June 21st, 2022

Read: Psalm 56:8 NLT  You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book. In the movie Message in a Bottle, a reporter is strolling along the ocean and finds a love letter in a bottle. It becomes the reporter’s mission […]

June 20th, 2022

Read: Hebrews 5:7 TPT  During Christ’s days on earth he pleaded with God, praying with passion and with tearful agony that God would spare him from death.  And because of his perfect devotion his prayer was answered and he was delivered. But even though he was a wonderful Son, he learned to listen and obey […]

June 19th, 2022

Read: 2 Corinthians 12:7b-10 NLT So to keep me from becoming proud, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger from Satan to torment me and keep me from becoming proud. Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away. Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My […]

June 18th, 2022

Read: Job 42:1-6 NRSV Then Job replied to the Lord: “I know that you can do all things;     no purpose of yours can be thwarted. You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’     Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,     things too wonderful for me to know. “You said, ‘Listen […]

June 17th, 2022

Read: Job 34:10-15 NRSV “So listen to me, you men of understanding.     Far be it from God to do evil,     from the Almighty to do wrong. He repays everyone for what they have done;     He brings on them what their conduct deserves. It is unthinkable that God would do wrong,     that the Almighty would pervert […]

June 16th, 2022

Read: Job 22:1-3 NRSV Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: “Can a man be of benefit to God?     Can even a wise person benefit him? What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous?     What would he gain if your ways were blameless? The book of Job has helped us identify different traps: success, […]

June 15th, 2022

Read: Job 16:1-5 NRSV Then Job replied: “I have heard many things like these;     you are miserable comforters, all of you! Will your long-winded speeches never end?     What ails you that you keep on arguing? I also could speak like you,     if you were in my place; I could make fine speeches against you     and […]

June 14th, 2022

Read: Job 3:20-26 NRSV “Why is light given to those in misery,  and life to the bitter of soul, to those who long for death that does not come,     who search for it more than for hidden treasure, who are filled with gladness     and rejoice when they reach the grave? Why is life given to […]

June 13th, 2022

Read: Job 2:3-5 NRSV Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.” […]

June 12th, 2022

Read: Job 1:8-12 NRSV Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.” “Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied. “Have you not put a hedge around him and his […]