God has given us one book that can change the entire direction of our lives, the Bible.

And in this study, journeying through scriptures, we will take a brief big-picture look at every book of the Bible, tracing God's unfolding story from Genesis to Revelation.

Our prayer is that this journey will stir your heart to open God's word daily.

Let's join Scott Pauli for today's study.

The Bible is the greatest love story on earth. There is no love story like the story of God's love for us. And in the Bible, there's one book that stands out above all others as a book primarily

just about love. And that, my friends, is the book of Song of Solomon. You remember that

Solomon wrote three books. He wrote Ecclesiastes, he wrote Proverbs, and he wrote Song of Solomon.

Most people believe that he wrote Song of Solomon when he was young and in love. He writes about love.

He wrote proverbs at the height of his power and reign. He wrote about wisdom. Then he wrote

Ecclesiastes as an old man to talk about the folly of departing from that wisdom. I tell you, we

live in an Ecclesiastes world, but I want to keep a song of Solomon heart. How about you?

Though there's lots of evil around us and emptiness around us, I want to keep a heart filled with the love of God,

filled with love for God,

and filled and overflowing with the love of God for other people.

Song of Solomon is the opposite of Ecclesiastes.

Ecclesiastes shows a man with an empty heart,

but Song of Solomon shows a man with a full heart.

Someone said that Ecclesiastes teaches us about the human intellect, about the mind and thought,

but Song of Solomon teaches us about human emotion.

And may I tell you, when God moves on the heart, there's nothing like it.

And there's nothing more wonderful than the love of God.

You remember that Solomon wrote nearly a thousand songs he wrote a great host of songs

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