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Addisoin Gethers [email protected] [email protected] Messenger contact window live messenger: oag1rot...@hotmail aim: durangoadd64 skype id: cowboys62 yahoo id: OADDISONGETHERS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 1:02 AM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Wednesday June 3 > Job 40-42 (The Message) > > Job 40 > > 1-2God then confronted Job directly: "Now what do you have to say for > yourself? > Are you going to haul me, the Mighty One, into court and press charges?" > Job Answers God > I'm Ready to Shut Up and Listen > 3-5 Job answered: > "I'm speechless, in awe-words fail me. > I should never have opened my mouth! > I've talked too much, way too much. > I'm ready to shut up and listen." > > God's Second Set of Questions > I Want Straight Answers > 6-7 God addressed Job next from the eye of the storm, and this is what he > said: > "I have some more questions for you, > and I want straight answers. > > 8-14 "Do you presume to tell me what I'm doing wrong? > Are you calling me a sinner so you can be a saint? > Do you have an arm like my arm? > Can you shout in thunder the way I can? > Go ahead, show your stuff. > Let's see what you're made of, what you can do. > Unleash your outrage. > Target the arrogant and lay them flat. > Target the arrogant and bring them to their knees. > Stop the wicked in their tracks-make mincemeat of them! > Dig a mass grave and dump them in it- > faceless corpses in an unmarked grave. > I'll gladly step aside and hand things over to you- > you can surely save yourself with no help from me! > > 15-24 "Look at the land beast, Behemoth. I created him as well as you. > Grazing on grass, docile as a cow- > Just look at the strength of his back, > the powerful muscles of his belly. > His tail sways like a cedar in the wind; > his huge legs are like beech trees. > His skeleton is made of steel, > every bone in his body hard as steel. > Most magnificent of all my creatures, > but I still lead him around like a lamb! > The grass-covered hills serve him meals, > while field mice frolic in his shadow. > He takes afternoon naps under shade trees, > cools himself in the reedy swamps, > Lazily cool in the leafy shadows > as the breeze moves through the willows. > And when the river rages he doesn't budge, > stolid and unperturbed even when the Jordan goes wild. > But you'd never want him for a pet- > you'd never be able to housebreak him!" > > Job 41 > I Run This Universe > 1-11"Or can you pull in the sea beast, Leviathan, with a fly rod and stuff > him in your creel? > Can you lasso him with a rope, > or snag him with an anchor? > Will he beg you over and over for mercy, > or flatter you with flowery speech? > Will he apply for a job with you > to run errands and serve you the rest of your life? > Will you play with him as if he were a pet goldfish? > Will you make him the mascot of the neighborhood children? > Will you put him on display in the market > and have shoppers haggle over the price? > Could you shoot him full of arrows like a pin cushion, > or drive harpoons into his huge head? > If you so much as lay a hand on him, > you won't live to tell the story. > What hope would you have with such a creature? > Why, one look at him would do you in! > If you can't hold your own against his glowering visage, > how, then, do you expect to stand up to me? > Who could confront me and get by with it? > I'm in charge of all this-I run this universe! > > 12-17 "But I've more to say about Leviathan, the sea beast, > his enormous bulk, his beautiful shape. > Who would even dream of piercing that tough skin > or putting those jaws into bit and bridle? > And who would dare knock at the door of his mouth > filled with row upon row of fierce teeth? > His pride is invincible; > nothing can make a dent in that pride. > Nothing can get through that proud skin- > impervious to weapons and weather, > The thickest and toughest of hides, > impenetrable! > > 18-34 "He snorts and the world lights up with fire, > he blinks and the dawn breaks. > Comets pour out of his mouth, > fireworks arc and branch. > Smoke erupts from his nostrils > like steam from a boiling pot. > He blows and fires blaze; > flames of fire stream from his mouth. > All muscle he is-sheer and seamless muscle. > To meet him is to dance with death. > Sinewy and lithe, > there's not a soft spot in his entire body- > As tough inside as out, > rock-hard, invulnerable. > Even angels run for cover when he surfaces, > cowering before his tail-thrashing turbulence. > Javelins bounce harmlessly off his hide, > harpoons ricochet wildly. > Iron bars are so much straw to him, > bronze weapons beneath notice. > Arrows don't even make him blink; > bullets make no more impression than raindrops. > A battle ax is nothing but a splinter of kindling; > he treats a brandished harpoon as a joke. > His belly is armor-plated, inexorable- > unstoppable as a barge. > He roils deep ocean the way you'd boil water, > he whips the sea like you'd whip an egg into batter. > With a luminous trail stretching out behind him, > you might think Ocean had grown a gray beard! > There's nothing on this earth quite like him, > not an ounce of fear in that creature! > He surveys all the high and mighty- > king of the ocean, king of the deep!" > Job 42 > Job Worships God > I Babbled On About Things Far Beyond Me > 1-6 Job answered God: "I'm convinced: You can do anything and everything. > Nothing and no one can upset your plans. > You asked, 'Who is this muddying the water, > ignorantly confusing the issue, second-guessing my purposes?' > I admit it. I was the one. I babbled on about things far beyond me, > made small talk about wonders way over my head. > You told me, 'Listen, and let me do the talking. > Let me ask the questions. You give the answers.' > I admit I once lived by rumors of you; > now I have it all firsthand-from my own eyes and ears! > I'm sorry-forgive me. I'll never do that again, I promise! > I'll never again live on crusts of hearsay, crumbs of rumor." > God Restores Job > I Will Accept His Prayer > 7-8 After God had finished addressing Job, he turned to Eliphaz the > Temanite and said, "I've had it > with you and your two friends. I'm fed up! You haven't been honest either > with me or about me-not > the way my friend Job has. So here's what you must do. Take seven bulls > and seven rams, and go to my > friend Job. Sacrifice a burnt offering on your own behalf. My friend Job > will pray for you, and I > will accept his prayer. He will ask me not to treat you as you deserve for > talking nonsense about > me, and for not being honest with me, as he has." > 9 They did it. Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the > Naamathite did what God > commanded. And God accepted Job's prayer. > > 10-11 After Job had interceded for his friends, God restored his > fortune-and then doubled it! All > his brothers and sisters and friends came to his house and celebrated. > They told him how sorry they > were, and consoled him for all the trouble God had brought him. Each of > them brought generous > housewarming gifts. > > 12-15 God blessed Job's later life even more than his earlier life. He > ended up with fourteen > thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand teams of oxen, and one > thousand donkeys. He also > had seven sons and three daughters. He named the first daughter Dove, the > second, Cinnamon, and the > third, Darkeyes. There was not a woman in that country as beautiful as > Job's daughters. Their father > treated them as equals with their brothers, providing the same > inheritance. > > 16-17 Job lived on another 140 years, living to see his children and > grandchildren-four generations > of them! Then he died-an old man, a full life. > > > > > > > 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. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
