Friday, May 30, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Job 37-39 Key Verse Job 38:24 — “By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?” Devotional Thought Elihu has been speaking, and his words build like a storm front moving across the plain. He watches the sky and sees the … Read more
Thursday, May 29, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Job 34-36 Secondary Reading: Psalms 62 Key Verse Job 35:7 — “If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?” Devotional Thought Elihu has been waiting his turn. The three older friends—Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar—have exhausted their arguments against Job, and … Read more
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Job 31-33 Key Verse Job 32:8 — “But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.” Devotional Thought Job has run out of speeches, and what a speech it is. In chapter 31 he swears a great oath of innocence, … Read more
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Job 28-30 Secondary Reading: Psalms 61 Key Verse Job 29:15 — “I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.” Devotional Thought Job has lost everything — his oxen and donkeys to the Sabeans, his sheep to fire from heaven, his camels to … Read more
Monday, May 26, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Job 25-27 Key Verse Job 27:2 — “As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;” Devotional Thought Bildad the Shuhite speaks one last time in Job 25, and his final word is a short, cold sermon on the … Read more
Sunday, May 25, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Job 22-24 Key Verse Job 23:7 — “There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.” Devotional Thought Eliphaz the Temanite speaks again, and this time his accusation grows sharper. He charges Job with specific sins he cannot possibly … Read more
Saturday, May 24, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Job 19-21 Secondary Reading: Psalms 60 Key Verse Job 20:18 — “That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.” Devotional Thought Job has lost everything—his oxen, his … Read more
Friday, May 23, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Job 16-18 Key Verse Job 17:8 — “Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.” Devotional Thought Job’s three friends have come to comfort him, but by this point in the book their comfort has curdled into accusation. … Read more
Thursday, May 22, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Job 13-15 Secondary Reading: Psalms 59 Key Verse Job 14:15 — “Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.” Devotional Thought Job has lost his children, his herds, and his health, and now he sits on … Read more
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Job 10-12 Key Verse Job 11:12 — “For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.” Devotional Thought Job has lost his children, his livestock, and his health, and now three friends sit with him and speak. In Job 10, he … Read more
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Job 7-9 Key Verse Job 8:19 — “Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.” Devotional Thought Job has lost his cattle, his servants, his ten children, and now sits scraping his sores with a potsherd while his wife … Read more
Monday, May 19, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Job 4-6 Secondary Reading: Psalms 58 Key Verse Job 5:19 — “He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.” Devotional Thought Three friends arrive to comfort Job, and by chapter four the comfort has turned to cross-examination. Eliphaz the … Read more