Job 10 is a great example of how to come to God with our emotions- to be our true selves and be honest with Him. Job is so clearly suffering and he gives it to God. But Job does not forget who God is and what God has done for him. In 10:12 Job states,Continue reading “Job 10 and 11”
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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 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”
Nehemiah 6-9
I’m a little behind on posting anything so you’re getting a bundle today. Nehemiah 6:13 says, “For this reason he was hired, that I should be afraid and act that way and sin, so that they might have cause for an evil report, that they might reproach me.” Nehemiah was doing the Lord’s work (rebuildingContinue reading “Nehemiah 6-9”
Nehemiah 2
Nehemiah (a Jewish man) was a cupbearer for King Artaxerxes (pagan king), which meant he brought him his food and drink and tasted it first to be sure it wasn’t poison. One day, news traveled to Nehemiah that Jerusalem was in ruin. This is after many Jewish people were released to go back to JerusalemContinue reading “Nehemiah 2”
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