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Our scripture today is Job 5:8 (NKJV). But as for me, I would seek God, And to God I would commit my cause— Job’s friends gather to console him on his lost family, property and health. They offer what seems to be solid religious advice…except it’s not. All of their direction is predicated on Job …
Our scripture today is Job 2:9 (NKJV). Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!” In order to understand the message of Job we must understand something about the culture of the time. In this society, one’s honor was extremely important. When illness or calamity …
Our scripture today is Job 1:8 (NKJV). Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?” The Book of Job is considered “Wisdom Literature” according to church scholars, along with Proverbs …
Our scripture today is Job 1:1 (NKJV). There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil. Like many lessons, the Book of Job can lead to questions. What we need to see and learn is not …
Our scripture today is Esther 7:10 (NKJV). So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath subsided. The man who would have hanged Mordecai and exterminated the Jews is instead hanged on his own gallows at the king’s command. Haman is an example of the hatred that …
Our scripture today is Esther 5:4 (NKJV). So Esther answered, “If it pleases the king, let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him.” Esther’s plan works perfectly as the king sees her and calls her into his presence. She sets a trap for Haman, who is responsible …
Our scripture today is Esther 4:14 (NKJV). For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this? Mordecai asks Esther to …
Our scripture today is Esther 3:6 (NKJV). But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him of the people of Mordecai. Instead, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus—the people of Mordecai. In this portion of the book we discover the source …
Our scripture today is Esther 2:18 (NKJV). Then the king made a great feast, the Feast of Esther, for all his officials and servants; and he proclaimed a holiday in the provinces and gave gifts according to the generosity of a king. In this relatively short lesson we read of Esther who becomes the queen …
Our scripture today is Nehemiah 9:38 (NKJV). And because of all this, We make a sure covenant and write it; Our leaders, our Levites, and our priests seal it. The people dedicate themselves to God in the strongest way they know: a legally binding contract, based on the Covenant He made with His people at …