This is very good and inspirational. This also makes you think. ----- Original Message ----- From: "O.Addison Gethers" <[email protected]> To: "Deaf-blind inspirational life groups" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 10:12 PM Subject: {dbilg} Fw: Daily Bible Reading For Friday May 22
> > > O. Addison Gethers > e-mail address : [email protected] or [email protected] > window live messenger: [email protected] aim: durangoadd64 skype: > cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 8:44 PM > Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Friday May 22 > > >> Sorry Guys. I sent this one earlier with the Subject line reading "Daily >> Devotion For Friday May >> 22". >> >> Job 4-6 (The Message) >> >> Job 4 >> Eliphaz Speaks Out >> Now You're the One in Trouble >> 1-6Then Eliphaz from Teman spoke up: >> "Would you mind if I said something to you? Under the circumstances it's >> hard to keep quiet. >> You yourself have done this plenty of times, spoken words >> that clarify, encouraged those who were about to quit. >> Your words have put stumbling people on their feet, >> put fresh hope in people about to collapse. >> But now you're the one in trouble-you're hurting! >> You've been hit hard and you're reeling from the blow. >> But shouldn't your devout life give you confidence now? >> Shouldn't your exemplary life give you hope? >> >> 7-11 "Think! Has a truly innocent person ever ended up on the scrap heap? >> Do genuinely upright people ever lose out in the end? >> It's my observation that those who plow evil >> and sow trouble reap evil and trouble. >> One breath from God and they fall apart, >> one blast of his anger and there's nothing left of them. >> The mighty lion, king of the beasts, roars mightily, >> but when he's toothless he's useless- >> No teeth, no prey-and the cubs >> wander off to fend for themselves. >> >> 12-16 "A word came to me in secret- >> a mere whisper of a word, but I heard it clearly. >> It came in a scary dream one night, >> after I had fallen into a deep, deep sleep. >> Dread stared me in the face, and Terror. >> I was scared to death-I shook from head to foot. >> A spirit glided right in front of me- >> the hair on my head stood on end. >> I couldn't tell what it was that appeared there- >> a blur...and then I heard a muffled voice: >> >> 17-21 "'How can mere mortals be more righteous than God? >> How can humans be purer than their Creator? >> Why, God doesn't even trust his own servants, >> doesn't even cheer his angels, >> So how much less these bodies composed of mud, >> fragile as moths? >> These bodies of ours are here today and gone tomorrow, >> and no one even notices-gone without a trace. >> When the tent stakes are ripped up, the tent collapses- >> we die and are never the wiser for having lived.'" >> Job 5 >> Don't Blame Fate When Things Go Wrong >> 1-7 "Call for help, Job, if you think anyone will answer! To which of the >> holy angels will you >> turn? >> The hot temper of a fool eventually kills him, >> the jealous anger of a simpleton does her in. >> I've seen it myself-seen fools putting down roots, >> and then, suddenly, their houses are cursed. >> Their children out in the cold, abused and exploited, >> with no one to stick up for them. >> Hungry people off the street plunder their harvests, >> cleaning them out completely, taking thorns and all, >> insatiable for everything they have. >> Don't blame fate when things go wrong- >> trouble doesn't come from nowhere. >> It's human! Mortals are born and bred for trouble, >> as certainly as sparks fly upward. >> What a Blessing When God Corrects You! >> 8-16 "If I were in your shoes, I'd go straight to God, >> I'd throw myself on the mercy of God. >> After all, he's famous for great and unexpected acts; >> there's no end to his surprises. >> He gives rain, for instance, across the wide earth, >> sends water to irrigate the fields. >> He raises up the down-and-out, >> gives firm footing to those sinking in grief. >> He aborts the schemes of conniving crooks, >> so that none of their plots come to term. >> He catches the know-it-alls in their conspiracies- >> all that intricate intrigue swept out with the trash! >> Suddenly they're disoriented, plunged into darkness; >> they can't see to put one foot in front of the other. >> But the downtrodden are saved by God, >> saved from the murderous plots, saved from the iron fist. >> And