Job 22:1-25:6~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ Old Testament – In chapter 23 verse 12 today Job makes such a powerful statement about his relationship with God!  “I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his…

Job 19:1-21:34~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ “But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives!”  Whoo-hoo!  Awesome words from Job today in chapter 19 verse 25! Job chapter 19 verses 23 through 27 are some of the best known and well loved…

Job 15-18:21~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ Hi everyone – brief post today. I encourage you to read a thought-provoking sermon about the book of Job on Bible.org called “The Arrows of the Almighty” at this link. YouTube: Today’s readings in Job reminded me…

Job 12-14:22~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ Old Testament – I forgot how much trash-talking goes on here in the book of Job! It occurred to me that all of this bickering back and forth between Job and his friends keeps transpiring without Satan…

Job 8-11:20~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ Okay, so I am sure that most of us have heard the old adage “patience of Job.” (As in, “she has the patience of Job.” etc.) Well, today’s chapters 9 & 10 are probably not where this…

Job 5:1-7:21~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ In chapter 6 Job responds to Eliphaz as follows in verse 2 through 6: “If my sadness could be weighed and my troubles be put on the scales, they would be heavier than all the sands of…

Job 1:1-4:21~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ Today we begin the book of Job! Below is an image of Job with his friends by artist Guy Rowe: ~ Job ~Author: UnknownDate: Tenth century B.C.Content: This long narrative poem deals with one of the deepest…

Genesis 47:28-50:26~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ Today is a big reading day! We finish up Genesis! Today in Genesis Chapter 48 we read about Jacob blessing Ephraim and Manasseh!  One thing I thought about when reading this chapter and the next chapter was…

Genesis 45:16-47:27~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ Today in Genesis Chapter 46 we read about Jacob and his family’s journey to Egypt!  I really like that God speaks to Jacob in a vision at Beersheba – the same place where both Abraham and Isaac…

Genesis 42:1-45:15~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ In Genesis chapter 44 we read about Joseph instructing his servant to place his silver cup in Benjamin’s sack.  I guess what struck me about all this is that it seemed to me like Joseph was possibly…