Food for the soul

You, God, are the reason I am insulted and spit on. Job 17:6 (CEV) When is it God's fault and when is it mine. Or is it just something that happens to those who are born on earth. Job was correct that it was God's fault. Does it help to know? How could a loving God submit Job to the test for the... Sign in to see full entry.

For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” Haman planned to kill the Jews and enrich the Persian... Sign in to see full entry.

Nehemiah's response to the bad news about his brothers in his homeland was to cry and weep before the Lord and then he acted. He asked the king for permission to go and got help from him to go. Too often we think that we must either act or pray, but usually we need to do both. We may not be able to... Sign in to see full entry.

God tells us two very important things, 1. To fear him. 2. To fear no one or nothing else. We fear God, because he has control over how long we live and how well we live. Those who do not fear God, do not acknowledge his existance or power. This fear isn't the kind of fear we have with dictators or... Sign in to see full entry.