so the poor continue to hope, >> while injustice is bound and gagged. >> >> 17-19 "So, what a blessing when God steps in and corrects you! >> Mind you, don't despise the discipline of Almighty God! >> True, he wounds, but he also dresses the wound; >> the same hand that hurts you, heals you. >> From one disaster after another he delivers you; >> no matter what the calamity, the evil can't touch you- >> >> 20-26 "In famine, he'll keep you from starving, >> in war, from being gutted by the sword. >> You'll be protected from vicious gossip >> and live fearless through any catastrophe. >> You'll shrug off disaster and famine, >> and stroll fearlessly among wild animals. >> You'll be on good terms with rocks and mountains; >> wild animals will become your good friends. >> You'll know that your place on earth is safe, >> you'll look over your goods and find nothing amiss. >> You'll see your children grow up, >> your family lovely and lissome as orchard grass. >> You'll arrive at your grave ripe with many good years, >> like sheaves of golden grain at harvest. >> >> 27 "Yes, this is the way things are-my word of honor! >> Take it to heart and you won't go wrong." >> Job 6 >> Job Replies to Eliphaz >> God Has Dumped the Works on Me >> 1-7 Job answered: >> "If my misery could be weighed, >> if you could pile the whole bitter load on the scales, >> It would be heavier than all the sand of the sea! >> Is it any wonder that I'm screaming like a caged cat? >> The arrows of God Almighty are in me, >> poison arrows-and I'm poisoned all through! >> God has dumped the whole works on me. >> Donkeys bray and cows moo when they run out of pasture- >> so don't expect me to keep quiet in this. >> Do you see what God has dished out for me? >> It's enough to turn anyone's stomach! >> Everything in me is repulsed by it- >> it makes me sick. >> >> Pressed Past the Limits >> 8-13 "All I want is an answer to one prayer, >> a last request to be honored: >> Let God step on me-squash me like a bug, >> and be done with me for good. >> I'd at least have the satisfaction >> of not having blasphemed the Holy God, >> before being pressed past the limits. >> Where's the strength to keep my hopes up? >> What future do I have to keep me going? >> Do you think I have nerves of steel? >> Do you think I'm made of iron? >> Do you think I can pull myself up by my bootstraps? >> Why, I don't even have any boots! >> My So-Called Friends >> 14-23 "When desperate people give up on God Almighty, >> their friends, at least, should stick with them. >> But my brothers are fickle as a gulch in the desert- >> one day they're gushing with water >> From melting ice and snow >> cascading out of the mountains, >> But by midsummer they're dry, >> gullies baked dry in the sun. >> Travelers who spot them and go out of their way for a drink >> end up in a waterless gulch and die of thirst. >> Merchant caravans from Tema see them and expect water, >> tourists from Sheba hope for a cool drink. >> They arrive so confident-but what a disappointment! >> They get there, and their faces fall! >> And you, my so-called friends, are no better- >> there's nothing to you! >> One look at a hard scene and you shrink in fear. >> It's not as though I asked you for anything- >> I didn't ask you for one red cent- >> Nor did I beg you to go out on a limb for me. >> So why all this dodging and shuffling? >> 24-27 "Confront me with the truth and I'll shut up, >> show me where I've gone off the track. >> Honest words never hurt anyone, >> but what's the point of all this pious bluster? >> You pretend to tell me what's wrong with my life, >> but treat my words of anguish as so much hot air. >> Are people mere things to you? >> Are friends just items of profit and loss? >> 28-30 "Look me in the eyes! >> Do you think I'd lie to your face? >> Think it over-no double-talk! >> Think carefully-my integrity is on the line! >> Can you detect anything false in what I say? >> Don't you trust me to discern good from evil?" >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning >> Skype Prayer Time. >> >> >> Contact Me At: >> Donnie Parrett >> 1956 Asa Flat Road >> Annville, Kentucky 40402 >> Home Phone: 606-364-3321 >> Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY >> Skype Name: Donnie1261 >> Email: [email protected] >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. 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