Psalms 135:5–6 “For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods. Whatever the Lord pleases, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.” I believe that the book of James makes it clear that humans are driven to do what they do based
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Read Job 22–23 In chapter 23 verse 4, Job says that he wants to lay his case before God, and would fill his mouth with arguments. Below is the Hebrew definition of the word “argument” : tôḵaḥaṯ: A feminine noun meaning a rebuke, a correction, a reproof, an argument. The primary thrust of this word
Memory Verse: Lamentations 3:31–33: Day 2 “The Lord will not cast off forever, but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love; for he does not afflict from his heart or grieve the children of men.” –Lamentations 3:31–33 God has absolute sovereign freedom to bestow compassion on
Memory Verse: Lamentations 3:31–33: Day 1 “The Lord will not cast off forever, but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love; for he does not afflict from his heart or grieve the children of men.” –Lamentations 3:31–33 When we are in times of grief, it can
Read Job 21 Zophar tries to argue in Chapter 20 that the wicked do not prosper. He saw before his eyes that Job was not prospering, and so reasons that Job is wicked. Job picks up on this line of reasoning in Chapter 21 to try and show Zophar that the wicked do prosper sometimes
Read Job 20 as a family: Zophar makes a final run at condemning Job as a wicked and unrighteous man. The words he says seem ultimately true in the judgement and eternal damnation of the wicked, but he is wrongly applying this to Job. In Zophar’s world, there is no mercy. It appears that he
Memory Verse: Lamentations 3:24-26: Day 5 “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. –Lamentations 3:24-26 We typically think
Memory Verse: Lamentations 3:24-26: Day 4 “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. –Lamentations 3:24-26 Waiting Quietly For
Memory Verse: Lamentations 3:24-26: Day 3 “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. –Lamentations 3:24-26 There are so
“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. –Lamentations 3:24-26 Jesus says in Luke, “out of the overflow of
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