Today I offer a prayer for understanding God’s word. I’ve personally been struggling with a few passages recently, and need all the wisdom and guidance the Spirit can give me. Father God, almighty Lord and King, we come before You today a humble and simple people. Father we lack understanding, and our own wisdom is…
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A Prayer for Our Leaders
Today I offer a prayer for our leaders – those who have influence in the lives of others – that they may find their guidance and strength in God alone. Father God, the our Greatest Ruler and Sovereign King, holy, holy, holy is Your name. We think of all those in this world who have…
Job 15
In this chapter Eliphaz speaks for the second time, rebuking Job even more harshly than when he last he spoke. ” ‘Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? Should he argue in unprofitable talk, or in words with which he can do no good? But you…
Job 14
” ‘Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would conceal me until your wrath be past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me! If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my service I would wait, till my renewal should come. You would call,…
Job 13
” ‘Only two things do not do to me, Then I will not hide from Your face: Remove Your hand from me, And let not the dread of You terrify me. Then call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, then reply to me. How many are my iniquities and sins? Make known to…
A Prayer for Focusing on God
Father God, our sovereign King, we seek to honor You with our lips, and keep our hearts near to You. You promise we will find You when we seek You with our whole heart. Please give us hearts to know You, and be our God, for we are Your people. Please keep our minds in…
Job 12
Job begins his response after Zophar spoke. He defends himself a little bit, stating he’s not inferior to his friends, and that he is faultless before God. Job then attempts to describe the breadth of God’s power. ” ‘With God are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding. If he tears down, none can…
Job 11
In this chapter Zophar speaks up for the first time. Similar to Eliphaz and Bildad, he has some incorrect assumptions, but also great wisdom. ” ‘Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limit of the Almighty? It is higher than heaven[c]—what can you do? Deeper than Sheol—what can…
Job 10
” ‘Your hands shaped me and made me. Will you now turn and destroy me? Remember that you molded me like clay. Will you now turn me to dust again? Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese, clothe me with skin and flesh and knit me together with bones…
Job 9
Job responds after Bildad’s opening comments. ” ‘Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man be in the right before God? If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand times. He is wise in heart and mighty in strength – who has hardened…