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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: Saturday, May 30, 2009 10:45 PM > Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Sunday May 31 > > >> Job 31-33 (The Message) >> >> Job 31 >> What Can I Expect from God? >> 1-4"I made a solemn pact with myself never to undress a girl with my >> eyes. >> So what can I expect from God? >> What do I deserve from God Almighty above? >> Isn't calamity reserved for the wicked? >> Isn't disaster supposed to strike those who do wrong? >> Isn't God looking, observing how I live? >> Doesn't he mark every step I take? >> >> 5-8 "Have I walked hand in hand with falsehood, >> or hung out in the company of deceit? >> Weigh me on a set of honest scales >> so God has proof of my integrity. >> If I've strayed off the straight and narrow, >> wanted things I had no right to, >> messed around with sin, >> Go ahead, then- >> give my portion to someone who deserves it. >> >> 9-12 "If I've let myself be seduced by a woman >> and conspired to go to bed with her, >> Fine, my wife has every right to go ahead >> and sleep with anyone she wants to. >> For disgusting behavior like that, >> I'd deserve the worst punishment you could hand out. >> Adultery is a fire that burns the house down; >> I wouldn't expect anything I count dear to survive it. >> >> 13-15 "Have I ever been unfair to my employees >> when they brought a complaint to me? >> What, then, will I do when God confronts me? >> When God examines my books, what can I say? >> Didn't the same God who made me, make them? >> Aren't we all made of the same stuff, equals before God? >> >> 16-18 "Have I ignored the needs of the poor, >> turned my back on the indigent, >> Taken care of my own needs and fed my own face >> while they languished? >> Wasn't my home always open to them? >> Weren't they always welcome at my table? >> >> 19-20 "Have I ever left a poor family shivering in the cold >> when they had no warm clothes? >> Didn't the poor bless me when they saw me coming, >> knowing I'd brought coats from my closet? >> >> 21-23 "If I've ever used my strength and influence >> to take advantage of the unfortunate, >> Go ahead, break both my arms, >> cut off all my fingers! >> The fear of God has kept me from these things- >> how else could I ever face him? >> If Only Someone Would Give Me a Hearing! >> 24-28 "Did I set my heart on making big money >> or worship at the bank? >> Did I boast about my wealth, >> show off because I was well-off? >> Was I ever so awed by the sun's brilliance >> and moved by the moon's beauty >> That I let myself become seduced by them >> and worshiped them on the sly? >> If so, I would deserve the worst of punishments, >> for I would be betraying God himself. >> >> 29-30 "Did I ever crow over my enemy's ruin? >> Or gloat over my rival's bad luck? >> No, I never said a word of detraction, >> never cursed them, even under my breath. >> >> 31-34 "Didn't those who worked for me say, >> 'He fed us well. There were always second helpings'? >> And no stranger ever had to spend a night in the street; >> my doors were always open to travelers. >> Did I hide my sin the way Adam did, >> or conceal my guilt behind closed doors >> Because I was afraid what people would say, >> fearing the gossip of the neighbors so much >> That I turned myself into a recluse? >> You know good and well that I didn't. >> >> 35-37 "Oh, if only someone would give me a hearing! >> I've signed my name to my defense-let the >> Almighty One answer! >> I want to see my indictment in writing. >> Anyone's welcome to read my defense; >> I'll write it on a poster and carry it around town. >> I'm prepared to account for every move I've ever made- >> to anyone and everyone, prince or pauper. >> >> 38-40 "If the very ground that I farm accuses me, >> if even the furrows fill with tears from my abuse, >> If I've ever raped the earth for my own profit >> or dispossessed its rightful owners, >> Then curse it with thistles instead of wheat, >> curse it with weeds instead of barley." >> The words of Job to his three friends were finished. >> >> Job 32 >> Elihu Speaks >> God's Spirit Makes Wisdom Possible >> 1-5 J ob's three friends now fell silent. They were talked out, stymied >> because Job wouldn't budge >> an inch-wouldn't admit to an ounce of guilt. Then Elihu lost his temper. >> (Elihu was the son of >> Barakel the Buzite from the clan of Ram.) He blazed out in anger against >> Job for pitting his >> righteousness against God's. He was also angry with the three friends >> because they had neither come >> up with an answer nor proved Job wrong. Elihu had waited with Job while >> they spoke because they were >> all older than he. But when he saw that the three other men had exhausted >> their arguments, he >> exploded with pent-up anger. >> 6-10 This is