08/25/2021 DAB Transcript

Job 16:1-19:29, 1 Corinthians 16:1-24, Psalm 40:1-10, Proverbs 22:1

Today is the 25th day of August, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible, I am Brian. It is great to be here with you today as we do what we do, which is put one foot in front of the other and take the next step forward together. We are working our way through the drama of the book of Job and we’re in the middle of an argument basically between Job and his friends. Job has experienced a tragedy that he believes he is innocent of or innocent of deserving. This kind of judgment he wants to speak to God and his friends are kind of telling him that he doesn’t really want that because he’s only getting what he deserves. And so, it’s the back and forth and so we’ll pick up that story. Job 16 through 19 today.

Commentary:

Okay so in the book of Job today we really got a pretty good glimpse of Job’s heart like, how broken, how hopeless, just how completely distraught he is. And we can read the words, you know, if we’ve never experienced that kind of pain or…or it’s a distant memory or something and we just move past it. But if we…if we linger in what he saying man it's…it’s very, very deep and very, very painful and he wants answers that he can’t get and if we’ve ever felt like that then we can commiserate with what’s being spoken out of the Bible, commiserating with us back. We only are faced with questions we, we want answers, I do anyway. I mean gosh, the thing about questions is that when you get an answer, you have another question, usually right. Sometimes the answer is not enough. You need a follow-up question, and that only leads to more questions and so he’s kind of keep having questions and this is kind of where Job is, he wants an answer. He has asked the questions, he has friends there who are trying to give him the answers which bring up more questions and bring up more answers that he doesn’t agree with or that he already knows, like he already knows all this stuff. The answer he’s looking for is elusive. It’s beyond him because he believes the only one that has it is God. And he cries out to God, where is that answer. And in these times, and we do all face them, to varying degrees in different seasons in our lives. We can keep asking the questions because it doesn’t matter what we start with, we can start with any topic and start asking questions and we will eventually get to where nobody knows the answer anymore. The irony is, we cannot…like we don’t like that situation or that feeling at all, but that really is kind of the beginning of faith right because if you already have the answer, and you already know then you’re not reaching in faith. You are already holding the answer like you are already, you already have what you were looking for. Faith forces us to reach beyond into the mystery, or sometimes answers aren’t as clear as just an answer. There’s a whole lot going on and that’s hard. It’s hard, like if Job’s friends were there and they start talking about the mysteries of God. It’s a different kind of conversation but Job’s looking for answers and they’re trying to give answers and in so many ways with Job being so committed to his innocence, they’re starting to speak to their own fears and their own situations and the things that they think that they know which is human, which is what we do too in these kinds of situations. In the end, Job cries out and he says something very famous in the Scriptures, but also one of those riveting moments in the book of Job, and in response to his friend’s counsel, I mean he’s just basically going, I know what you’re saying. I know all this stuff it’s not giving me what I’m looking for but I know that my Redeemer lives and he will stand upon the earth, at last, and after my body has decayed, yet in my body, I will see God. I will see Him for myself. I will see him with my own eyes and it’s an overwhelming thought. Job doesn’t have answers. So, this declaration that is so riveting is spoken in faith and sometimes it’s when the answers aren’t there that faith begins and that is, that is a decent thing to meditate upon today.

Prayer:

So, Holy Spirit come into that, we want certainty, we…we might say we want the life of faith, but truly we would prefer certainty in most situations, especially tragic ones, and yet faith is out beyond what we think that we know and out beyond what we can control. And so, Holy Spirit come and help us locate where our faith is, help us look at the different circumstances and situations in our lives and be able to see clearly whether we really are reaching beyond in faith or if we are just doing everything, we can to achieve certainty. Come, Holy Spirit, we pray in the name of Jesus we ask. Amen.

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Prayers and Encouragements:

Hey family this is Pepper from Missouri enjoying a sunny morning. I just called because at the end of today’s reading which is August 20th, I believe your name was Julie. Wanting just one person to pray. Honey, we may not always call you out or any single person out but trust me there is a community of prayer covering you. There are people that never ever get on this app, they just simply write your name, your prayer request and then go pray for you. There are people that are behind that will catch up to this prayer and pray for you at a later time. There are just so many people, you will be so covered. This is not just for Julie; this is for anyone who doubts. Call in your prayer request, write them on the Prayer Wall. Write them on the DAB Friends Groups, there are people, that’s what we want to do. We are brothers and sisters in Christ and we want to pray for you. Like Brian said today, sometimes, you just have to stop praying about yourself and your needs and your dramas and start praying for others. It really does help. It has helped my depression immensely. There is truth in praying for other brothers and sisters. Love you family and I’ll continue to pray for each and every one of you.

Hi, I’m Cindy from California. And I have previously called before. I have RSD, it’s a nerve damage condition, it’s chronic pain and it’s getting worse. I went to my doctor yesterday and he said it’s spreading on my legs and my arms. I just want all of you to please pray. I just feel that the only one who can heal, right now it’s God. And I’m so blessed to have this family, my DAB family, Brian, you’re amazing. I want God to please listen to all of us. This pain is unbearable, it feels like needles, it’s burning all over my body. I have two angels in my life. My son, Christian and my angel Cathy. I just, please pray for this pain to go away. It’s getting so bad. I just hide in the bathroom; I pray for all of you. For us to, God to heal us. He is our Savior, He is our doctor, the doctor said it’s spreading I know He’ll stop the spreading. I love you all. Thank you, Brian. You’re a blessing to all of us. God Bless all of you.

Good morning DAB family thank you so much for your prayers, this is Praying Mama from SoCal. And I just wanted to thank you for your prayers over my daughter. And the thoughts and the things that she wrote in her journal. There was so many things that we were able to talk about. It was exposed and I think just exposing it was a big deal because it kind of lessens the just that darkness that can come over someone. She’s is coming out and having some hope for the future. And I know it’s because of your prayers and your love. I appreciate it so much. And for all those that are going through so much with their kids and their thoughts and just being delivered from just that darkness. Deja, thank you so much for your prayers and all of those DABers that prayed. She’s on a journey now in her 3rd year of college and she is going forward which is awesome and with hope I’m praying over those that she meets this year, those that she surrounds herself with. I moved her into her college dorm and met some praying mamas around her too and some other girls that are reaching out. So, thank you so much for your prayers and just knowing that my heart was just overwhelmed with thankfulness that I know that I can call this beautiful family. God bless all of you. Praying for you as well. And very thankful, thank you Brian and Jill again for this amazing campfire and this Global Campfire and family. God Bless you.

Hello, this is Carmen from Canada. I called back in the beginning of June after my son had passed away suddenly, my 22-year-old and I continue to struggle with…with his death. I’m finding it very difficult, as a Christian and having other Christians I know, well close family member in particular, and sort of the attitude that I should be getting better by now or okay because I need to just accept that he’s in a better place and that I’ll see him again and all of those things. And while I do believe those things, it’s still very hard for my…for my child to be gone and to know that, you know, that seeing him again in another place, it’s a very foreign concept that I have no true experience with even if in faith I believe it. I’m also young enough that it’s gonna be a long time, assuming I live to an old lady, before I get to see my child again, so, there’s that as well. And the way in which he died was also very sad and tragic and no family should have to go through that, so I guess I’m just asking for prayer for myself and I’ve heard others calling in speaking of death in their family, just for peace and for an understanding of sort of how…how to deal with that and how to have those feelings of hope and grief at the same time and how to just navigate that. I covet your prayers, thank you.

Hi DAB family, it’s Tom here calling from the UK and I’m just calling with a praise report because I called last week with an eye condition called recurrent corneal abrasions and it was really affecting me with lots of pain and really affecting my vision, so I called in to ask for prayer and I also had my godson’s baptism to attend and at that point, when I called and I was contemplating getting a flight back to England because my eye was so bad and by an absolute miracle, it was healed. I did end up going to the emergency department because I needed to see a doctor about it but I know that in the waiting room of the emergency department, my eye healed and it had gone from being red, swollen, and streaming to absolutely normal and even the triage nurse had to ask me which eye I had the complaint in, whether it was the left or the right because it had completely healed so well. So, I was able to attend my godson’s baptism and I’m just thanking Jesus for his healing. And also, to Dr. John, I’m praying for your vision as well. I can tell you first hand, that Jesus heals and I’m believing and I’m praying that Jesus will heal your vision and you will no longer have any problems with your eyesight. Thank you everyone. God bless.

Hi, this is Alta Lee Maxwell, Abiding in Jesus calling on the 20th of August. Really lifting up this precious child, that asked for her grandmother to be healed. That is so sweet and you know that’s how I got interested in spiritual things, I was going to a cultic church but I asked my Sunday school teacher to pray for my granddad and he got better. You know, God is so faithful. Then this young man mentioned his grandmother how she was so ill that she had done so many amazing things to raise money for pastors and hospitals and wow. Oh, Father just lay your hand on this precious mother and give peace and victory. And for the lady who is so anxious. She said she should go back home. Oh Lord, just hug her for me Lord. Just hug her, give her a big bear hug from you Lord. Take all the anxiety away and just hold her and just give her, give her your amazing love Lord. In the Father, Son, Holy Spirit. And there will be a lot of people praying for you lady, not just me. Lots of people listen to this, more than you could ask or think. So, expect God to hold you and you to feel it. In the might name of Jesus, Amen. think. So, expect God to hold you your sealant the mighty name of Jesus. Amen

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Wednesday August 25, 2021 (NIV)

Job 16-19

Job’s Fifth Speech: A Response to Eliphaz

16 Then Job spoke again:

“I have heard all this before.
What miserable comforters you are!
Won’t you ever stop blowing hot air?
What makes you keep on talking?
I could say the same things if you were in my place.
I could spout off criticism and shake my head at you.
But if it were me, I would encourage you.
I would try to take away your grief.
Instead, I suffer if I defend myself,
and I suffer no less if I refuse to speak.

“O God, you have ground me down
and devastated my family.
As if to prove I have sinned, you’ve reduced me to skin and bones.
My gaunt flesh testifies against me.
God hates me and angrily tears me apart.
He snaps his teeth at me
and pierces me with his eyes.
10 People jeer and laugh at me.
They slap my cheek in contempt.
A mob gathers against me.
11 God has handed me over to sinners.
He has tossed me into the hands of the wicked.

12 “I was living quietly until he shattered me.
He took me by the neck and broke me in pieces.
Then he set me up as his target,
13 and now his archers surround me.
His arrows pierce me without mercy.
The ground is wet with my blood.[a]
14 Again and again he smashes against me,
charging at me like a warrior.
15 I wear burlap to show my grief.
My pride lies in the dust.
16 My eyes are red with weeping;
dark shadows circle my eyes.
17 Yet I have done no wrong,
and my prayer is pure.

18 “O earth, do not conceal my blood.
Let it cry out on my behalf.
19 Even now my witness is in heaven.
My advocate is there on high.
20 My friends scorn me,
but I pour out my tears to God.
21 I need someone to mediate between God and me,
as a person mediates between friends.
22 For soon I must go down that road
from which I will never return.

Job Continues to Defend His Innocence

17 “My spirit is crushed,
and my life is nearly snuffed out.
The grave is ready to receive me.
I am surrounded by mockers.
I watch how bitterly they taunt me.

“You must defend my innocence, O God,
since no one else will stand up for me.
You have closed their minds to understanding,
but do not let them triumph.
They betray their friends for their own advantage,
so let their children faint with hunger.

“God has made a mockery of me among the people;
they spit in my face.
My eyes are swollen with weeping,
and I am but a shadow of my former self.
The virtuous are horrified when they see me.
The innocent rise up against the ungodly.
The righteous keep moving forward,
and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger.

10 “As for all of you, come back with a better argument,
though I still won’t find a wise man among you.
11 My days are over.
My hopes have disappeared.
My heart’s desires are broken.
12 These men say that night is day;
they claim that the darkness is light.
13 What if I go to the grave[b]
and make my bed in darkness?
14 What if I call the grave my father,
and the maggot my mother or my sister?
15 Where then is my hope?
Can anyone find it?
16 No, my hope will go down with me to the grave.
We will rest together in the dust!”

Bildad’s Second Response to Job

18 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

“How long before you stop talking?
Speak sense if you want us to answer!
Do you think we are mere animals?
Do you think we are stupid?
You may tear out your hair in anger,
but will that destroy the earth?
Will it make the rocks tremble?

“Surely the light of the wicked will be snuffed out.
The sparks of their fire will not glow.
The light in their tent will grow dark.
The lamp hanging above them will be quenched.
The confident stride of the wicked will be shortened.
Their own schemes will be their downfall.
The wicked walk into a net.
They fall into a pit.
A trap grabs them by the heel.
A snare holds them tight.
10 A noose lies hidden on the ground.
A rope is stretched across their path.

