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I read Job Chapter 22 today. Verse 29 touched my heart, " When men are cast down, then though shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person." This verse let my heart know that the Lord will save those who are humble in spirit. I prayed to the Lord asking him if I am humble...
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I read Job Chapter 21 today. I read a beautiful verse that spoke to my spirit. Verse 24, " His breasts are full of milk and his bones moistened with marrow." This verse made me feel that God is like a mother with breast full of nourishing milk. It made me feel soft in my spirit that the Lord is...
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I read Job Chapter 20 today. A verse that stood out to me was verse 5, " That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment." This verse touched my spirit because I have seen wicked people triumph and they seem to not suffer at all but the Lord showed me...
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I read Job Chapter 19 today. Verse 25 touched my heart, " For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth." The Lord spoke to my heart and told me He is with me and that He Lives through our hearts. The Lord told me that he will be standing on the...
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I read Job Chapter 18 today. It touched me that Bildad, Job's friend, tried to comfort him. It touched my heart that he tried to comfort Job and tell Job that the Lord was still with him. The Lord comforted my heart telling me that He is still with me and that He loves me greatly and will...
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I read Job Chapter 17 today. Verse 3 touched my heart. It says, " Give me, O God, the pledge you demand. Who else will put up security for me." This verse showed me that the Lord is our security. This verse told me that we can look to the Lord for our protection and he will not fail us.
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I read Job Chapter 16 today. A verse touched my heart, verse 19-21, " Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high. My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;on behalf of a man he pleads with God as one pleads for a friend." This verse shows me how the Lord is our...
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I read Job Chapter 15 today. In the chapter Eliphaz, Job's friend, tried to comfort him. This shows me how the Lord sends people to comfort us when we are suffering. I went to church today with my parents, my grandmother and Caleb and it was a peaceful Palm Sunday. People greeted me and hugged...
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I read Job Chapter 14 today. I read verse 14 and it comforted me, "...All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come." It reminded me that the Lord gives us renewal and protects us when we suffer. I prayed to the Lord that he would renew me and make me who I was again. I...
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I read Job Chapter 13 today and it comforted me. I read verse 15, " Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face." It made me feel that though others have hurt me deeply in my life I can trust in the Lord and He will truly know me and comfort me. Jesus told...
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I read Job Chapter 12 today. I read how Job was upset with his friends because he explained that he already knew all that they told him. Job explained that he had become a laughingstock to his friends but that God heard him and answered him. Verse 4 says, " I have become a laughingstock to my...
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I read Job Chapter 11 today. A verse that stood out to me was verse 18, "You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety." Job's friend Zophar was telling Job that the Lord was still watching over him despite his misery. Zophar said that Job would...
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I read Job Chapter 10 today. I read a verse that spoke to me about the deep pain that Job was in. Verse 1, " I loathe my very life; therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul." This verse shows how much pain Job was in that he would hate his very...
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I read Job Chapter 9 today. I read a beautiful verse in it that soothed my heart. Verse 18 said, " But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish." It shows me that the Lord always watches over those who are suffering and that He saves those who are suffering...
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I read Job Chapter 8 today. I found a beautiful couple of verses that truly comforted me. Verses 201-22. "Surely God does not reject one who is blameless or strengthen the hands of evildoers. He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy, Your enemies will be...
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I read Job Chapter 7 today. A verse stood out to me that was very painful. It was Job Chapter 7 verse 5, " My body is clothed with worms and scabs, my skin is broken and festering." It showed me how much physical pain poor Job was in. It was painful to read that. It also showed me that the Lord...
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I read Job Chapter 6 today. It was a chapter about Job's suffering. He expressed his suffering beautifully to the Lord. He explained that he needed the Lord to heal him. He was brokenhearted and regretted his life. It was comforting to know that Job also regretted his life like I have at times...
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I read Job Chapter 5 today. I read several beautiful verses that stood out to me. Job 4 verses 18-19. "For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal. From six calamities he will rescue you." These verses touched my heart a lot. I feel the Lord will heal all my wounds...
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Today I read Job Chapter 4. I read about Job's friend Eliphaz. He tried to make sense of Job's sufferings. I understood that it is difficult to know why one is suffering. The Lord though, guides us through dark days. He protects us from evil and cares for us. The Lord in some way used Eliphaz to...
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I read Job Chapter 3 today. I read about the despair Job had about his birth. He was suffering immensely. He felt like he did not deserve to be born. He wished he had never been born. I have felt that before. It comforted me to know Job experienced that pain too. Job cried out to the Lord and...

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