Job
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Count Your Blessings
Job 42:3 “Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.” I was attending a Freedom small group one semester. A bunch of guys going through the curriculum of letting God free you from all the junk we seem to hold on to can
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Behind It All
Job 34:14-15 “If it were his intention and he withdrew his spirit and breath, all humanity would perish together and mankind would return to the dust. Job 36:26 “How great is God—- beyond our understanding!” Communication in today’s world is a driving force for new technologies. I can remember when we did not have the internet or
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The Lesson in Hardship
Job 33:29 “God does all these things to a person— twice, even three times— to turn them back from the pit, that the light of life may shine on them.” An old He Haw song went like this “Gloom despair and agony on me, if it weren’t for bad luck I’d have no luck at all, Gloom
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Wisdom and Understanding
Job 28:28 “And he said to the human race, “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.” As I opened up the package, I saw a bunch of parts all stacked on top of each other. The picture on the box did not look like the parts in the box.
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If Only I Knew…
Job 23: 3-5 3 If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling!4 I would state my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.5 I would find out what he would answer me, and consider what he would say to me. Some days it seems like the world is against you. The traffic
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The Benefit of the Blameless
Job 22:2-3 “Can a man be of benefit to God? Can even a wise person benefit him?3 What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous? What would he gain if your ways were blameless? What people have said about us or to us can shape our lives. We might have been told something as a kid
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Silent Wisdom
Job 13:5 “If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom.” During this holiday season we love to watch Christmas movies. One we watch is “The Polar Express.” Most of you have seen it. There is one kid on the train with glasses among a bunch of other kids, all of
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The Sin Card
Job 11:4-5 “You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless and I am pure in your sight.’ Oh, how I wish that God would speak, that he would open his lips against you….” Job 11:12 “But the witless can no more become wise than a wild donkey’s cold can be born tame.” If you have pets, then
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Our Mediator
Job 9:2 “…But how can mere mortals prove there innocence before God?” Job 9:19-20 “If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty, And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him? Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.” As our
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You Must Have Sinned
Job 5:17 “Blessed in the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline on the Almighty” We all have had that friend in school who had answer for everything. A more common term would be the know it all. You just had a terrible day the “know it all” comes up and gives you
Let It Go 