11 “Terrors surround the wicked
and trouble them at every step.
12 Hunger depletes their strength,
and calamity waits for them to stumble.
13 Disease eats their skin;
death devours their limbs.
14 They are torn from the security of their homes
and are brought down to the king of terrors.
15 The homes of the wicked will burn down;
burning sulfur rains on their houses.
16 Their roots will dry up,
and their branches will wither.
17 All memory of their existence will fade from the earth;
no one will remember their names.
18 They will be thrust from light into darkness,
driven from the world.
19 They will have neither children nor grandchildren,
nor any survivor in the place where they lived.
20 People in the west are appalled at their fate;
people in the east are horrified.
21 They will say, ‘This was the home of a wicked person,
the place of one who rejected God.’”

Job’s Sixth Speech: A Response to Bildad

19 Then Job spoke again:

“How long will you torture me?
How long will you try to crush me with your words?
You have already insulted me ten times.
You should be ashamed of treating me so badly.
Even if I have sinned,
that is my concern, not yours.
You think you’re better than I am,
using my humiliation as evidence of my sin.
But it is God who has wronged me,
capturing me in his net.[c]

“I cry out, ‘Help!’ but no one answers me.
I protest, but there is no justice.
God has blocked my way so I cannot move.
He has plunged my path into darkness.
He has stripped me of my honor
and removed the crown from my head.
10 He has demolished me on every side, and I am finished.
He has uprooted my hope like a fallen tree.
11 His fury burns against me;
he counts me as an enemy.
12 His troops advance.
They build up roads to attack me.
They camp all around my tent.

13 “My relatives stay far away,
and my friends have turned against me.
14 My family is gone,
and my close friends have forgotten me.
15 My servants and maids consider me a stranger.
I am like a foreigner to them.
16 When I call my servant, he doesn’t come;
I have to plead with him!
17 My breath is repulsive to my wife.
I am rejected by my own family.
18 Even young children despise me.
When I stand to speak, they turn their backs on me.
19 My close friends detest me.
Those I loved have turned against me.
20 I have been reduced to skin and bones
and have escaped death by the skin of my teeth.

21 “Have mercy on me, my friends, have mercy,
for the hand of God has struck me.
22 Must you also persecute me, like God does?
Haven’t you chewed me up enough?

23 “Oh, that my words could be recorded.
Oh, that they could be inscribed on a monument,
24 carved with an iron chisel and filled with lead,
engraved forever in the rock.

25 “But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
and he will stand upon the earth at last.
26 And after my body has decayed,
yet in my body I will see God![d]
27 I will see him for myself.
Yes, I will see him with my own eyes.
I am overwhelmed at the thought!

28 “How dare you go on persecuting me,
saying, ‘It’s his own fault’?
29 You should fear punishment yourselves,
for your attitude deserves punishment.
Then you will know that there is indeed a judgment.”

Footnotes:

  1. 16:13 Hebrew my gall.
  2. 17:13 Hebrew to Sheol; also in 17:16.
  3. 19:6 Or for I am like a city under siege.
  4. 19:26 Or without my body I will see God. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
New Living Translation (NLT)

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1 Corinthians 16

The Collection for Jerusalem

16 Now regarding your question about the money being collected for God’s people in Jerusalem. You should follow the same procedure I gave to the churches in Galatia. On the first day of each week, you should each put aside a portion of the money you have earned. Don’t wait until I get there and then try to collect it all at once. When I come, I will write letters of recommendation for the messengers you choose to deliver your gift to Jerusalem. And if it seems appropriate for me to go along, they can travel with me.

Paul’s Final Instructions

I am coming to visit you after I have been to Macedonia,[a] for I am planning to travel through Macedonia. Perhaps I will stay awhile with you, possibly all winter, and then you can send me on my way to my next destination. This time I don’t want to make just a short visit and then go right on. I want to come and stay awhile, if the Lord will let me. In the meantime, I will be staying here at Ephesus until the Festival of Pentecost. There is a wide-open door for a great work here, although many oppose me.

10 When Timothy comes, don’t intimidate him. He is doing the Lord’s work, just as I am. 11 Don’t let anyone treat him with contempt. Send him on his way with your blessing when he returns to me. I expect him to come with the other believers.[b]

12 Now about our brother Apollos—I urged him to visit you with the other believers, but he was not willing to go right now. He will see you later when he has the opportunity.

13 Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous.[c] Be strong. 14 And do everything with love.

15 You know that Stephanas and his household were the first of the harvest of believers in Greece,[d] and they are spending their lives in service to God’s people. I urge you, dear brothers and sisters,[e] 16 to submit to them and others like them who serve with such devotion. 17 I am very glad that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus have come here. They have been providing the help you weren’t here to give me. 18 They have been a wonderful encouragement to me, as they have been to you. You must show your appreciation to all who serve so well.

Paul’s Final Greetings

19 The churches here in the province of Asia[f] send greetings in the Lord, as do Aquila and Priscilla[g] and all the others who gather in their home for church meetings. 20 All the brothers and sisters here send greetings to you. Greet each other with a sacred kiss.

21 HERE IS MY GREETING IN MY OWN HANDWRITING—PAUL.

22 If anyone does not love the Lord, that person is cursed. Our Lord, come![h]

23 May the grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.

24 My love to all of you in Christ Jesus.[i]

Footnotes:

  1. 16:5 Macedonia was in the northern region of Greece.
  2. 16:11 Greek with the brothers; also in 16:12.
  3. 16:13 Greek Be men.
  4. 16:15a Greek in Achaia, the southern region of the Greek peninsula.
  5. 16:15b Greek brothers; also in 16:20.
  6. 16:19a Asia was a Roman province in what is now western Turkey.
  7. 16:19b Greek Prisca.
  8. 16:22 From Aramaic, Marana tha. Some manuscripts read Maran atha, “Our Lord has come.”
  9. 16:24 Some manuscripts add Amen.
New Living Translation (NLT)

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Psalm 40:1-10

Psalm 40

For the choir director: A psalm of David.

I waited patiently for the Lord to help me,
and he turned to me and heard my cry.
He lifted me out of the pit of despair,
out of the mud and the mire.
He set my feet on solid ground
and steadied me as I walked along.
He has given me a new song to sing,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see what he has done and be amazed.
They will put their trust in the Lord.

Oh, the joys of those who trust the Lord,
who have no confidence in the proud
or in those who worship idols.
O Lord my God, you have performed many wonders for us.
Your plans for us are too numerous to list.
You have no equal.
If I tried to recite all your wonderful deeds,
I would never come to the end of them.

You take no delight in sacrifices or offerings.
Now that you have made me listen, I finally understand[a]
you don’t require burnt offerings or sin offerings.
Then I said, “Look, I have come.
As is written about me in the Scriptures:
I take joy in doing your will, my God,
for your instructions are written on my heart.”

I have told all your people about your justice.
I have not been afraid to speak out,
as you, O Lord, well know.
10 I have not kept the good news of your justice hidden in my heart;
I have talked about your faithfulness and saving power.
I have told everyone in the great assembly
of your unfailing love and faithfulness.

Footnotes:

  1. 40:6 Greek version reads You have given me a body. Compare Heb 10:5.
New Living Translation (NLT)

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.


Proverbs 22:1

22 Choose a good reputation over great riches;
being held in high esteem is better than silver or gold.

New Living Translation (NLT)

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08/24/2021 DAB Transcript

Job 12:1-15:35, 1 Corinthians 15:29-58, Psalms 39:1-13, Proverbs 21:30-31

Today is the 24th day of August welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian it is great to be here with you today as we come together and take the next step forward through the Scriptures through this month and through this year through our lives. We are obviously in the book of Job right now, making our way through. Things have started to get heated up in the conversation between Job and his friends. He’s been very much pouring out his heart and saying how he feels and confessing that he’s confused and frustrated and in pain and anguish and depressed. His friends have tried to comfort him, but he’s kinda stickin’ to his story. And the thing that he believes, you know, is making him so depressed and it’s not only the tragedy that he’s experienced, but why, right, why is God judging him, which is what he believes, that what has happened to him has happened at God’s hand and he doesn’t know why and he would like to be told. Like he would like an audience with God to be told. Of course, his friends are like, you know, you did something wrong and you need to humble yourself. And when he won’t listen to that that’s kinda what’s got them upset at him. And, so, we continue today with Job 12 through 15.

Commentary:

Okay. So, in the book of Job, we should be seeing kind of where the rub is, or where the tension is. He’s not like…Job’s fighting with his friends who had come to comfort him. And they are trying to comfort him, but they have…they are at an impasse of their understanding. Job believes God is righteous, just, true, merciful, good, holy, all of these things. And, so, do his friends. They all leave this about God. So, where they have divergent paths is why this is happening to Job. Job believes he is innocent and doesn’t deserve this suffering. He is confused. So, he believes in a righteous and just God, but he also in himself believes that he has been honorable and righteous before God. And, so, that this perceived judgment from God is unwarranted and he would like answers. His friends also believe God is righteous and just and cannot find an equation, right, some kind of formula that would work for God to be harsh upon Job if he didn’t deserve it. So, in a matter of speaking, we have human beings arguing about God’s justice. Imagine that. So, Job’s friends don’t really have a grid for impartiality, which is one of the things that Job is complaining about and he knows it. He knows like he’s the only one that thinks he’s innocent and no one else is an advocate, like nobody else is there. And his friends they…they don’t have a grid for God to be doing what Job is claiming and they have no way to just be impartial and go, well, let’s argue this out then because their sense of God’s justice is deeply, deeply ingrained, just as deeply as it is and to Job. And, so, they have to defend God. And Job even knows that if he could get an audience with God what would…what will he say? Like he’s got his case prepared, but God’s wisdom and might and power, like so far beyond any human capability. What’s he gonna say? Everything he says is gonna to get rebutted and he knows all this, and he feels like, although his friends are trying to argue this out and convince him that they don’t know anything that he doesn’t know, they’re human beings just like he is. They may be wise but he’s wise too and respected too. And that brings us to one of the most, for me, riveting passages of Scripture. There are a couple of them in Job that just make you step back and go what…what kind of posture of heart…like how do you get…how do you get that level of trust? Because Job is saying one way or the other I need to see God. God has the answers. Nobody else has the answers. I’ve got to find God, but I don’t know where and I don’t know what it would be like if I do. And, so, Job says, “even if he slays me still I will hope in him.” Or quoting from the translation that we’re reading from this week, “God might kill me, but I have no other hope.” He’s saying even if finding God proves hopeless I will still hope in God. And this is one of the keys to the territory that we are in, and what the book of Job is dealing with. What if we can’t get the answer were looking for? Where will we put our hope?

Prayer:

Father…Holy Spirit come into that. That…this is very, very deep within us. This is core stuff down deep within us because so often it is our lack of knowledge or understanding that sends us off on some kind of wild chase that leads us nowhere but a big circle. And we suffer so much more than we have to. Our hope is in You and we can declare this and we do declare this. Even if we’re for declaring it in faith our hope is in You because there is no other hope. And yet there are plenty of times that we find confusion and uncertainty. And in the book of Job, we see a person who has been stripped down to nothing, a person who has lost everything that can be lost and would find death as to be a relief. That’s about as far stripped away as a human being can get. And yet we see in Job, even though he’s stripped to bedrock he still has hope in You, even if there is no hope. Help us to ponder that, meditate upon that, consider that, till that into the soil of our hearts. Come Holy Spirit we pray. In the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

Family just come together with me as I pray for our brothers and sisters in Afghanistan. I’m reminded of the time I was in Israel with DAB a couple years ago. We were up on the Golan Heights and Brian shared how the brothers and sisters in Syria said they just felt forgotten sometimes and asked for prayer. And we are hearing of the deliverance of the Jews through Esther right now and there’s no coincidence with God. It’s for such a time as this. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. And just a couple days ago Brian read psalms 35 and that is my declaration, my decree that I am praying over the people of Afghanistan. My brothers and sisters there, the innocent there. And just agree with me. Father God oppose those who oppose them Lord and fight for those that fight against them Lord. Take Your shield and Your armor and come to their rescue. Lift up Your spear into war axe against those that pursue them and promise that You will save them. May those who try to kill them be defeated and disgraced in the name of Jesus. May those who plot against them be turned back and confused. May they be like the straw blown by the wind as the Angel of the Lord pursues them and may their path be dark and slippery while the Angel of the Lord strikes them down. Because without any reason they have laid a trap. But God I will say I am glad because of the Lord. I am happy because You have saved them. If their hearts will not turn to You Father God then just destroy them but rescue Your children in Jesus…

Dear DAB family this is Russell from superior. I’m just feeling sad about everybody that’s left behind in Afghanistan. You know, a lot of these people feel like they’re in a holy war. I don’t know. But, you know, they’re talking about Christians that are left behind over there, behind enemy lines and, you know, why they’re going to do what they do. I just would like to remind us all we need to be praying, you know, and using the only weapon that we have, the power of prayer. I know we all are strong in this prayer, and I’ve seen a lot of miracles happen with this prayer group. So, just if everybody could join me in a prayer. Dear heavenly Father God please protect those that are there, those that are willing to die for Your name. Please, you know, protect them, please watch over them, you know. It’s sad, You’re the only true God and these people are dying for nothing. Please protect those ones that You can dear heavenly Father. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

Hey siblings it’s your little sis His Little Cherri in Canada. And I’m show glad we’re reading the story of Esther in the Old Testament. And I’m seeing something different in it that I’ve ever seen before because I’m in a different place then I’ve ever been before. Esther strikes me as someone who is quite shy and hesitant, at least that’s how she comes across in the story. And when Mordecai asks her to go before the king she doesn’t want to. And of course, no one would. Anyone would be freaked out. But I just I just see her as being like me. I am not a __ flamboyant person. I mean I have been at times in the past when I was passionate and on stage and on the ministry teams and blah blah blah. But since my health issues I’m in a very slow quiet place. A lot of my flamboyant friends have faded into the word work because I can’t keep up with them and most of my close friends now have health problems like I do. And, so, I find myself and the company of the afflicted and it’s a very different place to be. And yet it’s a good place, it’s such a good place to be. And the story of Esther just encourages me because I see that God used her in a powerful way even though she…she was hesitant. And, you know, she kept inviting king and Mordecai to dinner after dinner before she got around to the point. And if she’d done it any other way, I don’t think it would have worked out as well. So, I’m so encouraged that God can use me exactly where I am.

