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- Pray – Read Job 9:11-20 “Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.” Job 9:20 – Observe Actually, Job IS innocent (v21), but he is saying that IF he could summon God and IF God would listen, then Job would probably still mess [...]

- Pray – Read Job 9:1-10 “Then Job replied: ‘Indeed, I know this to be true. But how can a mortal be righteous before God?’” Job 9:1-2 – Observe So, what Bildad said was true, but not helpful to Job. That would explain God’s condemnation of Bildad’s words. – Do Ask God to help you [...]

- Pray – Read Job 8:1-10 “Ask the former generations and find out what their fathers learned” Job 8:8 – Observe At first, I thought this was some sort of communication with the dead, but then i realized that Bildad was talking about the ‘preceding’ (still alive) and not the ‘former’ (no longer alive). I [...]

- Pray – Read Job 7:11-21 “What is man that you make so much of him, that you give him so much attention,” Job 7:17 – Observe Job recognized that the reason he was alive was because of God’s active intervention. He is wondering why the Creator of the whole universe even bothers to pay [...]

More than once I’ve heard our pastors go on a little rant about the disease of Christianese. This is the problem where people who have been saved for some time seem to learn the “language” and that’s the only way they can speak around other Christians (and sometimes around anyone!). It’s especially bad in prayer [...]

Reading through the books of Kings and Chronicles is like a frustrating roller coaster ride. You’re thrilled to read about the kings that follow God and make great efforts to cleanse the land of idolatry and clean up the temple in Jerusalem. You’re horrified to read about kings who don’t just dabble in sin, but [...]

- Pray – Read Job 7:1-10 “When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’ The night drags on, and I toss till dawn.” Job 7:4 – Observe Job’s sores are well known to Sunday School kids. But, his lack of sleep is less well known. Satan was very thorough in his [...]

- Pray – Read Job 6:24-30 “But now be so kind as to look at me. Would I lie to your face?” Job 6:28 – Observe This is the crux of the problem with Eliphaz’ argument: he is calling Job a liar and has nothing for evidence except his declarations about the nature of God. [...]

- Pray – Read Job 6:11-23 “A despairing man should have the devotion of his friends, even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.” – Observe After seven days of silence, Job declares his desire to die, and Eliphaz rebukes Job. This is what Job is criticizing in this verse. Is Job right? Should [...]

- Pray – Read Job 6:1-10 “Then I would still have this consolation – my joy in unrelenting pain – that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.” Job 6:10 – Observe Here is another reason for Job’s death wish: he wants to end the race strong. Apparently, he is afraid that [...]

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