How do you respond when you have suffered a great loss? Job lost his wealth, his children and his health – and he was a blameless, upright man who feared God and continually turned from evil. Job 1:1 Only God permitted Satan to cause Job to greatly suffer. Satan was the instigator of Job’s sufferings. […]
Hey, life isn’t fair! Have you thought that? How do you respond to bad “stuff” happening in your life? Followers of Christ, following Christ doesn’t mean you are untouchable by the bad “stuff” in life. Job found that out. Job did not know about the scene in heaven before the “one day” he was stripped […]
For whom do you continuously pray – because you love them and desire them to respond to the living God? Job did that for his seven sons.NASB Job 1:5 “When the days of feasting had completed their cycle, Job would send and consecrate them (his children), rising up early in the morning and offering burnt […]
Your reputation hinges, rests on your motives, your thoughts, words and actions. Job’s reputation was impeccable. God said so. The words the Scripture uses to describe Job:NASB Job 1:1 “There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil.” […]
“In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright: he feared God and shunned evil.” Job 1:1 (NIV) Like many of us, Job loved God. And, Satan wanted to destroy his faith in God by destroying Job. That is like us too. Satan desires that […]
Jesus intentionally set His face toward Jerusalem. Prophecy would become history during that Holy Week. (NASB) Luke 22:1 “Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread which is called the Passover was approaching.” Jesus and His 12 disciples went to Jerusalem for this historic Passover. Why historic? Jesus became the Passover Lamb, sacrificed for the sins of […]