Greetings and salutations thanks and praise to the most-high this is Tim Pickle here from the corn state. If you could please be praying for my wife Bailey. Our baby is due October 6th woo. But my wife suffers from high blood pressure so they’re talking about even taking the baby out before 37 weeks. So, if you could please be praying for just peace and God’s hand to be over the situation and everything turns out the way that He wants it to be. Amen. Thank you all very much. I hope you have a…

Hello DAB my name is people on the water and I’m from Indiana calling in for a young man named Jonathan. It’s crazy for me to call him a young man because he’s two years older than me but I’m still assuming that 18 and 20 is still a young man. Either way, Jonathan as I was hearing your call even before you said pornography or lust that’s what I was thinking about. And you came in, you just said you feel disgusting. Although you are new here, I don’t know if it was a week or a month that you’ve been a part of the DAB but I’m glad you’re here man. I’m glad you’re here brother. I don’t have the words to encourage you right now, honestly but I just I…I lift you up in the name of the Holy Spirit. As someone on the 14th said, it’s as simple as just trusting God. And I pray that you see that simplicity through your trials and through your temptations, that you might submit yourself therefore to God and watch the devil flee because it is a free and it is a possible thing. Man, thank you for sharing. Love you DAB. In Jesus’ name I pray and I ask. Make it a great day. Amen.

Hello DABber family this is the Burning Bush that will not be devoured for the glory of our God and king. Today is Friday and I just heard a prayer request from one of our DABber kids and it sounded like we were praying for grandma who has multiple myeloma and praying for grandma to have energy to play with them in the pool. And that just put a big smile on my face. I am definitely praying for you dear. I am praying for your grandma. I’m praying that God will supernaturally heal her. I pray that she will have so much energy that she will have so much fun with you in the pool. I even pray for extra energy for her to do more stuff with you, play with you, run with you, whatever it is you need grandma to do. I am definitely praying for you. And I know that God heard your prayer even before I called. And I believe that He sent angels, that He released angels in heaven to execute to your request because He loves you so much. This just made my day. It’s exciting to know that we have kids listening. I have a 14-year-old now who came to me a couple days ago and said to me, mum can listen to DAB before I go to bed? And it just made my day because I used to play it for him from his birth. Like all his life I’d play it for him before bedtime. And, so, I’m glad that he’s picking it up again. I love you guys. Love all the kids out there. God bless. Bye.

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Tuesday August 24, 2021 (NIV)

Job 12-15

Job’s Fourth Speech: A Response to Zophar

12 Then Job spoke again:

“You people really know everything, don’t you?
And when you die, wisdom will die with you!
Well, I know a few things myself—
and you’re no better than I am.
Who doesn’t know these things you’ve been saying?
Yet my friends laugh at me,
for I call on God and expect an answer.
I am a just and blameless man,
yet they laugh at me.
People who are at ease mock those in trouble.
They give a push to people who are stumbling.
But robbers are left in peace,
and those who provoke God live in safety—
though God keeps them in his power.[a]

“Just ask the animals, and they will teach you.
Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
Speak to the earth, and it will instruct you.
Let the fish in the sea speak to you.
For they all know
that my disaster[b] has come from the hand of the Lord.
10 For the life of every living thing is in his hand,
and the breath of every human being.
11 The ear tests the words it hears
just as the mouth distinguishes between foods.
12 Wisdom belongs to the aged,
and understanding to the old.

13 “But true wisdom and power are found in God;
counsel and understanding are his.
14 What he destroys cannot be rebuilt.
When he puts someone in prison, there is no escape.
15 If he holds back the rain, the earth becomes a desert.
If he releases the waters, they flood the earth.
16 Yes, strength and wisdom are his;
deceivers and deceived are both in his power.
17 He leads counselors away, stripped of good judgment;
wise judges become fools.
18 He removes the royal robe of kings.
They are led away with ropes around their waist.
19 He leads priests away, stripped of status;
he overthrows those with long years in power.
20 He silences the trusted adviser
and removes the insight of the elders.
21 He pours disgrace upon princes
and disarms the strong.

22 “He uncovers mysteries hidden in darkness;
he brings light to the deepest gloom.
23 He builds up nations, and he destroys them.
He expands nations, and he abandons them.
24 He strips kings of understanding
and leaves them wandering in a pathless wasteland.
25 They grope in the darkness without a light.
He makes them stagger like drunkards.

Job Wants to Argue His Case with God

13 “Look, I have seen all this with my own eyes
and heard it with my own ears, and now I understand.
I know as much as you do.
You are no better than I am.
As for me, I would speak directly to the Almighty.
I want to argue my case with God himself.
As for you, you smear me with lies.
As physicians, you are worthless quacks.
If only you could be silent!
That’s the wisest thing you could do.
Listen to my charge;
pay attention to my arguments.

“Are you defending God with lies?
Do you make your dishonest arguments for his sake?
Will you slant your testimony in his favor?
Will you argue God’s case for him?
What will happen when he finds out what you are doing?
Can you fool him as easily as you fool people?
10 No, you will be in trouble with him
if you secretly slant your testimony in his favor.
11 Doesn’t his majesty terrify you?
Doesn’t your fear of him overwhelm you?
12 Your platitudes are as valuable as ashes.
Your defense is as fragile as a clay pot.

13 “Be silent now and leave me alone.
Let me speak, and I will face the consequences.
14 Why should I put myself in mortal danger[c]
and take my life in my own hands?
15 God might kill me, but I have no other hope.[d]
I am going to argue my case with him.
16 But this is what will save me—I am not godless.
If I were, I could not stand before him.

17 “Listen closely to what I am about to say.
Hear me out.
18 I have prepared my case;
I will be proved innocent.
19 Who can argue with me over this?
And if you prove me wrong, I will remain silent and die.

Job Asks How He Has Sinned

20 “O God, grant me these two things,
and then I will be able to face you.
21 Remove your heavy hand from me,
and don’t terrify me with your awesome presence.
22 Now summon me, and I will answer!
Or let me speak to you, and you reply.
23 Tell me, what have I done wrong?
Show me my rebellion and my sin.
24 Why do you turn away from me?
Why do you treat me as your enemy?
25 Would you terrify a leaf blown by the wind?
Would you chase dry straw?

26 “You write bitter accusations against me
and bring up all the sins of my youth.
27 You put my feet in stocks.
You examine all my paths.
You trace all my footprints.
28 I waste away like rotting wood,
like a moth-eaten coat.

14 “How frail is humanity!
How short is life, how full of trouble!
We blossom like a flower and then wither.
Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear.
Must you keep an eye on such a frail creature
and demand an accounting from me?
Who can bring purity out of an impure person?
No one!
You have decided the length of our lives.
You know how many months we will live,
and we are not given a minute longer.
So leave us alone and let us rest!
We are like hired hands, so let us finish our work in peace.

“Even a tree has more hope!
If it is cut down, it will sprout again
and grow new branches.
Though its roots have grown old in the earth
and its stump decays,
at the scent of water it will bud
and sprout again like a new seedling.

10 “But when people die, their strength is gone.
They breathe their last, and then where are they?
11 As water evaporates from a lake
and a river disappears in drought,
12 people are laid to rest and do not rise again.
Until the heavens are no more, they will not wake up
nor be roused from their sleep.

13 “I wish you would hide me in the grave[e]
and forget me there until your anger has passed.
But mark your calendar to think of me again!
14 Can the dead live again?
If so, this would give me hope through all my years of struggle,
and I would eagerly await the release of death.
15 You would call and I would answer,
and you would yearn for me, your handiwork.
16 For then you would guard my steps,
instead of watching for my sins.
17 My sins would be sealed in a pouch,
and you would cover my guilt.

18 “But instead, as mountains fall and crumble
and as rocks fall from a cliff,
19 as water wears away the stones
and floods wash away the soil,
so you destroy people’s hope.
20 You always overpower them, and they pass from the scene.
You disfigure them in death and send them away.
21 They never know if their children grow up in honor
or sink to insignificance.
22 They suffer painfully;
their life is full of trouble.”

Eliphaz’s Second Response to Job

15 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

“A wise man wouldn’t answer with such empty talk!
You are nothing but a windbag.
The wise don’t engage in empty chatter.
What good are such words?
Have you no fear of God,
no reverence for him?
Your sins are telling your mouth what to say.
Your words are based on clever deception.
Your own mouth condemns you, not I.
Your own lips testify against you.

“Were you the first person ever born?
Were you born before the hills were made?
Were you listening at God’s secret council?
Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?
What do you know that we don’t?
What do you understand that we do not?
10 On our side are aged, gray-haired men
much older than your father!

11 “Is God’s comfort too little for you?
Is his gentle word not enough?
12 What has taken away your reason?
What has weakened your vision,[f]
13 that you turn against God
and say all these evil things?
14 Can any mortal be pure?
Can anyone born of a woman be just?
15 Look, God does not even trust the angels.[g]
Even the heavens are not absolutely pure in his sight.
16 How much less pure is a corrupt and sinful person
with a thirst for wickedness!

17 “If you will listen, I will show you.
I will answer you from my own experience.
18 And it is confirmed by the reports of wise men
who have heard the same thing from their fathers—
19 from those to whom the land was given
long before any foreigners arrived.

20 “The wicked writhe in pain throughout their lives.
Years of trouble are stored up for the ruthless.
21 The sound of terror rings in their ears,
and even on good days they fear the attack of the destroyer.
22 They dare not go out into the darkness
for fear they will be murdered.
23 They wander around, saying, ‘Where can I find bread?’[h]
They know their day of destruction is near.
24 That dark day terrifies them.
They live in distress and anguish,
like a king preparing for battle.
25 For they shake their fists at God,
defying the Almighty.
26 Holding their strong shields,
they defiantly charge against him.

27 “These wicked people are heavy and prosperous;
their waists bulge with fat.
28 But their cities will be ruined.
They will live in abandoned houses
that are ready to tumble down.
29 Their riches will not last,
and their wealth will not endure.
Their possessions will no longer spread across the horizon.

30 “They will not escape the darkness.
The burning sun will wither their shoots,
and the breath of God will destroy them.
31 Let them no longer fool themselves by trusting in empty riches,
for emptiness will be their only reward.
32 They will be cut down in the prime of life;
their branches will never again be green.
33 They will be like a vine whose grapes are harvested too early,
like an olive tree that loses its blossoms before the fruit can form.
34 For the godless are barren.
Their homes, enriched through bribery, will burn.
35 They conceive trouble and give birth to evil.
Their womb produces deceit.”

Footnotes:

  1. 12:6 Or safety—those who try to manipulate God. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
  2. 12:9 Hebrew that this.
  3. 13:14 Hebrew Why should I take my flesh in my teeth.
  4. 13:15 An alternate reading in the Masoretic Text reads God might kill me, but I hope in him.
  5. 14:13 Hebrew in Sheol.
  6. 15:12 Or Why do your eyes flash with anger; Hebrew reads Why do your eyes blink.
  7. 15:15 Hebrew the holy ones.
  8. 15:23 Greek version reads He is appointed to be food for a vulture.
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1 Corinthians 15:29-58

29 If the dead will not be raised, what point is there in people being baptized for those who are dead? Why do it unless the dead will someday rise again?

