Tag: Job

• Are you a “have” or a “have not”?

  Matthew 13:12 “For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.” We have all heard about the “haves” and the “have nots.”  The “haves” are the ones with the best jobs and salaries;…

  lejaneyoung

  February 14, 2023

  Matthew, Matthew 13

  faith, haves and have nots, Job, rich and poor, rich man and Lazarus, wealth and poverty

• Why such suffering?

  Job 38:8-11 “Who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb, when I made clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band, and prescribed limits for it and set bars and doors, and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be…

  lejaneyoung

  January 20, 2023

  Job, Job 38

  endurance, Job, suffering

• The heart of Job

  Job 13:15 “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.” Death – it’s the worst thing that can be thrown at us. Job knew the Lord in such an intimate and trusting way, that even death – even if it came from God himself, would not shake him. Trust is just another word…

  lejaneyoung

  January 19, 2023

  Job, Job 13

  endurance, faith, Job, perseverance, suffering, trust

• Unwise judges

  Job 1:8 “And the Lord said to Satan, ‘Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?’”  Job 4:1,7-9 “Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said . . . ‘Remember: who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut…

  lejaneyoung

  January 18, 2023

  Job, Job 1, Job 4

  depression, despair, Job, Job's friends, judging others, suffering, trials