Today we are going to read some of the statements Job makes to his friends throughout their conversations. Pay attention to his words, but also listen for his feelings. He has suffered enormous loss. He is a righteous and blameless man trying to make sense of a devastating situation. Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to help you see through …
Wednesday (10/16/19)
Today we are going to take a run through some short passages from “the friends” and from a younger man who speaks after the three friends. They seemed to start out well, sitting alongside Job in the immediate aftermath of the painful loss (Job 2:13). But they (like us) often want explainable answers (Spoiler! God rebukes them in Job 42:7 …
Tuesday (10/15/19)
Today, after you pray for wisdom, read through the the text below on suffering before reading the next chapter. C.S. Lewis explains, “The Christian doctrine of suffering explains, I believe, a very curious fact about the world we live in. The settled happiness and security which we all desire, God withholds from us by the nature of the world: but …
Monday (10/14/19)
Yesterday, Keith shared about the process of allowing our minds to be transformed and renewed. What an amazing blessing that our minds can actually be fundamentally changed. We all live in the story that we believe – about God and about ourselves. Telling ourselves a true story, believing the true story, changes everything. This week, we are going to get …
Sunday (10/13/19)
2nd Timothy 1:12 says: “That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet I am not ashamed, Because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.” Whom have you believed? From this past week of reading (and even the past months) describe the …
Saturday (10/12/19)
Spend a few minutes singing aloud whatever worship song comes to your mind. Then read all of 2nd Timothy just like you’d read a letter.
Friday (10/11/19)
Pray. Then read. Read 2nd Timothy 4 Let’s do the simple Know, Be, Do style of dissecting this chapter today! KNOW (What does the text say about God?) BE (What does the text say about us?) DO (What is the text calling me to do?) KNOW: BE: DO: Sit quietly and just enjoy some time with the Lord.