30 And why should we ourselves risk our lives hour by hour? 31 For I swear, dear brothers and sisters, that I face death daily. This is as certain as my pride in what Christ Jesus our Lord has done in you. 32 And what value was there in fighting wild beasts—those people of Ephesus[a]—if there will be no resurrection from the dead? And if there is no resurrection, “Let’s feast and drink, for tomorrow we die!”[b] 33 Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for “bad company corrupts good character.” 34 Think carefully about what is right, and stop sinning. For to your shame I say that some of you don’t know God at all.

The Resurrection Body

35 But someone may ask, “How will the dead be raised? What kind of bodies will they have?” 36 What a foolish question! When you put a seed into the ground, it doesn’t grow into a plant unless it dies first. 37 And what you put in the ground is not the plant that will grow, but only a bare seed of wheat or whatever you are planting. 38 Then God gives it the new body he wants it to have. A different plant grows from each kind of seed. 39 Similarly there are different kinds of flesh—one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.

40 There are also bodies in the heavens and bodies on the earth. The glory of the heavenly bodies is different from the glory of the earthly bodies. 41 The sun has one kind of glory, while the moon and stars each have another kind. And even the stars differ from each other in their glory.

42 It is the same way with the resurrection of the dead. Our earthly bodies are planted in the ground when we die, but they will be raised to live forever. 43 Our bodies are buried in brokenness, but they will be raised in glory. They are buried in weakness, but they will be raised in strength. 44 They are buried as natural human bodies, but they will be raised as spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural bodies, there are also spiritual bodies.

45 The Scriptures tell us, “The first man, Adam, became a living person.”[c] But the last Adam—that is, Christ—is a life-giving Spirit. 46 What comes first is the natural body, then the spiritual body comes later. 47 Adam, the first man, was made from the dust of the earth, while Christ, the second man, came from heaven. 48 Earthly people are like the earthly man, and heavenly people are like the heavenly man. 49 Just as we are now like the earthly man, we will someday be like[d] the heavenly man.

50 What I am saying, dear brothers and sisters, is that our physical bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. These dying bodies cannot inherit what will last forever.

51 But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will all be transformed! 52 It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have died will be raised to live forever. And we who are living will also be transformed. 53 For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies.

54 Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die,[e] this Scripture will be fulfilled:

“Death is swallowed up in victory.[f]
55 O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?[g]

56 For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power. 57 But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.

Footnotes:

  1. 15:32a Greek fighting wild beasts in Ephesus.
  2. 15:32b Isa 22:13.
  3. 15:45 Gen 2:7.
  4. 15:49 Some manuscripts read let us be like.
  5. 15:54a Some manuscripts add and our mortal bodies have been transformed into immortal bodies.
  6. 15:54b Isa 25:8.
  7. 15:55 Hos 13:14 (Greek version).
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Psalm 39

Psalm 39

For Jeduthun, the choir director: A psalm of David.

I said to myself, “I will watch what I do
and not sin in what I say.
I will hold my tongue
when the ungodly are around me.”
But as I stood there in silence—
not even speaking of good things—
the turmoil within me grew worse.
The more I thought about it,
the hotter I got,
igniting a fire of words:
Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be.
Remind me that my days are numbered—
how fleeting my life is.
You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand.
My entire lifetime is just a moment to you;
at best, each of us is but a breath.” Interlude

We are merely moving shadows,
and all our busy rushing ends in nothing.
We heap up wealth,
not knowing who will spend it.
And so, Lord, where do I put my hope?
My only hope is in you.
Rescue me from my rebellion.
Do not let fools mock me.
I am silent before you; I won’t say a word,
for my punishment is from you.
10 But please stop striking me!
I am exhausted by the blows from your hand.
11 When you discipline us for our sins,
you consume like a moth what is precious to us.
Each of us is but a breath. Interlude

12 Hear my prayer, O Lord!
Listen to my cries for help!
Don’t ignore my tears.
For I am your guest—
a traveler passing through,
as my ancestors were before me.
13 Leave me alone so I can smile again
before I am gone and exist no more.

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Proverbs 21:30-31

30 No human wisdom or understanding or plan
can stand against the Lord.

31 The horse is prepared for the day of battle,
but the victory belongs to the Lord.

New Living Translation (NLT)

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08/23/2021 DAB Transcript

Job 8:1-11:20, 1 Corinthians 15:1-28, Psalm 38:1-22, Proverbs 21:28-29

Today is the 23rd day of August, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible, I’m Brian, it is wonderful to be here with you today. A joy, that we can come together like this around the Global Campfire. Find a place, exhale, let it go and just be here as we allow God’s word to speak and wash into our lives and wash our hearts and minds and carry us forward. So, let’s set dive in, we’re reading from the New Living Translation this week. We are a couple of days into the book of Job. We have found out what happened to Job. He lost everything systematically one thing after another, after another, after another in one day, until it was all gone and we can probably all say that we’ve felt like one thing after another, after another has happened in our own lives, but he lost his family, his fortune, his staff, his livestock, everything. One thing right after the other in the same day and we watched him, you just can’t even imagine the shock of something like that, anyone one thing that happened to Job on the day would’ve sent any of us into the depths and he had all these things happened and you just can’t imagine the just the shock of it, but he tore his robes and he threw ashes on his head and all of this, but he fell to his knees and worshiped God and took a posture that everything he had was from God and if God took away then blessed be the name of the Lord, but Job is really confused. He doesn’t know what he did wrong. He believes that God is judging him. He believes that what is happening to him is at the hand of the Lord. His friends have come to comfort him. They have started giving him advice and encouragement. Basically, like a something’s gotta be, there’s got to be more to the story, God…God is righteous. He’s not, you know, if he doesn’t punish people for no reason and then Job is just crying out. First of all, in anguish and very understandable ways. He’s saying things like I don’t want to live anymore like I can’t take this. I can endure it. I wish God would just come take me, things we’ve all heard other people say. Maybe we’ve even felt those things in the past but his main thing is that he doesn’t understand, he doesn’t know what he did wrong and he wants an audience with God. And that’s where we pick up and today we’ll read chapters 8 through 11.

Commentary:

Okay, so in our reading from 1 Corinthians today we’re watching Paul’s training kick in, let’s remember this is the apostle Paul and he is famous for being the apostle Paul, but he was Saul the Pharisee before he was the apostle Paul, so he had been trained and he was very zealous in his trait, like he was literally being devout and devoted to God through Judaism as a Pharisee, so when people came along and started saying Jesus is Lord, Jesus is equal to God, that’s blasphemy he was raging about this until he met the resurrected Christ and that is the centerpiece of what Paul is talking about today. But, it’s also the centerpiece of the apostles Paul of the apostle Paul’s understanding and teachings. So basically, at the time of Paul, you had what was called the Sanhedrin, the high counsel, made up of scholars and people who determined what the law was, how to contextualize it in the changing world, and how to govern and teach the people and the Sanhedrin was made up of two different schools. The Sadducees and the Pharisees; the Sadducees, this is like old-school, like these are the people that are claiming they have been descended from the original priests and Levites, very, very traditional, very Orthodox, very conservative, very powerful mostly situated in the holy city of Jerusalem. Whereas the Pharisees were generally out and among the people. So, a lot closer to the ground, a lot closer to where people actually lived. They were in it with the people and these two groups, the Sadducees and the Pharisees had different views on specific theological understandings and one of them that is key. Very key to what we’re talking about right now was the hope of the resurrection from the dead. So, the Sadducees believed that when a person dies they return to God, their spirit returns to God and then their body is eventually no more, and there will be no resurrection from the dead, people will not rise up from the grave. The Pharisees, on the other hand, had the hope that there would be bodily resurrection from the dead, that they rested when they died, rested, in hope of resurrection that would certainly come one day. And we watched Paul, when he was arrested in Jerusalem back in the book of acts, actually go before the Sanhedrin and say I’m on trial because I have a hope in the resurrection from the dead, which divided the Council and had the Pharisees kind of on Paul’s team. Paul hoped in resurrection, he could not get on board with these people who were following Jesus because they were saying Jesus is God. He's…that’s blasphemy for him but then he had the experience where he encountered Jesus and Jesus spoke to him on the road to Damascus. That right there was a profound game changer in Paul’s life and we could say yeah of course a blinding light from the heavens, in a voice and you fall down and you can’t see in this voice tells you it’s Jesus than you believe, but it’s more than that because Jesus was dead, that’s the thing Paul thought, He had been executed, He was dead and so these people that were following his teachings and believing in them, they needed to be wiped out so that you just disappear this…this heresy, would just disappear. But when he met Jesus, he met somebody who had risen from the dead, who had experienced resurrection. So, for him this made everything that he had hoped in true, he had seen it with his own eyes and it changed the whole game. Which is why in today’s reading he’s essentially saying if Jesus didn’t rise from the dead, then known of this is true and everything that you believe when you believed in Jesus is false and there is no hope of the resurrection and we’re all wasting our times and it’s hopeless. But then Paul says but he did, he did rise from the dead, and that has started something new which is directly at the heart of the gospel. At the heart of what is the good news that there is hope and it is eternal, that Christ’s resurrection indicates that we who believe in Him will also experience resurrection, a resurrection or a rebirth into something completely new that God is doing upon the earth, essentially a new version of humanity, of which Jesus is the firstborn. So,  Paul says it like this, and I’m quoting from our reading today “just as death came into the world through a man, now the resurrection from the dead is begun through another man, just as everyone dies, because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life, but there is an order to this resurrection, Christ was raised as the first of the harvest, then all who belong to Christ will be raised when he comes back.” What’s interesting, I mean we that's…that’s fundamental Christianity, to believe these things, but if you have to step back and go, if I were in the Sanhedrin would I be a Sadducees or would I be a Pharisee because the hope of our faith is that we, those who have fallen asleep, those who have died physically will one day wake up and live again. And when we believe this is exactly what happens, spiritually, we die to who we were and are reborn, born again, resurrected into new life spiritually, where the same spirit that raised Christ from the dead indwells us, lives in us, it’s no longer. We who live, but Christ who lives within us. So, let’s, I mean this is a kind of a theological thing that Paul is talking about when he’s talking about resurrection today but let’s dwell upon it. Let’s meditate upon it. It is the fundamental thing in our faith that truly at a baseline, let’s just experience that everything is going to be okay, no matter what. We are in the hands of Christ Jesus and everything is going to be okay. No matter what. Forever. And so, let’s consider some of these bedrock things in our faith today.

Prayer:

And Holy Spirit, we invite You into that. We invite You to plant the words that we’ve read from Job and from 1 Corinthians, and from Psalms and from Proverbs today. Plant these things in our lives and our hearts and our minds that we may consider them, that they may transform us, that they may help us to see a reality that is very different than the world, a reality of how things are supposed to be and an invitation to be a part of that story come Holy Spirit we pray. And all this we ask in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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Prayer and Encouragements:

Hello DAB family this is Clyde from Michigan. Calling in to really, I guess it’s more to speak directly to Lazarus, brother I know where you’re at. I’ve been there at least twice in my life. Being a contractor and losing a business and going through a divorce and all the ugliness. All I can tell you is to keep, keep keeping on. Your message really rattled me, I think you can tell. I know where your heart is right now. I know how broken you are. And I can just say that Jesus will pull you through, he always does. It may not be on the level or in the timeframe that we want but know that you’re not alone. There are countless people right where you’re at, we will come through it, as you will. And I know that it’s hollow words sometimes to hear it from other people but know that you’re in our prayers and that we will never ever fall away. We’re all here to listen to you. So, please Lord Jesus look out for our brother Lazarus. Fill him with the hope that he is so desperately seeking. And bless him in Your name. Thank you Lord, Amen.

This is God’s Life Speaker. Lazarus, I hear you on the 18th of August and I will stand as the DAB family will stand in the gap. We will speak to those things that bind you and we pray in the name of Jesus that they are bound and cast and we will ask the Lord Jesus in only the way that he can to miraculously stand, provide and send you comfort. Is there a place we can reach out to you other than just speaking into this microphone? Please let us know. Thank you for your reliance on Jesus. Which in these kind of times doesn’t seem like it’s enough. But when you get to a place where you can look back it is just so amazing to see everywhere that His hand has been. Lord Jesus, we thank You for Lazarus, we thank You for his life because his story is a testimony. His life is a witness, I mean he lives it out, I mean he speaks it out. May You rush into this and may he feel You, may he be centered on You. May You surround him with many Christians, maybe even DABers he doesn’t even know it yet because we don’t know where he is. But Lord, You do. We trust You, we trust You Lord. And I pray that he’s obedient and trusting you and walking this out. In the name of Jesus, Amen.

