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Old Testament

The Greatest Gift We Give to People

JOB 2:11-13: Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to show him sympathy and comfort him. And when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him. And…

Many Words-Much Sin

PROVERBS 10:19: When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.” In today’s scripture, King Solomon provides us a strong warning and sound instruction when it comes to the quantity of our speech and the restraint of our speech. The opening of the verse is the warning – When words are many, transgression is not lacking.…

God Never Leads the Easy Way

EXODUS 13:17-18-When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, “Lest the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt.” But God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the people of Israel…

An Appointment We Will Keep

JOB 21:23-26-One dies in his full vigor, being wholly at ease and secure, his pails full of milk and the marrow of his bones moist. Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted of prosperity. They lie down alike in the dust, and the worms cover them.” The Old Testament book of Job offers a wide range of instructions and insights…

Where All Sin Begins

GENESIS 3:1-11: Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said,…