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Tag Archives: Job
Stubborn Faith; March 14, 2023
Job 13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face. There are different kinds of faith, or at least different manifestations of faith. Job’s faith was a grit-your-teeth-and-dig-in-your-heels kind … Continue reading
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Tagged faithfulness, innocence, Job, joy, optimism, peace, sin, stubborn faith, suffering, troubles
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Job’s Joy; August 2, 2022
Job 6:10 Then I would still have this consolation– my joy in unrelenting pain– that I had not denied the words of the Holy One. Job went through a lot. Whether he actually existed or whether the book was written … Continue reading
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Tagged blessing, faithfulness, integrity, Job, joy, martyrs, peace, satisfaction, suffering, taking up our cross
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Suffering; March 11, 2022
Job 19:25-26 “I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.” This magnificent statement has naturally been … Continue reading
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Tagged bitterness, faith, hope, Job, pain, prayer, skin problems, spiritual growth, suffering
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Waiting in Hope; March 8, 2022
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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Tagged faith, Hebrew, hope, Job, patience, revival, trusting God, waiting in hope
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Knowledge; March 7, 2022
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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Tagged curiosity, God's gifts, God's plans, hubris, human limitations, humility, Job, knowing God, knowledge, learning, science
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Secure Hope; March 6, 2022
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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Tagged Bill Gates, distractions, focus, hope, humility, ignoring God, Job, Job's friends, success, Vladimir Putin, wealth
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Depending on God; March 5, 2022
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
The Book of Job; March 3, 2022
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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Tagged accountability, conventional wisdom, God's grace, guilt, hope, Job, piety, repentance, sin, taking credit, The Sound of Music, truisms
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Fellowship with God; June 8, 2021
Job 33:26 He prays to God and finds favor with him, he sees God’s face and shouts for joy; he is restored by God to his righteous state. This passage (14-30) is one of my favorites in the whole Book … Continue reading
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Tagged bible reading, hearing God, I Can Only Imagine, Job, praise and worship, prayer, re-connecting with God, redemption, repentance, sin
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