Hi Daily Audio Bible family, hi, my name’s Crystal. I just want to start off by saying thank you to everyone. Thank you to you all. Thank you to this community. Thank you, Brian and Jill, for your commitment and dedication to this…this wonderful platform and community that’s been created and feeding us in such a powerful way every single day. I’m so eternally grateful honestly and my children listen to it as well so, I just love it and I am so appreciative for it and I thank you as well community. You know how everyone prays for one another and shares and tells testimonies, this is a wonderful family to be apart of so thank you to you all. I’m recording this today and wanting to ask for prayer. Family, I’ve been struggling for the past 4-5 years with misusing alcohol and I’ve had some really really bad times with it. Some really, really dark times. I am, really desperate for change. I’m in fear of my health, my body physically scared that I’m really damaging myself. I’m a homeschooling mom. And so, I’m educating my children I have to children and I’m scared of what they’re seeing me do. I do do my best to hide it but I’m scared of what they’re seeing. I’m also, I’ve tried, I feel like I’ve tried everything. I may not have but I’m just asking guys if you could pray with me. Pray with me to stand strong. I’m gonna start seeing a counselor from next week. Please pray with me to be honest and open. Guys, I’m so desperate for courage and strength. Please pray for me. Thank you all, I’m praying with you too. Love you, bye.

Hey faith fam it’s Holly Heart calling in with more prayers. I’m gonna start with the most recent one because I feel it’s timely. Lazarus, dear Lord, please bless and keep Lazarus as he is in a season of loss. He’s feeling hopeless but he still sings Your praises Lord. Please lift up our brother and do not let him harm himself. Stuff is just that, stuff. So please help him put it into perspective. I know these times are hard for Christians and especially for Christian men Lord, please just sustain Lazarus and bring him back up out of his darkness. Little Lee, dear Lord, our sister is facing a giant obstacle in her marriage. Everything in our culture screams dump the cheater, you Lord, however, are in the business of forgiveness. Marriage is hard, divorce is hard. There’s no easy route for her, please make a path for her Lord. Let it lead to Your will. Rose, dear Lord, please help Rosie’s son Charles, forgive his past offenders so that he can be a beacon of Your love again, please show him eternal love and peace so he can reflect that. Quiet Confidence, dear Lord, please meet our sister where she is, she need Your strength and love. She’s a prisoner to her own mind. Please Lord, deliver her from her bondage. LJ Lavender Dream, dear Lord, please help my sister and her chronic illness. You know what ails her Lord, please reach in her and fix her health. Also Lord, please watch over her son who is suicidal and speak to him and deliver him from these thoughts. Father, also encompass her extended family and bring healing and forgiveness, Amen.

Hey family, this is Maleesa from Albertville, Alabama. Brian and Jill, I love ya’ll so much and Ezekiel. Thank you Father for all you do for the body of Christ. I have a praise report, my daughter was married on July 16th. My oldest daughter, married in Paris France. We weren’t able to attend because of COVID restrictions and passport stuff, but praise God she’s married. Dr. John, you’ve been praying for us for year. I want you to know I’m praying for you. God is able to heal your eye. I am lifting you up brother. And there was a sister who called and I didn’t catch your name I was at work but you said, at the end of your call you were singing It’s Me Oh Lord, standing in the, I’m sorry I’m tongue tied, I just want you to know I have been lifting you up sister, I’m so sorry you’re in so much pain. I love you. And GG hang in there. And the 16-year-old who called tell GG she could do it, she can do all things, she…you encouraged me. I just loved it all the young people, Renzo, everybody that calls in. Lady of Victory, I’m still praying for you, I love you sister. And the sister who lost her daughter, she was waiting ona liver, I didn’t catch your name but know that you’ve been prayed for. I don’t call in much but I’m praying much. I love this community. Ya’ll keep praying for each other. Look up, the King is coming. Ya’ll have a great day.

I have been struggling with a lot lately and I know that God is here for me and I know that I’m not alone. I just ask for everybody to pray for me and pray for my family. And for us to get through whatever we’re going through. I’m going through depression, heartbreak and family issues. And I’m trying so hard to stay strong. I know that me and my family are in God’s hand. And I know that He’s here for me and that He will help me. I just need to keep looking up to Him and keep having faith and I will. Tomorrow supposed to be my birthday. And I don’t really feel excited for it. But 18 years ago, I started fighting for my life. And I’m still fighting today. I just ask everybody that is listening to continue to pray for one another, to help one another and to be there for one another. And to keep your head up, to keep going no matter how hard things may get, God will always be the first one to listen to you. He will always be there when you need Him. Just keep praying, keep your head up and keep going. Love and God Bless you guys.

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Monday August 23, 2021 (NIV)

Job 8-11

Bildad’s First Response to Job

Then Bildad the Shuhite replied to Job:

“How long will you go on like this?
You sound like a blustering wind.
Does God twist justice?
Does the Almighty twist what is right?
Your children must have sinned against him,
so their punishment was well deserved.
But if you pray to God
and seek the favor of the Almighty,
and if you are pure and live with integrity,
he will surely rise up and restore your happy home.
And though you started with little,
you will end with much.

“Just ask the previous generation.
Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors.
For we were born but yesterday and know nothing.
Our days on earth are as fleeting as a shadow.
10 But those who came before us will teach you.
They will teach you the wisdom of old.

11 “Can papyrus reeds grow tall without a marsh?
Can marsh grass flourish without water?
12 While they are still flowering, not ready to be cut,
they begin to wither more quickly than grass.
13 The same happens to all who forget God.
The hopes of the godless evaporate.
14 Their confidence hangs by a thread.
They are leaning on a spider’s web.
15 They cling to their home for security, but it won’t last.
They try to hold it tight, but it will not endure.
16 The godless seem like a lush plant growing in the sunshine,
its branches spreading across the garden.
17 Its roots grow down through a pile of stones;
it takes hold on a bed of rocks.
18 But when it is uprooted,
it’s as though it never existed!
19 That’s the end of its life,
and others spring up from the earth to replace it.

20 “But look, God will not reject a person of integrity,
nor will he lend a hand to the wicked.
21 He will once again fill your mouth with laughter
and your lips with shouts of joy.
22 Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,
and the home of the wicked will be destroyed.”

Job’s Third Speech: A Response to Bildad

Then Job spoke again:

“Yes, I know all this is true in principle.
But how can a person be declared innocent in God’s sight?
If someone wanted to take God to court,[a]
would it be possible to answer him even once in a thousand times?
For God is so wise and so mighty.
Who has ever challenged him successfully?

“Without warning, he moves the mountains,
overturning them in his anger.
He shakes the earth from its place,
and its foundations tremble.
If he commands it, the sun won’t rise
and the stars won’t shine.
He alone has spread out the heavens
and marches on the waves of the sea.
He made all the stars—the Bear and Orion,
the Pleiades and the constellations of the southern sky.
10 He does great things too marvelous to understand.
He performs countless miracles.

11 “Yet when he comes near, I cannot see him.
When he moves by, I do not see him go.
12 If he snatches someone in death, who can stop him?
Who dares to ask, ‘What are you doing?’
13 And God does not restrain his anger.
Even the monsters of the sea[b] are crushed beneath his feet.

14 “So who am I, that I should try to answer God
or even reason with him?
15 Even if I were right, I would have no defense.
I could only plead for mercy.
16 And even if I summoned him and he responded,
I’m not sure he would listen to me.
17 For he attacks me with a storm
and repeatedly wounds me without cause.
18 He will not let me catch my breath,
but fills me instead with bitter sorrows.
19 If it’s a question of strength, he’s the strong one.
If it’s a matter of justice, who dares to summon him[c] to court?
20 Though I am innocent, my own mouth would pronounce me guilty.
Though I am blameless, it[d] would prove me wicked.

21 “I am innocent,
but it makes no difference to me—
I despise my life.
22 Innocent or wicked, it is all the same to God.
That’s why I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
23 When a plague[e] sweeps through,
he laughs at the death of the innocent.
24 The whole earth is in the hands of the wicked,
and God blinds the eyes of the judges.
If he’s not the one who does it, who is?

25 “My life passes more swiftly than a runner.
It flees away without a glimpse of happiness.
26 It disappears like a swift papyrus boat,
like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
27 If I decided to forget my complaints,
to put away my sad face and be cheerful,
28 I would still dread all the pain,
for I know you will not find me innocent, O God.
29 Whatever happens, I will be found guilty.
So what’s the use of trying?
30 Even if I were to wash myself with soap
and clean my hands with lye,
31 you would plunge me into a muddy ditch,
and my own filthy clothing would hate me.

32 “God is not a mortal like me,
so I cannot argue with him or take him to trial.
33 If only there were a mediator between us,
someone who could bring us together.
34 The mediator could make God stop beating me,
and I would no longer live in terror of his punishment.
35 Then I could speak to him without fear,
but I cannot do that in my own strength.

Job Frames His Plea to God

10 “I am disgusted with my life.
Let me complain freely.
My bitter soul must complain.
I will say to God, ‘Don’t simply condemn me—
tell me the charge you are bringing against me.
What do you gain by oppressing me?
Why do you reject me, the work of your own hands,
while smiling on the schemes of the wicked?
Are your eyes like those of a human?
Do you see things only as people see them?
Is your lifetime only as long as ours?
Is your life so short
that you must quickly probe for my guilt
and search for my sin?
Although you know I am not guilty,
no one can rescue me from your hands.

“‘You formed me with your hands; you made me,
yet now you completely destroy me.
Remember that you made me from dust—
will you turn me back to dust so soon?
10 You guided my conception
and formed me in the womb.[f]
11 You clothed me with skin and flesh,
and you knit my bones and sinews together.
12 You gave me life and showed me your unfailing love.
My life was preserved by your care.

13 “‘Yet your real motive—
your true intent—
14 was to watch me, and if I sinned,
you would not forgive my guilt.
15 If I am guilty, too bad for me;
and even if I’m innocent, I can’t hold my head high,
because I am filled with shame and misery.
16 And if I hold my head high, you hunt me like a lion
and display your awesome power against me.
17 Again and again you witness against me.
You pour out your growing anger on me
and bring fresh armies against me.

18 “‘Why, then, did you deliver me from my mother’s womb?
Why didn’t you let me die at birth?
19 It would be as though I had never existed,
going directly from the womb to the grave.
20 I have only a few days left, so leave me alone,
that I may have a moment of comfort
21 before I leave—never to return—
for the land of darkness and utter gloom.
22 It is a land as dark as midnight,
a land of gloom and confusion,
where even the light is dark as midnight.’”

Zophar’s First Response to Job

11 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied to Job:

“Shouldn’t someone answer this torrent of words?
Is a person proved innocent just by a lot of talking?
Should I remain silent while you babble on?
When you mock God, shouldn’t someone make you ashamed?
You claim, ‘My beliefs are pure,’
and ‘I am clean in the sight of God.’
If only God would speak;
if only he would tell you what he thinks!
If only he would tell you the secrets of wisdom,
for true wisdom is not a simple matter.
Listen! God is doubtless punishing you
far less than you deserve!

“Can you solve the mysteries of God?
Can you discover everything about the Almighty?
Such knowledge is higher than the heavens—
and who are you?
It is deeper than the underworld[g]
what do you know?
It is broader than the earth
and wider than the sea.
10 If God comes and puts a person in prison
or calls the court to order, who can stop him?
11 For he knows those who are false,
and he takes note of all their sins.
12 An empty-headed person won’t become wise
any more than a wild donkey can bear a human child.[h]

13 “If only you would prepare your heart
and lift up your hands to him in prayer!
14 Get rid of your sins,
and leave all iniquity behind you.
15 Then your face will brighten with innocence.
You will be strong and free of fear.
16 You will forget your misery;
it will be like water flowing away.
17 Your life will be brighter than the noonday.
Even darkness will be as bright as morning.
18 Having hope will give you courage.
You will be protected and will rest in safety.
19 You will lie down unafraid,
and many will look to you for help.
20 But the wicked will be blinded.
They will have no escape.
Their only hope is death.”

Footnotes:

  1. 9:3 Or If God wanted to take someone to court.
  2. 9:13 Hebrew the helpers of Rahab, the name of a mythical sea monster that represents chaos in ancient literature.
  3. 9:19 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads me.
  4. 9:20 Or he.
  5. 9:23 Or disaster.
  6. 10:10 Hebrew You poured me out like milk / and curdled me like cheese.
  7. 11:8 Hebrew than Sheol.
  8. 11:12 Or than a wild male donkey can bear a tame colt.
New Living Translation (NLT)

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1 Corinthians 15:1-28

The Resurrection of Christ

15 Let me now remind you, dear brothers and sisters,[a] of the Good News I preached to you before. You welcomed it then, and you still stand firm in it. It is this Good News that saves you if you continue to believe the message I told you—unless, of course, you believed something that was never true in the first place.[b]

I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said. He was seen by Peter[c] and then by the Twelve. After that, he was seen by more than 500 of his followers[d] at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died. Then he was seen by James and later by all the apostles. Last of all, as though I had been born at the wrong time, I also saw him. For I am the least of all the apostles. In fact, I’m not even worthy to be called an apostle after the way I persecuted God’s church.

