Tag Archives: trials

August 12, 2014

Posted on August 14, 2014 by jgarrott

Ezekiel 33:11 “Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! … Continue reading →

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May 9, 2014

Posted on May 11, 2014 by jgarrott

Psalm 84:5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage. The NIV does a disservice by translating this as “hearts set on pilgrimage.” The Japanese sticks much closer to the Hebrew by saying, … Continue reading →

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March 23, 2014

Posted on March 25, 2014 by jgarrott

Job 36:15 “But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; he speaks to them in their affliction. I don’t know that I’ve ever really noticed this verse before; it wasn’t underlined in any Bible I’ve used for the past … Continue reading →

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March 19, 2014

Posted on March 23, 2014 by jgarrott

Job 17:3 “Give me, O God, the pledge you demand. Who else will put up security for me?” Job seems to have grasped one of the fundamental, yet somewhat counter-intuitive, truths of the Bible: God never requires anything of us … Continue reading →

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March 18, 2014

Posted on March 23, 2014 by jgarrott

Job 2:9-10 “His wife said to him, “Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!” He replied, “You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” In all this, … Continue reading →

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March 16, 2014

Posted on March 18, 2014 by jgarrott

Ezra 9:13 “What has happened to us is a result of our evil deeds and our great guilt, and yet, our God, you have punished us less than our sins have deserved and have given us a remnant like this.” … Continue reading →

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October 7, 2013

Posted on October 9, 2013 by jgarrott

Isaiah 7:9b “‘If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.’” As I recall, this particular turn of phrase struck me the first time I read through the Bible in the NIV translation, well … Continue reading →

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September 17, 2013

Posted on September 19, 2013 by jgarrott

Psalm 96:13 They will sing before the LORD, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his truth. English and Japanese translations of the Bible often divide verses … Continue reading →

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January 19, 2013

Posted on January 20, 2013 by jgarrott

Proverbs 24:16 for though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again, but the wicked are brought down by calamity. It’s not a question of whether we will have difficulties; Jesus stated emphatically that we would. (John 16:33) The … Continue reading →

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January 16, 2013

Posted on January 17, 2013 by jgarrott

Proverbs 21:1 The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD; he directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases. This is a very important promise that we often fail to remember. The Bible records several instances of God … Continue reading →

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