Affliction

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Romans 12:1 ESV I want us to unpack a little bit of what Paul said in Romans 12:1-2 (verse 2 will …

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 ESV This is an often-quoted verse in the Christian realm, but have you stopped to think of the implications? It’s such an easy temptation, …

Why are you cast down, O my soul,     and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,     my salvation and my God. Psalm 42:5-6 ESV A lot of folks think that just going to church on Sundays is truly enough ‘spiritual food’ to get …

Getting Job-ed Q&A This is the conclusion of the Getting Job-ed Bible Study. These will be the questions we had at the end of the book and also a couple of extra that were asked and that we added. We encourage you to go back to some of the earlier …

Now this is the commandment—the statutes and the rules—that the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it, that you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son’s son, by keeping all his …

Getting Job-ed Part 7: God In this part, we will see that God is now speaking for Himself to Job and his friends. He is picking up right where Elihu left off. God is getting at the heart of Job’s issue that has become prevalent in the Book of Job: …

Getting Job-ed Part 3: God and Satan. In this part, we will explore the two sets of dialogs seen in Job 2-3 between God and Satan. These dialogs should make us question our longstanding views and begin to reshape our concepts of:   1. God and His Sovereignty 2. Satan …

So don’t be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, or of me his prisoner. Instead, share in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God. He has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and …

But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your comfort. Woe to you who are now full, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who are now laughing, for you will mourn and weep. Woe to you when all people speak well of you, for this is …

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the humble, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, …