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Year: 2018

  • Righteousness, Peace, Joy!

    Scripture reading for July 2nd:  Job 27-29, Romans 14

    Key Scriptures: Romans 14:7-9, 17 “For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself.  For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord.  So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.  For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the  living.”  …”For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.”

    Paul, writing to the Roman Christians, encouraged them to refrain from judging one another based on human rules and traditions.  They were judging others based on their habits.  The kingdom of God was not based on external habits, but brings the fruit of inner righteousness, peace and joy through the presence of God the Holy Spirit within.  The Holy Spirit gives each person a healthy “fear of the Lord”.

    Job 29:28 “And He said to man, ‘ Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

    Prayer:  Lord, thank You for the indwelling Holy Spirit bringing us into Your kingdom.  Let me share the righteousness, peace and joy with others.  Amen.

  • Love fulfills the Law!

    Scripture reading for June 29th:  Job 23-26, Romans 13

    Key Scriptures: Romans 13:8-10  “Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.  For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,: and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”  Love does no wrong to a neighbor, therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.” 

    Love is the fulfillment of every commandment of God’s Law.  All breaking of God’s Law is a violation of love for our neighbor and for God who gave the commandment.  Disciples are to live a life of love.

    Job 23:12 “I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my portion of food.”  

    Prayer:  Lord, teach me to so love You and my neighbor that I totally fulfill Your awesome commandments.  Amen.

  • Sober thinking

    Scripture reading for June 28th:  Job 19-22, Romans 12

    Key Scriptures: Romans 12:3-6 “For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.  For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another, having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith, . . “

    Paul urged the Roman believers to humble thinking about Christ’s body, of which they were now a part.  Each one had gifts from God to be used for the good of all.  The gift of prophecy was mentioned first.  This gift was to be used by faith.  Holy men and women of faith had spoken over the centuries by faith as moved by the Spirit.

    Job 19:25-26  “For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will stand upon the earth.  And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, . . .)”

    Prayer:  Lord, thank You for the gifts you have given those in Your body.  May I use the gifts today to speak and act for Your glory.  Amen.

  • Mercy for all men!

    Scripture reading for June 27th:  Job 15-18, Romans 11

    Key Scriptures: Romans 11:32-36 “For God has consigned all to disobedience, that He may have mercy on all.  Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God!   How unsearchable are His judgments and how inscrutable His ways!  “For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been His counselor?”  “Or  who has given a gift to Him that he might be repaid?”  For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things.  To Him be glory forever. Amen.”

    God’s great mercy is available to all.  All men need it because all have been disobedient.  There is no one who has counseled God or given anything to Him.  All men owe Him everything! Repentance can only come when this is recognized. Worship is to be our response to this truth!

    Job 15:14 “What is man, that he can be pure?  Or he who is born of woman that he can be righteous?”  

    Prayer:  Lord, thank You for Your great mercy to me, a sinner and one in need of mercy.  Today I worship You as the source of all things and my Lord.  Amen.

  • Believe and Confess!

    Scripture reading for June 26th:  Job 11-14, Romans 10

    Key Scriptures: Romans 10:8-11  “But what does it say?  “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.  For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved for the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in Him will not be put to shame.”  

    Faith gives all men a pathway to salvation.  You hear the Word of God concerning the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead.  With your mouth you confess “Jesus is Lord” and are saved.  Job of ancient times longed to be justified and sought it by faith.

    Job 14:14-15 “If a man dies, shall he live again?  All the days of my service I would wait, till my renewal should come.  You would call, and I would answer you; you would long for the work of your hands.”  

    Prayer:  Lord, thank You for the simplicity of salvation by faith.  Open doors today for me to proclaim this glorious truth!  Amen.

  • No charges against God!

    Scripture reading for June 25th:  Job 8-10, Romans 9

    Key Scriptures:  Romans 9:14, 19-21 “What shall we say then:  Is there injustice on God’s part?  By no means! . . .You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault?  For who can resist His will?”  But who are you, O man, to answer back to God?  Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?”  Has the potter no right over the clay, . . “

    Man has a tendency to bring charges against God for their state in life and for their ultimate fate.  But it is never God at fault!  God is good and holy in all His ways.  Paul says it is God’s great mercy that we must all seek.  Thousands of years before, Job asked these same questions as he was going through trials.

    Job 9:3, 12  “If one wished to contend with Him, one could not answer Him once in a thousand times.” . . . .“Behold, He snatches away:  who can turn Him back?  Who will say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’”  

    Prayer:  Lord, thank You for Your great mercy and goodness.  Although I have many questions, I trust in Your mercy and wisdom through Jesus Christ.  Amen.

  • No condemnation!

    Scripture reading for June 22nd:  Job 4-7, Romans 8

    Key Scriptures:  Romans 8:1-4 “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.  For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.  For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do.  By sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, . . .”

    Paul gives a clear presentation of justification by faith.  The sacrifice of Jesus Christ was God’s answer to man’s need of deliverance from the law of sin and death.  It came at the cost of Christ’s death and shed blood, fulfilling the righteous requirement of the law that sin must be atoned for with the blood of an innocent sacrifice.

    Job 4:17 “‘Can mortal man be in the right before God?  Can a man be pure before his Maker?’”

    Prayer: Lord, thank You for Your amazing plan and love to send Your Son to cover my sins!  May my life reflect Your love to those in need of grace.  Amen.

     

  • Victory in Jesus!

    Scripture reading for June 21st:  Job 1-3, Romans 7

    Key Scriptures: Romans 7:21-25  “So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand.  For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.  Wretched man that I am!  Who will deliver me from this body of death?  Thanks be to God Through Jesus Christ our Lord!”  

    Paul describes the battle that he had as a sinner trying to keep God’s law in his own power.  The law of sin always opposed him and took him captive.  He answered his own question about deliverance:  “Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!”  Job experienced a similar battle and found faith to be the answer.

    Job 3:25-26 “For the thing that I fear comes upon me, and what I dread befalls me.  I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no rest, but trouble comes.” 

    Prayer: Lord, thank You for winning the battle with sin and defeating death through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

  • Rejoicing in God’s Gift!

    Scripture reading for June 20th:  Esther 7-10, Romans 6

    Key Scriptures:  Romans 6:20-23 “For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.  But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed?  For the end of those things is death.  But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.  For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”  

    Sin’s fruit leads to death.  Not just physical death, but eternal separation from God and under His wrath.  But when we sell out to God through faith in Christ Jesus, the free gift we get is eternal life!  What a great bargain!

    Esther 8:16-17  “The Jews had light and gladness and joy and honor.  And in every province and in every city, wherever the king’s command and his edict reached, there was gladness and joy among the Jews, a feast and a holiday.”  

    Prayer:  Lord, thank You for the gift of eternal life!  Everywhere I go, may I tell the good news and bring joy and gladness!  Amen.