10 But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me—and not without results. For I have worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace. 11 So it makes no difference whether I preach or they preach, for we all preach the same message you have already believed.

The Resurrection of the Dead

12 But tell me this—since we preach that Christ rose from the dead, why are some of you saying there will be no resurrection of the dead? 13 For if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised either. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then all our preaching is useless, and your faith is useless. 15 And we apostles would all be lying about God—for we have said that God raised Christ from the grave. But that can’t be true if there is no resurrection of the dead. 16 And if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is useless and you are still guilty of your sins. 18 In that case, all who have died believing in Christ are lost! 19 And if our hope in Christ is only for this life, we are more to be pitied than anyone in the world.

20 But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died.

21 So you see, just as death came into the world through a man, now the resurrection from the dead has begun through another man. 22 Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life. 23 But there is an order to this resurrection: Christ was raised as the first of the harvest; then all who belong to Christ will be raised when he comes back.

24 After that the end will come, when he will turn the Kingdom over to God the Father, having destroyed every ruler and authority and power. 25 For Christ must reign until he humbles all his enemies beneath his feet. 26 And the last enemy to be destroyed is death. 27 For the Scriptures say, “God has put all things under his authority.”[e] (Of course, when it says “all things are under his authority,” that does not include God himself, who gave Christ his authority.) 28 Then, when all things are under his authority, the Son will put himself under God’s authority, so that God, who gave his Son authority over all things, will be utterly supreme over everything everywhere.

Footnotes:

  1. 15:1 Greek brothers; also in 15:31, 50, 58.
  2. 15:2 Or unless you never believed it in the first place.
  3. 15:5 Greek Cephas.
  4. 15:6 Greek the brothers.
  5. 15:27 Ps 8:6.
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Psalm 38

Psalm 38

A psalm of David, asking God to remember him.

O Lord, don’t rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your rage!
Your arrows have struck deep,
and your blows are crushing me.
Because of your anger, my whole body is sick;
my health is broken because of my sins.
My guilt overwhelms me—
it is a burden too heavy to bear.
My wounds fester and stink
because of my foolish sins.
I am bent over and racked with pain.
All day long I walk around filled with grief.
A raging fever burns within me,
and my health is broken.
I am exhausted and completely crushed.
My groans come from an anguished heart.

You know what I long for, Lord;
you hear my every sigh.
10 My heart beats wildly, my strength fails,
and I am going blind.
11 My loved ones and friends stay away, fearing my disease.
Even my own family stands at a distance.
12 Meanwhile, my enemies lay traps to kill me.
Those who wish me harm make plans to ruin me.
All day long they plan their treachery.

13 But I am deaf to all their threats.
I am silent before them as one who cannot speak.
14 I choose to hear nothing,
and I make no reply.
15 For I am waiting for you, O Lord.
You must answer for me, O Lord my God.
16 I prayed, “Don’t let my enemies gloat over me
or rejoice at my downfall.”

17 I am on the verge of collapse,
facing constant pain.
18 But I confess my sins;
I am deeply sorry for what I have done.
19 I have many aggressive enemies;
they hate me without reason.
20 They repay me evil for good
and oppose me for pursuing good.
21 Do not abandon me, O Lord.
Do not stand at a distance, my God.
22 Come quickly to help me,
O Lord my savior.

New Living Translation (NLT)

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Proverbs 21:28-29

28 A false witness will be cut off,
but a credible witness will be allowed to speak.

29 The wicked bluff their way through,
but the virtuous think before they act.

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08/22/2021 DAB Transcript

Job 4:1-7:21, 1 Corinthians 14:18-40, Psalms 37:30-40, Proverbs 21:27

Today is the 22nd day of August welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian it is great to be here with you today as we reach the point where we throw open the threshold and step into a brand-new week together, a chance to start over, a chance to look out in front of us and live into this week with all of our hearts. And, so, let’s do that. And one of the ways that we align ourselves with that is to allow the Scriptures to come and speak into our lives each and every day. And, so, today is no different. We’ve got a brand-new week. We’ll read from the New Living Translation this week. We have just begun the book of Job. Today will read chapters 4 through 7.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word and for this, a brand-new, shiny, sparkly week that we get to enter into and that…that we are here. We offer our gratitude humbly that we are here at all, that life remains, and that we continue on in Your presence. Thank You. And, so, we consecrate this week, we dedicate it, we submit before You, our time, our attitudes, our words, our motives, our actions. May we be able to do what we do in the name of Jesus. And may we be a light that shines brightly and attracts those in the darkness to come and see, to come and see what life can be in the presence of God, walking with God through each day. May we be that example. Come Holy Spirit we pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Community Prayer and Praise:

Hello, I’m a first-time caller my name is…I’ll go by Righteously Ransomed. I need you to pray for me because my wife has decided that she no longer wants to be my wife. Our financial situation means that we must say in the same house, we must…neither one of us can afford to…to go anywhere at the moment and we want to do what’s best for our child. She has valid reasons for leaving. I was dealing with some stuff mentally that I felt God laid on me and I was going through that, but we had one big fight in the middle of it and that was the straw that broke her back. And, so, I feel like God it’s telling me to stay here and not run because that was my first instinct was to run away. But if you could just please pray for us maybe I don’t know maybe there’s a miracle in this. Who knows? Thank you for all that you do everyone.

Prayer for Eliana. Anna, Landy, Francisco, Pastor Rick my mother and father. My name is Ronnie Altine Georges. I was in Iraq for three years. I married a woman named Anna. Her and our church pastor had an affair. They now live together unmarried with my daughter. We have joint custody of my daughter. Eliana is 9. So, I’m asking for prayer for these people, but especially for my daughter. My 9-year-old daughter lives with an unmarried couple who had an affair, divorced their husband and wife so they could be together. He lives with my daughter now unmarried with my ex-wife and he was the pastor of our church. So, the church booted him out. Once he divorced his wife the church seen I was telling the truth. So, God bless you. Thank you. I’ve been listening to you for years. I was in Iraq and Afghanistan when I met her mother. I was bringing food and medicine. My name is Ronnie. I still go into the Monroe County jail. I’m a facilitator at the Harbor Light Salvation Army. I go and help in two women shelters and an adolescent foster care facility. I’ve been sober and clean for over 7 years July 7th. July 7th, 2014 was my last rehab. It was a Christian rehab, and I came out transformed, different. I’ve overcome gluttony, laziness, pride, and anger. God bless you. Thank you.

Good morning DAB family this is Trent Oakville Tennessee. I’m just calling in prayers to give maybe a little encouragement. I grew up without a father. I can remember as a young child watching my father beat my mother. And he hung me off a bridge one time by my one leg, about a 60-foot drop. Told me he’s going to drop me if I didn’t quit crying. And then my mother remarried. I got a stepdad that used to put lit cigarettes in my bed, catch my bed on fire at nighttime. And the only thing that I can think of that kept me alive was my father in heaven. I think he was a father to me. He watched over me, took care of me. I’ve been through four back surgeries since 2015. Cancer cut off my nose, but you know what? I think He’s with me all the time. And as I look back at my past and my childhood, I think He was the only reason that I’m still alive today. He took care of me, watched over me and was a father to me since I didn’t have one. So, maybe that’ll encourage somebody today. And I pray for you all y'all on here for peace and blessings. And I just love being a part of the Daily Audio Bible. And I appreciate it. Thank you.

Hello DAB family it is 17th of August at 10:34 AM and this is Sarah from London. I just feel so encouraged today. I just finished listening to the 17th of August and the messages that follow the reading, and I…has really lifted my spirits and I just want to give God all the glory. The message from Jay in Nashville is just…just hit a spot because you talked about no matter how low, how depressed, the highs and, you know, everything that may go on. God is still good. He is still good. And it was just…it’s almost like there was a fire that got lit inside me when I heard that because I can relate to it so much even though, you know, this year I’ve grown, I’ve drawn close to God and there have been challenges, there have been challenges, but I know that God has been so good. So, thank you so much for your message and the…the young lady who sent the message about wanting to commit suicide years ago and how God delivered her from that. Honestly that just is…the testimonies are just so encouraging. And from Daniel Kingdom Seeker, escaping the gunfire that you were…you know, that you crossed paths with it and how God was there for you. I just feel so encouraged. I just feel like I needed to hear that today. So, God bless you all for your calls and thank God for all your lives on the DAB. May the God continue to guide your steps. May he be there for you in a way that you’d never imagined, that you never thought of. We just thank God for His grace, for His mercies because He will never let us down. He is always there for us. He will never leave us nor forsake us. Stay blessed all. Love you all.

Hello, it’s Dan and Arizona. Just needed some prayer for my family and that I can be a warrior for my wife. Been struggling with some things for a long time and time to step up. Just I need your prayers. I covet your prayers. Just…thanks for your…

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Sunday August 22, 2021 (NIV)

Job 4-7

Eliphaz’s First Response to Job

Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied to Job:

“Will you be patient and let me say a word?
For who could keep from speaking out?

“In the past you have encouraged many people;
you have strengthened those who were weak.
Your words have supported those who were falling;
you encouraged those with shaky knees.
But now when trouble strikes, you lose heart.
You are terrified when it touches you.
Doesn’t your reverence for God give you confidence?
Doesn’t your life of integrity give you hope?

“Stop and think! Do the innocent die?
When have the upright been destroyed?
My experience shows that those who plant trouble
and cultivate evil will harvest the same.
A breath from God destroys them.
They vanish in a blast of his anger.
10 The lion roars and the wildcat snarls,
but the teeth of strong lions will be broken.
11 The fierce lion will starve for lack of prey,
and the cubs of the lioness will be scattered.

12 “This truth was given to me in secret,
as though whispered in my ear.
13 It came to me in a disturbing vision at night,
when people are in a deep sleep.
14 Fear gripped me,
and my bones trembled.
15 A spirit[a] swept past my face,
and my hair stood on end.[b]
16 The spirit stopped, but I couldn’t see its shape.
There was a form before my eyes.
In the silence I heard a voice say,
17 ‘Can a mortal be innocent before God?
Can anyone be pure before the Creator?’

18 “If God does not trust his own angels
and has charged his messengers with foolishness,
19 how much less will he trust people made of clay!
They are made of dust, crushed as easily as a moth.
20 They are alive in the morning but dead by evening,
gone forever without a trace.
21 Their tent-cords are pulled and the tent collapses,
and they die in ignorance.

Eliphaz’s Response Continues

“Cry for help, but will anyone answer you?
Which of the angels[c] will help you?
Surely resentment destroys the fool,
and jealousy kills the simple.
I have seen that fools may be successful for the moment,
but then comes sudden disaster.
Their children are abandoned far from help;
they are crushed in court with no one to defend them.
The hungry devour their harvest,
even when it is guarded by brambles.[d]
The thirsty pant after their wealth.[e]
But evil does not spring from the soil,
and trouble does not sprout from the earth.
People are born for trouble
as readily as sparks fly up from a fire.

“If I were you, I would go to God
and present my case to him.
He does great things too marvelous to understand.
He performs countless miracles.
10 He gives rain for the earth
and water for the fields.
11 He gives prosperity to the poor
and protects those who suffer.
12 He frustrates the plans of schemers
so the work of their hands will not succeed.
13 He traps the wise in their own cleverness
so their cunning schemes are thwarted.
14 They find it is dark in the daytime,
and they grope at noon as if it were night.
15 He rescues the poor from the cutting words of the strong,
and rescues them from the clutches of the powerful.
16 And so at last the poor have hope,
and the snapping jaws of the wicked are shut.

17 “But consider the joy of those corrected by God!
Do not despise the discipline of the Almighty when you sin.
18 For though he wounds, he also bandages.
He strikes, but his hands also heal.
19 From six disasters he will rescue you;
even in the seventh, he will keep you from evil.
20 He will save you from death in time of famine,
from the power of the sword in time of war.
21 You will be safe from slander
and have no fear when destruction comes.
22 You will laugh at destruction and famine;
wild animals will not terrify you.
23 You will be at peace with the stones of the field,
and its wild animals will be at peace with you.
24 You will know that your home is safe.
When you survey your possessions, nothing will be missing.
25 You will have many children;
your descendants will be as plentiful as grass!
26 You will go to the grave at a ripe old age,
like a sheaf of grain harvested at the proper time!

27 “We have studied life and found all this to be true.
Listen to my counsel, and apply it to yourself.”

Job’s Second Speech: A Response to Eliphaz

Then Job spoke again:

“If my misery could be weighed
and my troubles be put on the scales,
they would outweigh all the sands of the sea.
That is why I spoke impulsively.
For the Almighty has struck me down with his arrows.
Their poison infects my spirit.
God’s terrors are lined up against me.
Don’t I have a right to complain?
Don’t wild donkeys bray when they find no grass,
and oxen bellow when they have no food?
Don’t people complain about unsalted food?
Does anyone want the tasteless white of an egg?[f]
My appetite disappears when I look at it;
I gag at the thought of eating it!

