we study in the Scriptures, these two verses, 13 and 14, cut to the heart of it. Let us hear the conclusi... Read More

"For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil." the conclusion of this chapter, of the book and of life itself. What a fitting verse to conclude all that has been presented in this book of 'observation'. the previous verse gave us o... Read More

"Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it." A picture of death and what happens to us at that time. I use this verse so often, I felt the need to stop here and address the truth of it. Let us see what Scripture teaches us about death and dyi... Read More

"Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity." The words of Solomon throughout this book reveal that there is much vanity. Vanity is defined as something that is vain, empty or valueless. Literally we are left with nothing. Everything of this world is vanity, it holds n... Read More

"For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner He giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that He may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit." WE see a complete dual look at the sinner and the righteous.... Read More

"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:" WE begin this most famous chapter on 'Time'. WE see the punctuation at the end of the verse and follow it down through the verses on time. WE note that verses 1 - 8 are one continual though, sentence that is all expres... Read More

"Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?" These verses of 9 -12 have been on unity. We see in this verse a rational truth followed by question to emphasize that truth. Again - the truth has to be spoken over and over; Why? For the hope that it will be received... Read More

"Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor." The old saying goes, 'There is strength in numbers.' This verse is a testimony to that truth. Actually we see that verses 9 -12 all deal with the wisdom of numbers being better than the one. The wisdom of this is presented b... Read More

"There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt." This section of this chapter is complete in verses 9 -17. I stop on this verse because of its merit about our current position in the United States. the old saying goes, 'Where much is g... Read More

"As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand." I want to use back to back verse 15 and 16 for its eternal purpose for us. As he came forth of his mother's womb - word study, come; the gift of... Read More

"And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?" this verse is a continuation of the previous verses. We will look at it on its own, for each verse and phrase teaches, instructs and grants us what we need in our s... Read More

"For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God." Any verse with 'fear the Lord' should captivate our attentin. So I stop here at this verse in this chapter to address it. For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities - ... Read More

"If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he." The wisdom of this verse, simply lies before us. What will you do with it? What wi... Read More

"Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better." Many will read this and quickly dispel its wisdom. For in our day, society is bent on removing all saddness and replacing life with laughter. Tell a joke, find humor, see movies of comedies, fill your m... Read More