I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted. Job 42:2.  The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him. Nahum 1:7. We come to the end of the Book of Job, Job 42. I can’t help but think that Job was recorded for…

And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father address his son? It says, My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son. Hebrews…

His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied: Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them. He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago)…

Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. John 17:3.  Our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so…

He who forms the mountains, creates the wind, and reveals his thoughts to man, he who turns dawn to darkness, and treads the high places of the earth – the Lord God Almighty is his name. Amos 4:13.  Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. Isaiah 43:1. By…

You have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. Colossians 3:9-10. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. Matthew 10:29.  In our chapter,…

Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are…

Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. Psalm 62:8.  I was struck in reading our chapter, Job 33, by the way in which Elihu speaks. I am about to open my mouth; my words are on the tip of my tongue…v. 2. He takes awhile to…