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...
by Blair Blakeslee | May 6, 2020 | Daily Bible Challenge
Job Chapter 12. Encourage others, Please! We see a repeated message in this chapter. Job confronts the wisdom of his three friends. They speak with arrogance and lack of knowledge while they insist their wisdom is that of God. Job also, again, confronts the notion...
by Blair Blakeslee | May 5, 2020 | Daily Bible Challenge
Job Chapter 11. Advice with Humility. Good morning Everyone!!! Giving thanks to God today for you all! Job's 3rd friend, Zophar, begins to speak to Job. This is Job's 3rd friend to declare Job a sinner before God explaining that's why Job is suffering. We need to be...
by Blair Blakeslee | May 4, 2020 | Daily Bible Challenge
Job Chapter 10. I hate my life. In my years of counseling and ministry I have heard these words over and over again and have even said them myself, “I hate my life!” I've heard these words come from those who feel alone, who are bullied, who feel no hope...
