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  • Job 4

    Chapter 4 Eliphaz, the first of the three friends is first to speak up. All three at this point of been patiently waiting for Job to speak first and he has done so, so…

  • Deuteronomy 29

    Ye have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes…yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.  The Israelites…

  • Psalm 16

    O my soul, thou has said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee. As the fool speaks in his heart, so the wise speaks to his heart and…

  • Psalm 14

    The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. For one to be foolish, one does not need to verbally express his or her independence from God.  One only needs to “say”…

  • Malachi 1

    2 “I have loved you saith the LORD.” God has loved us, given us His best–His Son.  He has blessed us and given us the means for perpetual joy.  God has defeated our enemies…

  • Ecclesiastes 12

    Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;…Let us hear the…

  • Psalm 137

    The following is a prayer and meditation on the words of this chapter: 1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. Lord here I am…

  • 1 Corinthians 13

    Historical/Literary Background Paul has been teaching the Corinthian church about the gifts the Holy Spirit gives to individual members of a unified body—each member benefitting form the the gifts that were given.  Having finished…

  • Jonah 1

    Historical Background Because it looks as though Jonah is mentioned in 2 Kings 14:25, we can assume that he was a contemporary of Amos and Hosea in the 8th century.  This observation  helps us…