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Job 25-27
on August 15th, 2023
Daily Devotional from Job 25—Verses 5-6Behold, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure in his [God’s] eyes; how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!This was spoken by Bildad. Boy, did he have it wrong. Did he not know? Man was created in the IMAGE of GOD. How could he then call man a maggot? David pondered the greatness of God compared to man when he a...  Read More
Job 22-24
on August 14th, 2023
Daily Devotional from Job 23--Verse 12I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.Have you ever been on a fast and dreamily fantasized about what you would have for your next meal? Well, that should remind us of what our soul does every time we fast from the Word of God. We can go days without soul food, or simply feed our minds with spiritual junk food, but there’s a deep...  Read More
Job 19-21
on August 12th, 2023
Daily Devotional from Job 19--Verse 21Have mercy on me, have mercy on me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me!Have you ever wanted to help a grieving friend but didn’t know what to say? Sometimes not knowing what to say—or thinking we know the answers--aren’t what our loved ones need. Job’s friends wanted to help, but their “help” ended up being wrong and didn’t comfort Job. Tryin...  Read More
Job 16-18
on August 11th, 2023
Daily Devotional from Job 16—Verse 4I also could speak as you do, if you were in my place;I could join words together against you and shake my head at you.It’s easy for any of us to judge someone who is going through a hard time. It’s easy to try and problem-solve to think we know why they are going through those hardships. Sometimes we need to turn off our problem solving and just lend an ear. Jo...  Read More
Job 13-15
on August 10th, 2023
Daily Devotional from Job 13--Verse 24 (CSB)Why do you hide your face and consider me your enemy? Have you ever walked through a considerable difficulty and felt that God was far away? Maybe you feel as if God has turned his back on you? That maybe he considers you as his enemy instead of loving you like he’s supposed to? It is difficult in the moment to see beyond our suffering. In this passage, ...  Read More
Job 10-12
on August 9th, 2023
Daily Devotional from Job 10--Verse 2I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.Job wants to know why bad things are happening to him, in spite of his lifestyle of righteousness. And he wants it to stop.His friends believe he must have sinned but has forgotten. Thus this judgment has come upon him, and he deserves it.We know that in life bad things happen to “good...  Read More
Job 7-9
on August 8th, 2023
Daily Devotional from Job 7—Verse 1“Has not man a hard service on earth, and are not his days like the days of a hired hand?” – JobSometimes, this is how life feels. Like we’re just running in a hamster wheel, working so hard but not getting anywhere. We feel worn down, run over, washed up. We start to think, “What’s the point?” “Why is it so hard?”Well friend, many have gone before and felt the s...  Read More
Job 4-6
on August 7th, 2023
Daily Devotional from Job 6--Verse 25 (NKJV)How forceful are right words! But what does you arguing prove?Do you know it’s possible to be in the right and dead wrong at the same time? You can use all the right words and still be off the mark. Here Job acknowledges that what his friends are saying sounds good until you ask, ‘what’s the point?’ I think they had probably lost track.Sometimes we get c...  Read More
Job 1-3
on August 5th, 2023
Daily Devotional from Job 1--Verse 20Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshipped.What is your response when hardship comes your way?Job could have reacted in a ton of different ways, but he chose to humble himself and worship God—blessing His name. This doesn’t mean Job didn’t mourn, in fact tearing his clothes and shaving his head would have been a c...  Read More
Esther 6-10
on August 4th, 2023
Daily Devotional from Esther Chapter 9--Verse 22…as the days on which the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending gifts of food to one another and gifts to the poor.God often turns our hardships into joy. Here he turned th...  Read More
Esther 1-5
on August 3rd, 2023
Daily Devotional from Esther 3--Verses 5-6When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing down or paying him homage, he was filled with rage. And when he learned of Mordecai’s ethnic identity, it seemed repugnant to Haman to do away with Mordecai alone. He planned to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout Ahasuerus’s kingdom.The tale of Haman is such a cautionary tale. Everyone loved h...  Read More
August Reading Schedule
on August 2nd, 2023
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