God – Living Life with Jesus

Psalm 42

Psalm 42: 1-2, “As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.” Our SOULS thirst for God. I know how thirsty I get if I have to go even an hour without water and that’s how our souls areContinue reading “Psalm 42”

Job 36-39

Job 36 Elihu is speaking to Job about the power of the Lord. Elihu clearly reveres the Lord and understands His might and power. Elihu gives lots of good advice concerning the Lord, such as: to remember all the great things He has done and to praise Him always. However, Elihu misses the mark andContinue reading “Job 36-39”

Job 28-29

In Job 28, Job discusses wisdom and gives 4 main points: Wisdom is unfound by man. Wisdom is more precious than gold, rubies, silver, etc. Only God has wisdom and understands it. Therefore, we must fear and obey God because He’s got wisdom- the most precious thing. Job 29:2- “Oh, that I were as inContinue reading “Job 28-29”

Job 15-16

Job 15 Eliphaz (Job’s friend) is tearing down Job’s hope in God. In 15:8, Eliphaz says, “Do you limit wisdom to yourself? What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not in is?” Eliphaz is confused because Job keeps bringing his case to the Lord, keeps pleading andContinue reading “Job 15-16”

Job 12-14

Job 12 Job responds to his three friends and is like, “ok guys, we all know that this is from the hand of God because everything is from God! Even the birds and fish know that. But you guys are mocking me by telling me that it’s MY fault.” Job wanted friends who would comfortContinue reading “Job 12-14”

Job 8 and 9

Job 8 Bildad, another of Job’s friends, is telling Job that his sons must have died because of their sins and that Job needs to be “pure and upright” (v. 6) to regain the Lord’s favor. Unlike Eliphaz, who was encouraging Job to pray and bring his worries to God, Bildad is telling Job toContinue reading “Job 8 and 9”

Job 4

In chapter 4, Eliphaz (one of Job’s friends) is assuming that all of Job’s troubles must be because of some sin. My bible (edited by Charles F. Stanley) has a really interesting footnote that says, “No one was ever more innocent than Jesus, yet He perished for our sins.” I’m speculating here, but maybe GodContinue reading “Job 4”

Job 2

Job 2:10, “Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” Job saw both sides of the coin and knew that it was important to follow the Lord and be faithful to Him no matter what the circumstances are. We can’t just love God in the good times- we gotta loveContinue reading “Job 2”

Job 1

Job was a man who feared God and God gave him many blessings and protection. Satan questions Job’s motives: does Job only worship God because of all the blessings? Satan does not love or respect humans and doesn’t think Job has an actually good character to still fear God if everything was taken from him.Continue reading “Job 1”

God Takes Time

This morning I read a couple chapters in Esther and I bowed my head to pray and I started having a pity-party for myself. I was feeling like I’ll never measure up to Esther or any other biblical person and God gave me a revelation. Things in the bible did not happen quickly. Every message,Continue reading “God Takes Time”