April 27. Job ch 31-34 BEWARE OF THE WICKED Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies. He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made. His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends. Psalm 7:14-16…
April 26. Job ch 27-30 CONTINUE, DON’T GIVE UP And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9 ESV GOOD DAY: We belong to the ‘fast food or get result quick’ generation. There are fertilizers, or genetically modified seeds that shorten the time…
April 25. Job ch 22-26 HYMN PRAISE TO THE LORD I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalm 34:1 ESV 1 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation! O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy health and salvation! All ye who hear, Now to…
April 24. Job ch 19-22 WHO IS YOUR SHEPHERD? This is the fate of those who are foolishly confident, And of those after them who approve [and are influenced by] their words. Selah. Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead); Death will be their shepherd; And the upright shall rule over…
April 23. Job ch 15-18 HYMN THROUGH THE LOVE OF GOD OUR SAVIOR 1 Through the love of God our Saviour, all will be well. Free and changeless is his favour, all, all is well. Precious is the blood that healed us, perfect is the grace that sealed us, strong the hand stretched forth to shield us,…
April 22. Job ch 11-14 FOR THIS PURPOSE he one who practices sin [separating himself from God, and offending Him by acts of disobedience, indifference, or rebellion] is of the devil [and takes his inner character and moral values from him, not God]; for the devil has sinned and violated God’s law from the beginning. The Son of…
April 21. Job ch 7-10 THE POWER OF CHOICE “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. And at the end…
April 20. Job ch 3-6 CAN THIS BE GOD “Look among the nations, and see; wonder and be astounded. For I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if told. For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, who march through the breadth of the earth, to seize…
April 19. Esther ch 8-Job ch 1-2 NOT NEW TO OUR TIME The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw. O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save? Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at…
April 18. Esther ch 3-7 SAVE THE EARTH (2) ““Take care lest you forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments and his rules and his statutes, which I command you today, lest, when you have eaten and are full and have built good houses and live in them, and…