Posted: December 27, 2024
Key Text: Matthew 1:18-25 I started this entry over a week ago but busyness distracted me; I do hope you all had a lovely Christmas! I know some texts are more popular only for this time of year, but the nativity story is filled with truths to encourage us even after December 25th! The lives
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Posted: December 16, 2024
Key Text: Luke 1: 5-25, 57-80 Additional Reading: Romans 8: 18; Ephesians 3: 20; Job 42: 2 In last week’s entry, Mary’s passionate hope after the unexpected visit from the angel Gabriel encouraged our faith. She was granted a promise that she did not pray for, believed in God’s Word and honourably fulfilled her role
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Posted: December 8, 2024
Key Text: Luke 1: 26–56 Additional Reading: Micah 5:2, Genesis 3:15, Isaiah 7: 14, John 5:17, Hebrews 11:1-6, Isaiah 9:1, Habakkuk 2:2-3, Psalm 86:7 and 15 and Romans 8:28 The month of November whizzed by, and if you are like me, you are wondering how we are already almost halfway through December! We anticipate the
Posted: November 4, 2024
Texts: Job 38 – 42; James 1: 2-4 Before we examine God’s response, let’s reflect on the study so far. Over the past six weeks, some key observations about Job’s experiences have been explored. Initially, he was fulfilled and successful, but later suffered great calamity when God permitted the enemy to disturb his life to
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Posted: October 28, 2024
Quick References: Job’s Questions and Strong Emotions There are a number of references across the book of Job for this entry. Your understanding will develop if you study them along with the entry, but if you are unable to read them all at once, the messages are still digestible. Do try to read the texts
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Posted: October 19, 2024
There are several chapters linked to this entry -if you are unable to read them all at once, the entry will still be easy to understand, but it would help if you read them at some point when time allows. • Job 2: 9-10; 19:17: Job’s wife speaks/is mentioned • Job 4, 5, 15 and
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Posted: October 12, 2024
Texts: Job 3; 6:8-13; 7; 10; 12; 17 There are number of references for this entry. I hope you find the time to read them. If not, read ahead and catch up later. In Chapter 3, Job lamented with a series of statements and rhetorical questions. He cursed the day of his birth, thinking he
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Posted: October 5, 2024
Texts: Job 2-3; John 6: 67-69; Haggai 2: 19: Hebrews 12: 26-28 Livelihood. Resources. Robbery. Fire. Murdered servants. The death of eighty-five percent of your immediate family (all ten of your children). Gone. On the same day. Wow. Imagine that. Perhaps none of us will endure such tragedies, but experiencing one disappointment, traumatic event or
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Posted: September 28, 2024
Texts: Job 1: 9-12; Colossians 1: 1-17; Romans 8:28; Jeremiah 1:1, Jeremiah 32:27 The slithery serpent of an enemy declared a truth about our existence that we should not forget; God has a hedge of protection around us, which wards off attacks and also protects us when He allows them. We are protected from dangers
Posted: September 22, 2024
Text: Job 1 We often wonder whether it pays to have integrity when ‘good’ people suffer unimaginable tragedies. Evil seems to prosper in our distorted world, causing us to wonder how a loving God could allow the enemy’s plots to be enacted. Job was a faithful and upright man, who shunned evil and feared God.
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