TSK · Ecclesiastes 9:10

“When these signs have taken place, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God will be with you.

David said to his son Solomon:“Be strong and brave! Do it! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! For the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you or abandon you before all the work for the service of the LORD’s temple is finished.

This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the LORD his God considered good and right and faithful.

I got up during the night, along with a few men who were with me. But I did not tell anyone what my God was putting on my heart to do for Jerusalem. There were no animals with me, except for the one I was riding.

So we rebuilt the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height. The people were enthusiastic in their work.

who were rebuilding the wall. Those who were carrying loads did so by keeping one hand on the work and the other on their weapon.

before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow,

The Inevitability of Death“But there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.

I will tell about your justice, and all day long proclaim your salvation, though I cannot fathom its full extent.

Do not say to your neighbor,“Go! Return tomorrow and I will give it,” when you have it with you at the time.

If the clouds are full of rain, they will empty themselves on the earth, and whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, the tree will lie wherever it falls.

Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the Pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.

But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Jesus said to them,“My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.

We must perform the deeds of the one who sent me as long as it is daytime. Night is coming when no one can work.

Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.

Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain. In fact, I worked harder than all of them– yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

taking advantage of every opportunity, because the days are evil.

Salvation Based on the Word of God Therefore, I intend to remind you constantly of these things even though you know them and are well established in the truth that you now have.