Job 4: Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm: 7 “Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me. 8 “Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself? 9 Do you have an arm like God’s, and can your voice thunder like his? 10 Then adorn yourself with glory and … Read more
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you,plans to give you hope and a future. For two years, we had lived in the small town. I was ready to move on to bigger and better things. My husband had a job interview, and the employer was really positive. … Read more
Job 1: 20-22 20 At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship 21 and said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.” 22 In all this, Job did not sin by charging … Read more
Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. Eyes from all over the world watched the swimming competition at the Olympics. Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte appear to be friends out of the pool and the fiercest of competitors in the swimming pool. Phelps came in fourth place, and Ryan took the gold. … Read more
Ezekiel 36 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. I heard a pastor once describe salvation as a heart transplant not a heart by-pass. God takes our old heart and completely removes this … Read more
1 Samuel 16:6-7 6 When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord’s anointed stands here before theLord.” 7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” Have you … Read more
1 Kings 19:19-21 19 So Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen, and he himself was driving the twelfth pair. Elijah went up to him and threw his cloak around him. 20 Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. “Let me kiss my father and … Read more
Proverbs 3: 5-6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.[a] We have some friends who love to hike. I hurt my knee during the last hike, and I apologized for slowing them … Read more
Psalms 81:10-16 10 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it. 11 “But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me. 12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices. 13 “If my people … Read more