Dialogue 14 — Job Cracks
Job 31:29–37 (ESV) “If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him(I have not let my mouth sin by asking for his life with a curse),if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who is there that has not been filled with his meat?’(the sojourner […]
Submit to God’s Word
Getting the most out of God’s Word begins with a mindset of submission. We must be prepared to respond to the Word like the Israelites of old: “All that the Lord has spoken, we will do.” Today’s excerpt from The Joy and Rejoicing of My Heart is found on pages 156 and 157: “Every Christian understands that […]
Conversation
God and Reason (16) For you can all prophesy one by one, that all may learn and all may be encouraged. 1 Corinthians 14.31 Reason and conversationI think one of the most overlooked teachings of the New Testament is that Christians should encourage one another, and encouraging one another requires words and deeds, thoughtfully considered. In […]
When Jesus Comes Seeking Fruit
Matthew 21 The End of the Beginning (3) Pray Psalm 92.1-4.It is good to give thanks to the LORD,And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning,And Your faithfulness every night,On an instrument of ten strings,On the lute,And on the harp,With harmonious sound. For You, LORD, have made me […]
Dialogue 13 — Friends
Job 2:11–13 (ESV) Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to show him sympathy and comfort him. And when they saw him from […]