Daily Thoughts From God's Word

David sinned and felt the weight of his sin.  Why else would he cry out to the Lord?  He is beaten down by his sin.  He is desperate. ...

The Psalms!  I love the Psalms!  They are the testimonies of good times and of bad times, saints just getting real about life with all...

“Then the Lord answered Job” (38:1).  It was out of a whirlwind, and the questioning was intense.  However, Job is finally hearing from...

“Then the Lord answered Job” (38:1).  It was out of a whirlwind, and the questioning was intense.  However, Job is finally hearing from...

Ah, there’s one more “friend” – maybe better:  “acquaintance” – to speak to Job:  “So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he...

Job has more to say to his friends.  He reflects on his life past – “Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God...

A final speech, by Bildad, of the three friends.  All three friends have faced a conundrum.  Their arguments posit that either God or Job...

Zophar speaks and, essentially, tells Job that he is simply getting what he deserves:  “The heavens will reveal his iniquity, and the...

With these chapters, the saga of Job reaches a climax of sorts.  Eliphaz, the third of the friends, speaks and accuses Job of refusing to...

Zophar the Naamathite . . . Rather than listen to Job’s complaint, Zophar wishes for Job to just shut up:  “Should a multitude of words...

Bildad has spoken to Job with an arrogance, words that, on the surface, are so full of truth:  If one seeks mercy from God, he will...

Bildad now speaks and argues that Job is ignorant and must be instructed regarding his situation:  “For inquire, please, of bygone ages,...

Eliphaz has spoken, and he is convinced of the legitimacy of his argument, i.e., that Job has sinned greatly and, therefore, Job is...

“After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth” (3:1).  And so begins the amazing story of Job’s Q&A with his friends,...

“There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from...