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Christian Devotional – December 21, 2016
Read Job chapter 35 VERSE: Job 35:6–If you sin, how does that affect him? If your sins are many, what does that do to him? TRUTH: Elihu is reminding Job that even when Job sins, those sins do not negatively impact God. Our sin doesn’t hurt God or injure Him in any way. Sometimes we think that by sinning we are hurting God, but in truth, the only person that our sin damages is us. Our sin damages our relationship with God. God is saddened by our sin. He desires to see us be obedient to Him, but we are the ones that are experiencing the results and consequences of…
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Christian Devotional – December 20, 2016
Read Job chapter 34 VERSE: Job 34:12–It is unthinkable that God would do wrong, that the Almighty would pervert justice. TRUTH: God is God. He is Holy and He is righteous. When we think of the very definition of justice, that is God. God can’t act contrary to who He is. That is why it is unthinkable that God would sin. That is simply contrary to who He is. God is just and he will call all people to His justice. Everything will be made right at the precise moment in time when God chooses. In the meantime, we can trust in the character of God and know that He…
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Christian Devotional – December 19, 2016
Read Job chapter 33 VERSE: Job 33:12–But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than any mortal. TRUTH: Job has been sharing that he should be vindicated because he’s not done anything wrong. He think God should have to explain himself to Job. Well, Job’s friend Elihu is saying that he’s not right in thinking that because God is greater than any other person. Sometimes we forget that. We start to think that we are advisers to God and that if He wants to do something He should have to pass it by us for approval first. That isn’t how things God. God doesn’t…
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Christian Devotional – December 17, 2016
Read Job chapter 32 VERSE: Job 32:8–But it is the spirit in a person, the breath of the Almighty that gives them understanding. TRUTH: We are God-breathed dirt. Each time I start to think that I really know something or am able to do something on my own, I am reminded of this very truth. Job has finished talking and his 3 friends have nothing more to say, so now we hear from the younger man who has been sitting on the sideline just listening to everything that everyone has said. He starts off by reminding them that understanding only comes from God. We will do so much better in…
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Christian Devotional – December 16, 2016
Read Job chapter 31 VERSE: Job 31:35–“Oh, that I had someone to hear me! I sign now my defense–let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser put his indictment in writing.” TRUTH: Job is concluding his statements and he feels unheard. He is reminding God that he still wants and answer and he wants to understand why all these things have happened to him. He desires to learn the reason for his suffering. We all do. Every difficult situation that we go through, we want to know why God chose to allow that to com into our life. Job is at the place where he is ready and willing to…
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Christian Devotional – December 15, 2016
Read Job chapter 30 VERSE: Job 30:20–“I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer; I stand up, but you merely look at me.” TRUTH: Job is hurting right now and he continues to cry out to God and bring God his concerns. However, he doesn’t feel that God is answering. We can feel like that a lot when we are having problems and we’ve prayed and prayed and prayed and it doesn’t seem like God is doing anything for us. Still, God never leaves us and even when we don’t hear His answers or see Him moving, we can rest in the trust that God is still there.…
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Christian Devotional – December 14, 2016
Read Job chapter 29 VERSE: Job 29:2–“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me.” TRUTH: When we go through difficult times, it’s easy to feel abandoned by God and think that He’s not there. Job felt exactly that way. He had experienced severe tragedies in his life and he didn’t feel God’s presence through it. Yet, God was there with him and God still heard him and was the same God that He was for Job before the tragedies struck. God is also here for us, even when we don’t feel Him. Will we trust His words to us that He will…
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Christian Devotional – December 13, 2016
Read Job chapter 28 VERSE: Job 28:28–And he said to the human race, “The fear of the Lord–that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.” TRUTH: As Job continues, Job goes through and lists many of the attributes of God, and he comes this this statement about wisdom. Have we ever considered ourselves wise? Do we realize that only through God do we have any knowledge or wisdom? When we take the time to recognize that wisdom only comes through God, then we have a much easier time shunning everything else and turning away from it. If we sill understand that only through God’s wisdom will we have a…
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Christian Devotional – December 12, 2016
Read Job chapter 27 VERSE: Job 27:11–I will teach you about the power of God; the ways of the Almighty I will not conceal. TRUTH: Even while Job is going through this time of difficulty and even while he is being accused of secret sin by his friends, Job is still looking to teach those around him about who God is. Job has learned a great deal about the character of God and he is continuing to learn as he goes through this ordeal. Yet, he doesn’t keep that knowledge and those experienced to himself. Job looks to teach and to train others regarding what he has learned. When we…
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Christian Devotional – December 10, 2016
Read Job chapter 25 VERSE: Job 25:2–Dominion and awe belong to God; he establishes order in the heights of heaven. TRUTH: When looking to define and understand God’s interaction with the universe He created, this describes it. God has all dominion. We should reverence and respect God for all that He is and all that He does. He is the One who determines the order for all things. There is nothing that exists outside of God. Do we give Him the respect that He deserves? RESPONSE: Father, I know that You are mighty and amazing. You created from nothing. You are the One that I praise and adore. Give me…