“Oh, that I might have my request,
that God would grant my desire.
I wish he would crush me.
I wish he would reach out his hand and kill me.
10 At least I can take comfort in this:
Despite the pain,
I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11 But I don’t have the strength to endure.
I have nothing to live for.
12 Do I have the strength of a stone?
Is my body made of bronze?
13 No, I am utterly helpless,
without any chance of success.

14 “One should be kind to a fainting friend,
but you accuse me without any fear of the Almighty.[g]
15 My brothers, you have proved as unreliable as a seasonal brook
that overflows its banks in the spring
16 when it is swollen with ice and melting snow.
17 But when the hot weather arrives, the water disappears.
The brook vanishes in the heat.
18 The caravans turn aside to be refreshed,
but there is nothing to drink, so they die.
19 The caravans from Tema search for this water;
the travelers from Sheba hope to find it.
20 They count on it but are disappointed.
When they arrive, their hopes are dashed.
21 You, too, have given no help.
You have seen my calamity, and you are afraid.
22 But why? Have I ever asked you for a gift?
Have I begged for anything of yours for myself?
23 Have I asked you to rescue me from my enemies,
or to save me from ruthless people?
24 Teach me, and I will keep quiet.
Show me what I have done wrong.
25 Honest words can be painful,
but what do your criticisms amount to?
26 Do you think your words are convincing
when you disregard my cry of desperation?
27 You would even send an orphan into slavery[h]
or sell a friend.
28 Look at me!
Would I lie to your face?
29 Stop assuming my guilt,
for I have done no wrong.
30 Do you think I am lying?
Don’t I know the difference between right and wrong?

“Is not all human life a struggle?
Our lives are like that of a hired hand,
like a worker who longs for the shade,
like a servant waiting to be paid.
I, too, have been assigned months of futility,
long and weary nights of misery.
Lying in bed, I think, ‘When will it be morning?’
But the night drags on, and I toss till dawn.
My body is covered with maggots and scabs.
My skin breaks open, oozing with pus.

Job Cries Out to God

“My days fly faster than a weaver’s shuttle.
They end without hope.
O God, remember that my life is but a breath,
and I will never again feel happiness.
You see me now, but not for long.
You will look for me, but I will be gone.
Just as a cloud dissipates and vanishes,
those who die[i] will not come back.
10 They are gone forever from their home—
never to be seen again.

11 “I cannot keep from speaking.
I must express my anguish.
My bitter soul must complain.
12 Am I a sea monster or a dragon
that you must place me under guard?
13 I think, ‘My bed will comfort me,
and sleep will ease my misery,’
14 but then you shatter me with dreams
and terrify me with visions.
15 I would rather be strangled—
rather die than suffer like this.
16 I hate my life and don’t want to go on living.
Oh, leave me alone for my few remaining days.

17 “What are people, that you should make so much of us,
that you should think of us so often?
18 For you examine us every morning
and test us every moment.
19 Why won’t you leave me alone,
at least long enough for me to swallow!
20 If I have sinned, what have I done to you,
O watcher of all humanity?
Why make me your target?
Am I a burden to you?[j]
21 Why not just forgive my sin
and take away my guilt?
For soon I will lie down in the dust and die.
When you look for me, I will be gone.”

Footnotes:

  1. 4:15a Or wind; also in 4:16.
  2. 4:15b Or its wind sent shivers up my spine.
  3. 5:1 Hebrew the holy ones.
  4. 5:5a The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  5. 5:5b As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads A snare snatches their wealth.
  6. 6:6 Or the tasteless juice of the mallow plant?
  7. 6:14 Or friend, / or he might lose his fear of the Almighty.
  8. 6:27 Hebrew even gamble over an orphan.
  9. 7:9 Hebrew who go down to Sheol.
  10. 7:20 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads target, so that I am a burden to myself?
New Living Translation (NLT)

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1 Corinthians 14:18-40

18 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than any of you. 19 But in a church meeting I would rather speak five understandable words to help others than ten thousand words in an unknown language.

20 Dear brothers and sisters, don’t be childish in your understanding of these things. Be innocent as babies when it comes to evil, but be mature in understanding matters of this kind. 21 It is written in the Scriptures[a]:

“I will speak to my own people
through strange languages
and through the lips of foreigners.
But even then, they will not listen to me,”[b]
says the Lord.

22 So you see that speaking in tongues is a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is for the benefit of believers, not unbelievers. 23 Even so, if unbelievers or people who don’t understand these things come into your church meeting and hear everyone speaking in an unknown language, they will think you are crazy. 24 But if all of you are prophesying, and unbelievers or people who don’t understand these things come into your meeting, they will be convicted of sin and judged by what you say. 25 As they listen, their secret thoughts will be exposed, and they will fall to their knees and worship God, declaring, “God is truly here among you.”

A Call to Orderly Worship

26 Well, my brothers and sisters, let’s summarize. When you meet together, one will sing, another will teach, another will tell some special revelation God has given, one will speak in tongues, and another will interpret what is said. But everything that is done must strengthen all of you.

27 No more than two or three should speak in tongues. They must speak one at a time, and someone must interpret what they say. 28 But if no one is present who can interpret, they must be silent in your church meeting and speak in tongues to God privately.

29 Let two or three people prophesy, and let the others evaluate what is said. 30 But if someone is prophesying and another person receives a revelation from the Lord, the one who is speaking must stop. 31 In this way, all who prophesy will have a turn to speak, one after the other, so that everyone will learn and be encouraged. 32 Remember that people who prophesy are in control of their spirit and can take turns. 33 For God is not a God of disorder but of peace, as in all the meetings of God’s holy people.[c]

34 Women should be silent during the church meetings. It is not proper for them to speak. They should be submissive, just as the law says. 35 If they have any questions, they should ask their husbands at home, for it is improper for women to speak in church meetings.[d]

36 Or do you think God’s word originated with you Corinthians? Are you the only ones to whom it was given? 37 If you claim to be a prophet or think you are spiritual, you should recognize that what I am saying is a command from the Lord himself. 38 But if you do not recognize this, you yourself will not be recognized.[e]

39 So, my dear brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and don’t forbid speaking in tongues. 40 But be sure that everything is done properly and in order.

Footnotes:

  1. 14:21a Greek in the law.
  2. 14:21b Isa 28:11-12.
  3. 14:33 The phrase as in all the meetings of God’s holy people could instead be joined to the beginning of 14:34.
  4. 14:35 Some manuscripts place verses 34-35 after 14:40.
  5. 14:38 Some manuscripts read If you are ignorant of this, stay in your ignorance.
New Living Translation (NLT)

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Psalm 37:30-40

30 The godly offer good counsel;
they teach right from wrong.
31 They have made God’s law their own,
so they will never slip from his path.

32 The wicked wait in ambush for the godly,
looking for an excuse to kill them.
33 But the Lord will not let the wicked succeed
or let the godly be condemned when they are put on trial.

34 Put your hope in the Lord.
Travel steadily along his path.
He will honor you by giving you the land.
You will see the wicked destroyed.

35 I have seen wicked and ruthless people
flourishing like a tree in its native soil.
36 But when I looked again, they were gone!
Though I searched for them, I could not find them!

37 Look at those who are honest and good,
for a wonderful future awaits those who love peace.
38 But the rebellious will be destroyed;
they have no future.

39 The Lord rescues the godly;
he is their fortress in times of trouble.
40 The Lord helps them,
rescuing them from the wicked.
He saves them,
and they find shelter in him.

New Living Translation (NLT)

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Proverbs 21:27

27 The sacrifice of an evil person is detestable,
especially when it is offered with wrong motives.

New Living Translation (NLT)

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08/21/2021 DAB Transcript

Job 1:1-3:26, 1 Corinthians 14:1-17, Psalm 37:12-29, Proverbs 21:25-26

Today is the 21st day of August, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible, I am Brian. It is wonderful to be here with you today as we bring to the close another one of our weeks together and even as we do that, we’re opening the books on a brand-new book, and some brand-new territory that we haven’t been in yet. So, we wound our way all the way in the book, from the book of Genesis and met Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all their children and the tribes and we’ve gone the journey with Moses. We have learned of the kings, we have met some of the prophets, we have learned of the exile, we have even learned of the return from exile and we have moved through the short story, but the potent story of Esther which we finished up yesterday and so now were turning into a new genre and some new territory.

Introduction to the Book of Job:

We’re moving into the book of Job, and Job is a part of a collection of books in the Bible, known as wisdom literature underneath its narrative are lessons for us to mind and meditate upon and this territory that we’re going into deals with some of the more difficult things that we face in life be, unexplained things. The things that leave us going, why? Why me and how is this just and how is this fair. And if God is all-powerful and why can this kind of evil exist? Theologically, this is known as the Odyssey, like the defense of the goodness and the power and might of God in the face of evil, unspeakable evil. And, this has obviously, since this is very old texts, then wrestled with for thousands and thousands and thousands of years and we continue to wrestle until today in an attempt to understand and even as we moved through Job, we still end up with plenty of questions about plenty of things but we’re given perspective and a place to aim our hearts in these situations. But as tragic as some of the story of Job is, is it is still considered one of the most beautiful pieces of literature in the Bible for sure, but it’s well-respected external to the Bible as well. And for as important of a topic where this text came from is disputed, mostly because there's…there’s not a lot, I mean, there’s plenty in the book but there’s not a lot of historical context, and there’s not a lot of names, there are names, but they’re hard to find historically to pinpoint, to have something to hold onto historically, which then leads to a lot of conjecture which happens so often in so many different parts of the Bible. So, some scholars accept that Job could be one of the more ancient books in the Bible if not the most ancient book in the Bible. But even in the Hebrew Jewish tradition, the opinions are varying. Some think that there’s archaic Hebrew being used, and so it’s very, very ancient. A lot of words are used in the book of Job. Hebrew words that aren’t found anywhere else in the Bible. So, some have concluded maybe this is old as Abraham. This is a story that goes back that far. Then there are other scholars that believe this was probably written from the exile, or just after, like a returning exile who…who didn’t speak Hebrew, might’ve been a Hebrew person but had grown up in exile and so didn’t speak Hebrew as native tongue. And so, that would explain this…this word use. Other scholars will hold to the tradition that Job was collected, or are even written by Moses and if that were the case then maybe he was writing down oral traditions like a story that had been passed down orally throughout the generations to deal with the issue of unexpected suffering and tragedy and evil. There aren’t a ton of characters in the book of Job, so we’ll meet the people as…as they, as they come to the story. We’ll meet some friends of Job who traveled pretty distant to comfort their friend who has really gone through worst things pretty much any of us ever, ever will. So, the bulk of the narrative really is a conversation between Job and his friends. And, Job will insist until the very end that he has done nothing wrong and that this is not just, and that he needs an explanation and he doesn’t want an explanation from his friends. He doesn’t want an explanation from another human being for that matter, he feels like he’s a human being and he’s not stupid, he’s wise, he’s always been considered wise and so he knows as much, as his friends who are also wise, have to tell him, and it’s not sufficient. He needs an answer from God and he doesn’t know how to get that or even what he would do if he did get that. And, his friends are counseling him and we’ll notice that the things that they say they don’t, it doesn’t seem like they’re crazy, it’s the kind of stuff that we might find ourselves saying as well, but it does get contentious and argumentative. Because Job will not relent that he is innocent and they can’t find any grid that would allow him to be innocent and his stories still make sense. And so, with all of that we dive into this new territory. Job chapters 1 through 3 today.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word, we thank You for bringing us through another week successfully together and as we turn into this new territory and Job, we invite Your Holy Spirit to come, speak to us, guide us, direct us, correct us, comfort us, lead us forward into all truth, we pray in the mighty name of Jesus we ask expectantly. Amen.

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This is Protected by His Wings in Eastern Tennessee. Dear heavenly Father we pray for the country of Afghanistan today. Lord, we plead Your hand of mercy upon the people of Afghanistan who are fleeing for their lives. The government and security forces who are fleeing. Those who were assisting and helping Western governments and militaries in the past decades who now are in fear of their lives. If not, who are already fleeing for their lives. Lord, we ask Your hand of protection over these people. May Your will be done on earth as it is heaven and the country of Afghanistan. Lord, we pray that the countries of the world, including Afghanistan would seek Your face for the answers to the questions that they have on what to do next and how to rule such a country. Lord, protect Your people, provide a way where we see no way, provide a way, provide hope where we don’t see any hope. We pray this in Jesus precious name. Amen.

