The Wisdom of the Proverbs:
Proverbs 22:17-19 (NLT)
17 Listen to the words of the wise; apply your heart to my instruction.
18 For it is good to keep these sayings in your heart and always ready on your lips.
19 I am teaching you today—yes, you— so you will trust in the LORD.
The Encouragement of the Psalms:
Psalm 46:1-3 (NLT)
1 God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble.
2 So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea.
3 Let the oceans roar and foam. Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge! Interlude
The Hope of the Old Testament:
Job 40:6-9 (NLT)
6 Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:
7 “Brace yourself like a man, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them.
8 “Will you discredit my justice and condemn me just to prove you are right?
9 Are you as strong as God? Can you thunder with a voice like his?
Job 42:4-6 (NLT)
4 You said, ‘Listen and I will speak! I have some questions for you, and you must answer them.’
5 I had only heard about you before, but now I have seen you with my own eyes.
6 I take back everything I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.”
The Gospel Message:
2 Corinthians 6:1-2 (NLT)
1 As God’s partners, we beg you not to accept this marvelous gift of God’s kindness and then ignore it.
2 For God says, “At just the right time, I heard you. On the day of salvation, I helped you.” Indeed, the “right time” is now. Today is the day of salvation.
Observation:
My prayer for you today is that, by faith in God, you will be able to say what Job said after all the suffering he had in his life.
Job 19:25-27 (NLT)
25 “But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last.
26 And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God!
27 I will see him for myself. Yes, I will see him with my own eyes. I am overwhelmed at the thought!
Prayer:
Father, help us never to forget that You are God and that we are not. Father, we praise and thank You that You know our frame, and You remember that You made us out of dirt because You said it in the Bible.
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1 Samuel 3:10 (NLT)
10 And the LORD came and called as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel replied, “Speak, your servant is listening.”
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