Category Archives: encouragement

Guarantor; March 10, 2022

Posted on March 14, 2022 by jgarrott

Job 17:3 “Give me, O God, the pledge you demand. Who else will put up security for me? I chose this verse to write on because I’ve long been convinced that God never asks anything of us that He doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Time; March 9, 2022

Posted on March 14, 2022 by jgarrott

Job 14:14 If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come. Reading the English, I saw that there was a footnote on “renewal” that said it … Continue reading →

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Waiting in Hope; March 8, 2022

Posted on March 13, 2022 by jgarrott

Job 13:15 “Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face.” This is rightly one of the most famous verses in the Book of Job. It is a declaration of … Continue reading →

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Knowledge; March 7, 2022

Posted on March 9, 2022 by jgarrott

Job 11:7 “Can you fathom the mysteries of God?Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?” Zophar is now the third of Job’s friends to speak, but he too speaks only rhetorical questions, platitudes, and truisms, all couched in terms … Continue reading →

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Secure Hope; March 6, 2022

Posted on March 8, 2022 by jgarrott

Job 8:13 Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless. If Eliphaz was not a good friend to Job, Bildad was worse. However, he too speaks some truth, even if it’s misapplied. … Continue reading →

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Depending on God; March 5, 2022

Posted on March 8, 2022 by jgarrott

Job 6:13 “Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me? Sometimes the kindest thing God can do for us is help us understand how utterly helpless we are without Him. Job’s redeeming … Continue reading →

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Speaking Truth; March 4, 2022

Posted on March 6, 2022 by jgarrott

Job 5:17-18 “Blessed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal. We are back to the paradox of … Continue reading →

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The Book of Job; March 3, 2022

Posted on March 6, 2022 by jgarrott

Job 4:6 “Should not your piety be your confidence and your blameless ways your hope?” I’ve never particularly cared for the Book of Job, largely because so much of it is made up of statements by Job’s friends, whom God … Continue reading →

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Giving; March 2, 2022

Posted on March 5, 2022 by jgarrott

1 Chronicles 29:14 “But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand.” As was … Continue reading →

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Hope; March 1, 2022

Posted on March 5, 2022 by jgarrott

2 Kings 4:28 “Did I ask you for a son, my lord?” she said. “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t raise my hopes’?” Hope can be a strange thing. Not everything we hope for is fulfilled, and that failure can be … Continue reading →

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