by Blair Blakeslee | May 11, 2020 | Daily Bible Challenge
Job Chapter 17. In Christ Alone. Job is faced with conflict: 1. He feels beat down. 2. He wants comfort and encouragement but gets none. 3. He's looking for HOPE but uncertain it exists. Ultimately we must understand that we cannot put our hope and trust in this...
by Blair Blakeslee | May 10, 2020 | Daily Bible Challenge
Job Chapter 16. God is our Hope and God is our Witness. As I read this chapter I see that: 1. Job's attitude towards his comforters is they are miserable comforters. 2. Job's attitude towards God is that God is causing all his pain and anguish. 3. Job's words of self...
by Blair Blakeslee | May 9, 2020 | Daily Bible Challenge
Job Chapter 15. Be quick to listen and slow to speak. Once again Eliphaz speaks to Job and I can only imagine that the conversation is beginning to get very heated up. Accusations are going back and forth. Eliphaz confronts Job with these two points: 1. He tells Job...
by Blair Blakeslee | May 8, 2020 | Daily Bible Challenge
Job Chapter 14. Temporary. Troubles. Endure. When we come into this world we will face many troubles and eventually we die. Our days are numbered. Job is feeling a sense of despair. He recognizes life is very temporal and full of troubles. I've heard people say,...
by Blair Blakeslee | May 7, 2020 | Daily Bible Challenge
Job Chapter 13. Don't worry, there is more fish in the sea! Again Job declares his innocence with his friends and calls their counseling worthless. 1. Job's energy is spent on trying to find out from God why he's living in pain and terror. 2. Job's friends' energy is...