what Elihu, son of Barakel the Buzite, said: >> >> "I'm a young man, >> and you are all old and experienced. >> That's why I kept quiet >> and held back from joining the discussion. >> I kept thinking, 'Experience will tell. >> The longer you live, the wiser you become.' >> But I see I was wrong-it's God's Spirit in a person, >> the breath of the Almighty One, that makes wise human insight possible. >> The experts have no corner on wisdom; >> getting old doesn't guarantee good sense. >> So I've decided to speak up. Listen well! >> I'm going to tell you exactly what I think. >> >> 11-14 "I hung on your words while you spoke, >> listened carefully to your arguments. >> While you searched for the right words, >> I was all ears. >> And now what have you proved? Nothing. >> Nothing you say has even touched Job. >> And don't excuse yourselves by saying, 'We've done our best. >> Now it's up to God to talk sense into him.' >> Job has yet to contend with me. >> And rest assured, I won't be using your arguments! >> >> 15-22 "Do you three have nothing else to say? >> Of course you don't! You're total frauds! >> Why should I wait any longer, >> now that you're stopped dead in your tracks? >> I'm ready to speak my piece. That's right! >> It's my turn-and it's about time! >> I've got a lot to say, >> and I'm bursting to say it. >> The pressure has built up, like lava beneath the earth. >> I'm a volcano ready to blow. >> I have to speak-I have no choice. >> I have to say what's on my heart, >> And I'm going to say it straight- >> the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. >> I was never any good at bootlicking; >> my Maker would make short work of me if I started in now!" >> >> Job 33 >> 1-4"So please, Job, hear me out, honor me by listening to me. >> What I'm about to say >> has been carefully thought out. >> I have no ulterior motives in this; >> I'm speaking honestly from my heart. >> The Spirit of God made me what I am, >> the breath of God Almighty gave me life! >> God Always Answers, One Way or Another >> 5-7 "And if you think you can prove me wrong, do it. >> Lay out your arguments. Stand up for yourself! >> Look, I'm human-no better than you; >> we're both made of the same kind of mud. >> So let's work this through together; >> don't let my aggressiveness overwhelm you. >> >> 8-11 "Here's what you said. >> I heard you say it with my own ears. >> You said, 'I'm pure-I've done nothing wrong. >> Believe me, I'm clean-my conscience is clear. >> But God keeps picking on me; >> he treats me like I'm his enemy. >> He's thrown me in jail; >> he keeps me under constant surveillance.' >> >> 12-14 "But let me tell you, Job, you're wrong, dead wrong! >> God is far greater than any human. >> So how dare you haul him into court, >> and then complain that he won't answer your charges? >> God always answers, one way or another, >> even when people don't recognize his presence. >> >> 15-18 "In a dream, for instance, a vision at night, >> when men and women are deep in sleep, >> fast asleep in their beds- >> God opens their ears >> and impresses them with warnings >> To turn them back from something bad they're planning, >> from some reckless choice, >> And keep them from an early grave, >> from the river of no return. >> >> 19-22 "Or, God might get their attention through pain, >> by throwing them on a bed of suffering, >> So they can't stand the sight of food, >> have no appetite for their favorite treats. >> They lose weight, wasting away to nothing, >> reduced to a bag of bones. >> They hang on the cliff-edge of death, >> knowing the next breath may be their last. >> >> 23-25 "But even then an angel could come, >> a champion-there are thousands of them!- >> to take up your cause, >> A messenger who would mercifully intervene, >> canceling the death sentence with the words: >> 'I've come up with the ransom!' >> Before you know it, you're healed, >> the very picture of health! >> >> 26-28 "Or, you may fall on your knees and pray-to God's delight! >> You'll see God's smile and celebrate, >> finding yourself set right with God. >> You'll sing God's praises to everyone you meet, >> testifying, 'I messed up my life- >> and let me tell you, it wasn't worth it. >> But God stepped in and saved me from certain death. >> I'm alive again! Once more I see the light!' >> >> 29-30 "This is the way God works. >> Over and over again >> He pulls our souls back from certain destruction >> so we'll see the light-and live in the light! >> >> 31-33 "Keep listening, Job. >> Don't interrupt-I'm not finished yet. >> But if you think of anything I should know, tell me. >> There's nothing I'd like better than to see your name cleared. >> Meanwhile, keep listening. Don't distract me with interruptions. >> I'm going to teach you the basics of wisdom." >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
