Good Morning “No Good on Our Own.”  Today we are in Job 14Adam got it started.  Now each of us inherits a sin nature through our fathers.  Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned— Romans 5:12Apart from Jesus and The Holy Spirit in us… “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicke...  Read More

Good Morning “Job Observers”.  Today we are in Job 13.It’s easy to begin to gloss over Jobs lamenting and his friends accusing.  More of the same, I get it. Stay interested though, look deeply, many lessons and reminders lie in these pages.Job clearly understands who did this to him.  I think it’s interesting how far we’ve come from recognizing Gods sovereign hand in all things.  Job is not confus...  Read More

Good Morning “Happily Mocked”. Today we are in Job 12.  Job continues to do his best to set his friends straight.  He’s essentially telling them, “You’re stating the obvious.  Who on Earth doesn’t know the things you are stating about God.  You’re spewing facts, but they don’t apply here.”  They don’t get it.  They’re blinded by their own arrogance, they’re enlightened, woke even.  You see there r...  Read More

Good Morning “Right Rebukers.”  Today we are in Job 11.  We all sin (Romans 3:23).  God gives us each other to do life together, and part of that is holding each other accountable.  It’s sticky business when we see a friend caught up in sin.  How do we handle the responsibility we have to rebuke them without destroying our relationship with them.  Answer… we do it correctly!  “Brothers and sisters...  Read More

Good Morning “Purified by Fire”.  Today we are in Job 10.Job continues to lament, wishing he was never born, or perished at birth.  I’m not sure I could keep my head as much as Job has.  We’re generally a pretty soft people these days.  Job obviously wasn’t.  Sometimes as parents we must allow our kids to go through the tough stuff. We can’t and shouldn’t protect them from EVERYTHING or they will ...  Read More

Good Morning “Bridge Crossers.”  Today we are in Job 9.  Man Job has a way of laying it out simply and plainly. God is God and we are NOT.  He is over ALL things and He is just in all He does.  Who can challenge Him?  No ONE.  Who could stand up in court against Him - none.  He is Holy, Perfect, and Righteous in all He does.  Although we have questions who can question Him?  Job recognizes his pla...  Read More

Good Morning “Wrongly Judged.”  Today we are in Job 8.  Have you ever felt inaccurately judged by someone?  Ever judged someone wrongly yourself?  Dare I say we all have?  It’s one of the products of our sin nature.  Phycology says we make as many as 12 determinations about people within the first 10 seconds of meeting someone.  Think we get all those right?  “Have you considered my servant Job? T...  Read More

Good Morning “Those With No Self Pity.”  Today we are in Job 7.We’ve acknowledged the fact that our hearts break when we consider Jobs testing.  10 children gone.  I cannot imagine losing 1.  Though Ive walked through losing a child with others, and mourned their pain - I myself have not experienced something so hard.  My mind can’t compute losing 10.  He also lost everything else except his wife....  Read More

Good Morning “Unwavering Friends.”  Today we are in Job 6.Eliphaz completes his rebuke of Job for the moment.  He is convinced he spoke Truth despite the fact that he stated it was a “spirit” that gave him the words.  Satan is a master of using Scripture improperly.  We see examples of his work through the twisted teachings of some of the most popular progressive Christian movements.  We see it th...  Read More

Good Morning “Those Determined  to Truly Know What You’re Talking About.”  Today we are in Job 5.  Eliphaz continues in his arrogant misdiagnosed rebuking of Job.  Notice even as he seeks to compel Job his prophetic statements are false.  We know the rest of Jobs story and Eliphaz is way off.  He’s way off because his words did not and are not coming from The Lord, but Satan.  Only God knows what’...  Read More

Good Morning “Discerning Counsel Carefully.”  Today we are in Job 4.  For 7 days Jobs friends sat with him in silence but couldn’t bring themselves to say a word.  Once they could - it got worse.  Eliphaz begins to speak with what he seems to believe is wisdom (1 Corinthians 3:18).  Interestingly though… the words are not his own.  “A word was secretly brought to me, my ears caught a whisper of it...  Read More

Good Morning "Deep Mourners."  Today we are in Job 3.This passage is tough.  Unfortunately, not tough because it's hard to understand, but because at some level we do.   We’ve all experienced suffering - we live in a sinful world.  With sin has come death and all that is associated with both:  Sickness, disease, suffering, selfishness, hurt, pain, etc etc.  We are sinful people whose bodies are fa...  Read More