Job 12:10: “In whose hand is the life of every...
December 7th, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalIn chapter 12, Job responded to his "friend's" simplistic formulas and bad theology. They ...
Job 11:4: “For you [Job] have said, / `My doctrine...
December 6th, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThe last "counselor," Zophar the Naamathite, stepped up to interrogate Job, bringing the same ...
Job 10:20–22: “Are not my days few? / Cease!...
December 5th, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalJob was struggling and saying something like, "Let my last few days be in ...
Job 9:32–33: “For He [God] is not a man,...
December 4th, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalGod is not human. He is not a flawed man that we can simply ...
Job 8:1–3: “Then Bildad the Shuhite answered...
December 3rd, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalJob's second friend-accuser, Bildad, also tried to convince Job that his suffering was the ...
Job 7:20–21: “Have I [Job] sinned? / What...
December 2nd, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalJob was a godly man. He wasn't walking in any willful sin, and God ...
Job 6:14: “To him who is afflicted, kindness...
December 1st, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalJob rebuked his friend Eliphaz in this chapter because Eliphaz believed Job was suffering ...
Job 5:8–9: “But as for me [Eliphaz], I would...
November 30th, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalEliphaz began to praise God's goodness, and his description of God would have been ...
Job 4:1–2: “Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered...
November 29th, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalJob was a godly man who was suffering. He had lost everything and was ...
Job 3:23–25: “Why is light given to a man...
November 28th, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThe very worst fears Job could have imagined were coming to pass in his ...
Job 2:9–10: “Then [Job’s] wife said...
November 27th, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalEverything Job had, livestock, servants, children, his own health, were taken from him. Yet ...
Job 1:22: “In all this Job did not sin nor...
November 26th, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThe Book of Job addresses the difficult question of why sometimes affliction after affliction ...
Esther 10:3: “For Mordecai the Jew was second...
November 25th, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalAccording to secular history, King Ahasuerus was assassinated about 10 years later, in 465 ...
Esther 9:1: “Now in the twelfth month, that...
November 24th, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThe new decree of Mordecai, which allowed the Jews to defend themselves, was written ...
Esther 8:7–8: “Then King Ahasuerus said to...
November 23rd, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalEven though Haman was dead, the Jews still weren't safe because Haman had tricked ...
Esther 7:7: “Then the king arose in his wrath...
November 22nd, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalEsther followed the council of Mordecai and went to the king on behalf of ...
Esther 6:1–2: “That night the king could...
November 21st, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalHaman's wife and friends advised him to have a gallows built to hang Mordecai, ...
Esther 5:12–13: “Moreover Haman said, ‘Besides,...
November 20th, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalHaman believed he was receiving special notice and honor from the queen, but he ...
Esther 4:14: “For if you [Esther] remain completely...
November 19th, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalAt the request of Haman, the king issued a decree to destroy the Jews ...
Esther 3:15: “The couriers went out, hastened by...
November 18th, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalMordecai was a Jew and the cousin of Queen Esther. When he refused to ...
Esther 2:22–23: “So the matter became known to...
November 17th, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalKing Ahasuerus of Persia removed his queen for disobeying him, and sought a new ...
Esther 1:19–20: “If it pleases [Ahasuerus...
November 16th, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThe Book of Esther takes place in Persia, inside the court of Ahasuerus king ...
Nehemiah 13:13: “And I [Nehemiah] appointed as...
November 15th, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThe phrase "for they were considered faithful" should catch our attention. Being trustworthy or ...
Nehemiah 12:38,40: “The other thanksgiving...
November 14th, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalNehemiah dedicated the finished wall by dividing the Levitical singers into 2 choirs and ...
Nehemiah 11:1–2: “Now the leaders of the...
November 13th, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThe wall and gates around Jerusalem were finished, the people had made a public ...
Nehemiah 10:1: “Now those who placed their...
November 12th, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalAfter hearing all the Law and publicly repenting as a nation, the people created ...
Nehemiah 9:3: “And they stood up in their place...
November 11th, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalAfter the wall and gates of Jerusalem were rebuilt and the people had come ...
Nehemiah 8:10: “Then [Ezra] said to them, ‘Go...
November 10th, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThe people of God assembled together to hear Ezra the priest and scribe read ...
Nehemiah 7:3: “And I [Nehemiah] said to them,...
November 9th, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalOnce the wall and gates around the city of Jerusalem were rebuilt, Nehemiah gave ...
Nehemiah 6:3–4: “So I [Nehemiah] sent messengers...
November 8th, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThe enemies of Nehemiah and the Jews had been trying to stop them from ...
Nehemiah 5:14: “Moreover, from the time that...
November 7th, 2023 by Pastor Ed in devotionalNehemiah was governor of Jerusalem for 12 years before he returned to his post ...