Hi this is Bonnie from Virginia. Today is Saturday August 14th. I just listened to the prayer request that Jonathan from Denmark called. I was so amazed to hear someone who is only 20-years-old and being so honest, expecting and requesting prayer from the group. And he said he has only started listening to DAB for about a month or over a month. But thank you for trusting us and requesting for your praise. We will be praying for you, my son. There are so many young adults or kids of your age who are still ___ and not realizing their sin or mistake. But you are at the right place now everyone will be praying for you and thank you for being honest. God loves those children. So, every time if you are being tempted to look at the pornography just think about God saying to that prostitute lady when pharisees brought her over to Jesus and told Jesus to stone her but Jesus did not stone her and told her that go and do not sin anymore. So, you just think of those words also anytime you get tempted. And I hope that will help you. We will be praying for you.

This is a word of encouragement for Dr. John. I am a Dr. John in Illinois and I pray for my brother; I pray for my fellow DABer and I ask Lord that he provide you supernatural healing restoration in your eyes. I pray for peace, sometimes even we grow weary and working with our patients, always being in the business of trying to help others and sometimes neglect of ourselves. So, I asked fellow DABers let’s stand together for our brother-in-the Lord, for this doctor. So often he has called in and prayed for the needs and concern for the needs of others in his practice and just in the business of supporting us. So, let’s lift our brother up and I say to you, Dr. John, God Bless you brother for your gifts that you willingly give to the Lord in your heart that you give to us and I pray the Lord will make you well from the top of your head to the tips of your toes. He provide you freedom from fear and freedom from pain and misery and that He can do all things. His timing is perfect in His ways are right so we trust in that above all else. God bless your brother and know that there’ll be a lot of __ praying for you daily and we pray for a good report. And we ask all these things in the name of Jesus and for His sake. Amen.

Hi, it’s Deborah, Sheltered in Maine. Oh, my word. So, I did not listen to the Daily Audio Bible for almost four months. A little intermittently in between. About five days ago I realized that I felt empty, I was empty. So, I started back listening and I tell you I am so grateful for this…this place because I felt like I was coming home. This is where is home. You guys, you…you…you help to fill me up. I don’t even know how to explain it. Jessica from California, God Bless you, my sister. I so love you; you are like, I don’t even know how to explain how I reacted to your message. I’m just so proud of you and so proud of what God is doing in you. And I pray my sister that you would continue in your walk and rejoice in all that He’s given you. Thank you, my family. You are wonderful. And I don’t think I’m gonna be able to leave this again for a very long. Praise the Lord in all you do, rejoice and be glad in Him. Thank you.

Good morning my DAB family. This is…I was getting ready to say DAB-C…good morning my DAB family, this is Lady of Victory. And it is Tuesday morning August 17th about 6:37 central standard time. Just wanted to come on, I know it has been way, way, way, way long. But I wanted to come on just to thank all of the DAB-Cs and the DABers for just all of your love, your prayers, your support. During a very, very, very, very difficult time for myself and Kingdom Seeker Daniel at the loss of my son on July 10th unexpectedly. And, just wanted to say I could not have and cannot walk this journey without your guy’s prayers and so I appreciate them. The support, the love and the care that you guys have expressed to Kingdom Seeker that he has expressed to me the journey is still long it’s only been about 6 weeks. Three weeks since we actually funeralized him on July 24th, so the journey is very, very long, very, very fresh. And so, I still need your guy’s prayers and just want you to know how much I appreciate you. Don’t want you to think that it’s gone unnoticed even though I have been MIA. Certainly, you can understand. But again, thank you so much for all of your prayers, your support and your concern and we appreciate you guys more than you’ll ever know. Be encouraged. And God Bless you.  

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Saturday August 21, 2021 (NIV)

Job 1-3

Satan Tests Job

There was a man named Job, living in the land of Uz,[a] who worshiped God and was faithful to him. He was a good man, careful not to do anything evil. He had seven sons and three daughters, and owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, one thousand head of cattle, and five hundred donkeys. He also had a large number of servants and was the richest man in the East.

Job's sons used to take turns giving a feast, to which all the others would come, and they always invited their three sisters to join them. The morning after each feast, Job would get up early and offer sacrifices for each of his children in order to purify them. He always did this because he thought that one of them might have sinned by insulting God unintentionally.

(A)When the day came for the heavenly beings[b] to appear before the Lord, Satan[c] was there among them. The Lord asked him, “What have you been doing?”

Satan answered, “I have been walking here and there, roaming around the earth.”

“Did you notice my servant Job?” the Lord asked. “There is no one on earth as faithful and good as he is. He worships me and is careful not to do anything evil.”

(B)Satan replied, “Would Job worship you if he got nothing out of it? 10 You have always protected him and his family and everything he owns. You bless everything he does, and you have given him enough cattle to fill the whole country. 11 But now suppose you take away everything he has—he will curse you to your face!”

12 “All right,” the Lord said to Satan, “everything he has is in your power, but you must not hurt Job himself.” So Satan left.

Job's Children and Wealth Are Destroyed

13 One day when Job's children were having a feast at the home of their oldest brother, 14 a messenger came running to Job. “We were plowing the fields with the oxen,” he said, “and the donkeys were in a nearby pasture. 15 Suddenly the Sabeans[d] attacked and stole them all. They killed every one of your servants except me. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”

16 Before he had finished speaking, another servant came and said, “Lightning struck the sheep and the shepherds and killed them all. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”

17 Before he had finished speaking, another servant came and said, “Three bands of Chaldean[e] raiders attacked us, took away the camels, and killed all your servants except me. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”

18 Before he had finished speaking, another servant came and said, “Your children were having a feast at the home of your oldest son, 19 when a storm swept in from the desert. It blew the house down and killed them all. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”

20 Then Job got up and tore his clothes in grief. He shaved his head and threw himself face downward on the ground. 21 (C)He said, “I was born with nothing, and I will die with nothing. The Lord gave, and now he has taken away. May his name be praised!”

22 In spite of everything that had happened, Job did not sin by blaming God.

Satan Tests Job Again

When the day came for the heavenly beings to appear before the Lord again, Satan was there among them. The Lord asked him, “Where have you been?”

Satan answered, “I have been walking here and there, roaming around the earth.”

“Did you notice my servant Job?” the Lord asked. “There is no one on earth as faithful and good as he is. He worships me and is careful not to do anything evil. You persuaded me to let you attack him for no reason at all, but Job is still as faithful as ever.”

Satan replied, “A person will give up everything in order to stay alive. But now suppose you hurt his body—he will curse you to your face!”

So the Lord said to Satan, “All right, he is in your power, but you are not to kill him.”

Then Satan left the Lord's presence and made sores break out all over Job's body. Job went and sat by the garbage dump and took a piece of broken pottery to scrape his sores. His wife said to him, “You are still as faithful as ever, aren't you? Why don't you curse God and die?”

10 Job answered, “You are talking nonsense! When God sends us something good, we welcome it. How can we complain when he sends us trouble?” Even in all this suffering Job said nothing against God.

Job's Friends Come

11 Three of Job's friends were Eliphaz, from the city of Teman, Bildad, from the land of Shuah, and Zophar, from the land of Naamah. When they heard how much Job had been suffering, they decided to go and comfort him. 12 While they were still a long way off they saw Job, but did not recognize him. When they did, they began to weep and wail, tearing their clothes in grief and throwing dust into the air and on their heads. 13 Then they sat there on the ground with him for seven days and nights without saying a word, because they saw how much he was suffering.

Job's Complaint to God

(D)Finally Job broke the silence and cursed the day on which he had been born.

Job

2-3 (E)O God, put a curse on the day I was born;
put a curse on the night when I was conceived!
Turn that day into darkness, God.
Never again remember that day;
never again let light shine on it.
Make it a day of gloom and thick darkness;
cover it with clouds, and blot out the sun.
Blot that night out of the year,
and never let it be counted again;
make it a barren, joyless night.
Tell the sorcerers to curse that day,
those who know how to control Leviathan.[f]
Keep the morning star from shining;
give that night no hope of dawn.
10 Curse that night for letting me be born,
for exposing me to trouble and grief.

11 I wish I had died in my mother's womb
or died the moment I was born.
12 Why did my mother hold me on her knees?
Why did she feed me at her breast?
13 If I had died then, I would be at rest now,
14 sleeping like the kings and rulers
who rebuilt ancient palaces.
15 Then I would be sleeping like princes
who filled their houses with gold and silver,
16 or sleeping like a stillborn child.
17 In the grave wicked people stop their evil,
and tired workers find rest at last.
18 Even prisoners enjoy peace,
free from shouts and harsh commands.
19 Everyone is there, the famous and the unknown,
and slaves at last are free.

20 Why let people go on living in misery?
Why give light to those in grief
21 (F)They wait for death, but it never comes;
they prefer a grave to any treasure.
22 They are not happy till they are dead and buried;
23 God keeps their future hidden
and hems them in on every side.
24 Instead of eating, I mourn,
and I can never stop groaning.
25 Everything I fear and dread comes true.
26 I have no peace, no rest,
and my troubles never end.

Footnotes:

  1. Job 1:1 UZ: An area whose exact location is unknown.
  2. Job 1:6 Supernatural beings who serve God in heaven.
  3. Job 1:6 A supernatural being whose name indicates he was regarded as the opponent of human beings.
  4. Job 1:15 A tribe of wandering raiders from the south.
  5. Job 1:17 A tribe of wandering raiders from the north.
  6. Job 3:8 Some take this to be the crocodile, others a legendary monster. Magicians were thought to be able to make him cause eclipses of the sun.
Good News Translation (GNT)

Copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society

1 Corinthians 14:1-17

More about Gifts from the Spirit

14 It is love, then, that you should strive for. Set your hearts on spiritual gifts, especially the gift of proclaiming God's message. Those who speak in strange tongues do not speak to others but to God, because no one understands them. They are speaking secret truths by the power of the Spirit. But those who proclaim God's message speak to people and give them help, encouragement, and comfort. Those who speak in strange tongues help only themselves, but those who proclaim God's message help the whole church.

I would like for all of you to speak in strange tongues; but I would rather that you had the gift of proclaiming God's message. For the person who proclaims God's message is of greater value than the one who speaks in strange tongues—unless there is someone present who can explain what is said, so that the whole church may be helped. So when I come to you, my friends, what use will I be to you if I speak in strange tongues? Not a bit, unless I bring you some revelation from God or some knowledge or some inspired message or some teaching.

Take such lifeless musical instruments as the flute or the harp—how will anyone know the tune that is being played unless the notes are sounded distinctly? And if the one who plays the bugle does not sound a clear call, who will prepare for battle? In the same way, how will anyone understand what you are talking about if your message given in strange tongues is not clear? Your words will vanish in the air! 10 There are many different languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning. 11 But if I do not know the language being spoken, those who use it will be foreigners to me and I will be a foreigner to them. 12 Since you are eager to have the gifts of the Spirit, you must try above everything else to make greater use of those which help to build up the church.

13 The person who speaks in strange tongues, then, must pray for the gift to explain what is said. 14 For if I pray in this way, my spirit prays indeed, but my mind has no part in it. 15 What should I do, then? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray also with my mind; I will sing with my spirit, but I will sing also with my mind. 16 When you give thanks to God in spirit only, how can ordinary people taking part in the meeting say “Amen” to your prayer of thanksgiving? They have no way of knowing what you are saying. 17 Even if your prayer of thanks to God is quite good, other people are not helped at all.

Good News Translation (GNT)

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Psalm 37:12-29

12 The wicked plot against good people
and glare at them with hate.
13 But the Lord laughs at wicked people,
because he knows they will soon be destroyed.

14 The wicked draw their swords and bend their bows
to kill the poor and needy,
to slaughter those who do what is right;
15 but they will be killed by their own swords,
and their bows will be smashed.

16 The little that a good person owns
is worth more than the wealth of all the wicked,
17 because the Lord will take away the strength of the wicked,
but protect those who are good.

18 The Lord takes care of those who obey him,
and the land will be theirs forever.
19 They will not suffer when times are bad;
they will have enough in time of famine.
20 But the wicked will die;
the enemies of the Lord will vanish like wild flowers;
they will disappear like smoke.

21 The wicked borrow and never pay back,
but good people are generous with their gifts.
22 Those who are blessed by the Lord will possess the land,
but those who are cursed by him will be driven out.

23 The Lord guides us in the way we should go
and protects those who please him.
24 If they fall, they will not stay down,
because the Lord will help them up.

25 I am old now; I have lived a long time,
but I have never seen good people abandoned by the Lord
or their children begging for food.
26 At all times they give freely and lend to others,
and their children are a blessing.

27 Turn away from evil and do good,
and your descendants will always live in the land;
28 for the Lord loves what is right
and does not abandon his faithful people.
He protects them forever,
but the descendants of the wicked will be driven out.
29 The righteous will possess the land
and live in it forever.

Good News Translation (GNT)

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Proverbs 21:25-26

25 Lazy people who refuse to work are only killing themselves; 26 all they do is think about what they would like to have. The righteous, however, can give, and give generously.

Good News Translation (GNT)

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