Job had friends who cared for him when they first saw him, when they first came and saw him from a distance. They sat with him in silence, grieving with him for seven days and nights. They should have just went back to their homes. Now Job feels that his friends are scorning him, accusing …
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Friends
Friends are an important part of a persons life. They can be an encouragement, and sometimes be a disappointment, as well as someone who shows no pity in our trials. Job experienced the joy and the pain of friends. Read Job 5 through 8 for today's reading. To him that is afflicted pity should be …
Mourning with a Friend
Reading of Scripture for today is Job 1 through 4. Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn …
The Encouragement of Friends
And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. And he said unto him, "Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father …
Wounded Hands
And one shall say unto him, 'What are these wounds in thine hands?' Then he shall answer, 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.' " Zechariah 13:6 (KJB) REFERENCES: Zechariah 13; Luke 21:16; John 15:14; 18:35; 19:14-16; Psalm 22;15-16; Proverbs 27:5-6
The Wisdom of Walking With Integrity
"Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth. The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD. Wealth …
When a King is Fearful
"And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house. Then Jonathan …
For the Faithful Man of God
“Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before Me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them. And I will make thee unto this people …
Sitting on the Ground
Job was declared to be righteous by God Himself. Yet, Job, even though he was righteous, had great family, great fortune, and probably prestige among his peers lost all that he had; except for his life. Job has been afflicted with great sores over his body; and this after the tragic events of the death …
To Plead for a Neighbor
"O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!" Job 16:21 (KJV) Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar had come to Job with good intentions. Their silence for those first seven days was more comforting, caring, and supportive than any of the words they spoke thereafter. Job even states …
Speak What Jesus Has Done
"Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, 'Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel." Mark …
Horrible Comforting – Friends
"Then Job answered and said: “I have heard many such things; miserable comforters are you all! Shall words of wind have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer? I also could speak as you do, if your soul were in my soul’s place. I could heap up words against you, and shake my …
A Tormented Man
There are many tormented people in the world today. Some seem to be intelligent individuals, educated, wealthy, or maybe middle class, or poor who are tormented by their lives, and living. These folks do things that are beyond themselves, that cause harm to family, friends, neighbors; even to themselves that a otherwise sane individual would …
To Plea for a Neighbor
"O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!" Job 16:21 (KJV) Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar had come to Job with good intentions. Their silence for those first seven days was more comforting, caring, and supportive than any of the words they spoke thereafter. Job even states …
Making Friends
"And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. If therefore ye …
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