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THE CURE FOR DEPRESSION. PSALMS 42 and 43. These psalms were originally composed as one psalm and later divided into two psalms. The ‘one title’ covers them both. The sons of Korah were a family of Levitical singers. Korah himself was the great-grandson of Levi. David chose them to preside over the music of theContinue reading “2.THE BOOK OF PSALMS.”

PSALMS EXPRESSES WORSHIP. Throughout its many pages, Psalms encourage us to praise the Lord God for who He is and what He has accomplished. The Psalms illuminate the greatness of our God, affirm His faithfulness to us in times of trouble and remind us of the absolute centrality of His Holy Word.    The entire collectionContinue reading “1. THE PRECIOUS, PRICELESS   PSALMS. “

THE HEALING OF JOB.   THIS IS A TRUE STORY, NOT A FAIRY TALE! Job is vindicated and restored, then he is rewarded by God. You can be comforted to know that after your trial and suffering, there is a COMPENSATION and a REWARD. It may not come in the present lifetime as Job’s did, butContinue reading “7.HAPPY EVER AFTER ENDING. “

GOD HIMSELF SPEAKS!                       Chapter 38-41. (Please take time to read it.) I think of the verse that says. “THE LORD IS IN HIS HOLY TEMPLE.               LET ALL EARTH BE SILENT BEFORE HIM.” In this instance when God speaks, the five men are struck dumb with awe at the sound of his voice. It wasContinue reading “6. THE VOICE FROM THE WORLDWIND!”

THE YOUNGEST IN THE GROUP. He is the youngest man in the group. He has ceased speaking because of the seniority of the others. His speech which fills no less than six chapters has a: NEW PERSPECTIVE. A NEW APPROACH. NEW APPEAL. A NEW ANSWER. Chapters 32-37. Elihu suggests that wisdom does not come withContinue reading “5.ELIHU’S ADVICE TO JOB. (A New Voice.)”

JOB’S THREE SO CALLED FRIENDS. JOB’S COMFORTORS ELIPHAZ, BILDAD and ZOPHAR. These men were older than Job. Job 32:6. They had travelled a long distance to console Job, but that consolation turned into condemnation,              so it aggravated Job’s suffering to the point of unendurable stress.    Let’s look a little closer at these three friends andContinue reading “4. THE BOOK OF JOB.    “

THE SEVERE TEST THAT CAME UPON JOB. THE STORY SO FAR.  We have established that this trial was not from God Himself but allowed by God. It was indeed the work of Satan.  1. The first tragedy. The Sabeans swooped down and captured his donkeys and oxen while they were grazing together. Then they slewContinue reading “3. THE BOOK OF JOB. “

THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN GOD AND SATAN. THE ACCUSER OF THE BRETHREN. Satan is permitted, though limited, to sift or test the Lord’s People. In Rev 12:1. Satan is standing before God as the ACCUSER of the BRETHREN! Here are more scriptures concerning his power to test us as Christians. Love you to read them! EphContinue reading “2. THE BOOK OF JOB.  “

VIEWING TRIALS THROUGH THE LIFE IF JOB. This is a quote by Alfred Edeshein that will lead us into the study of the life of Job. “We cannot understand the meaning of many trials, God does not explain them.” “To explain a trial would be to destroy the object … which is that calling forthContinue reading “1. THE BOOK OF JOB.”

ESTHER APPEALS TO THE KING.                                                                               Now the Queen had asked the Jews to fast and pray for her, as she, unsummoned, would present herself before the king. Fasting is a symbolic form of prayer in the Old Testament.  She was throwing herself at the mercy of the King in this matter. On the third day,Continue reading “7. Esther’s Final Plea.”