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To read this in Vietnamese, please click here . ******************* Pray! The Lord is paying attention...   I. Click here to READ Job 5   first . II. One thing the Bible teaches:  Eliphaz told the suffering-yet-God-pleasing Job, saying... 17  1 “Call now; is there anyone who will answer you?... III. Reflection * Questions :  Isn't there anyone? IV. Application Dear Lord God: I thank You for showing me that what the visiting Eliphaz said was (1) very uncalled-for discouragement, and (2) totally untrue. It should not have been said. I thank You for reminding me that You are always in a position trying to listen to our prayers to You ( Ps. 116:2 ). I thank You, Lord Jesus, for taking me to this point to remind me of Your teaching on not only should we pray often but also on what to pray for ( Luke 11:2-4 ). O Lord! Today, please urge me to take time to pray what You have taught me to pray: Praise You; long for the Kingdom; pray for the bread of the day; pray for f...

To read this in Vietnamese, please click here . ******************* Toothless paper tiger, useless...   I. Click here to READ Job 4 first . II. One thing the Bible teaches:  (Eliphaz ministering to the sick chastised the sick, saying...) 7  10  10. The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion,      the teeth of the young lions are broken. 11  11. The strong lion perishes for lack of prey,      and the cubs of the lioness are scattered. III. Reflection * Questions :  How is a paper tiger defined? IV. Application Dear Lord God: I thank You for showing me a picture of a paper tiger here where the outward appearance of might no longer has any teeth to support the roaring threat--a condition that leads to self-perishing and ruin. I thank You, Lord Jesus, for taking me to this point to remind me of Your teaching that the one might that I need to rely upon is Yours ( Ephesians 6:10 ). O Lord! My might is limited, tem...

To read this in Vietnamese, please click here . ******************* Curse not the DOB...   I. Click here to READ Job 3 first . II. One thing the Bible teaches:  (having been afflicted with so many painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head...) 1 After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. III. Reflection * Questions :  Should we curse the day of our birth? Why or why not? IV. Application Dear Lord God: I thank You for teaching me that I should not curse the day of my birth since You are the one who made it and You count my years of living one day at a time including day one ( Isaiah 43:6-7 ; Gen 5:5 ). I thank You, Lord Jesus, for taking me to this point to remind me of Your teaching that we are called God's workmanship ( Ephesians 2:10 ). O Lord! My life will be rough at some points as I encounter difficulties or even travel through the valley of death. Vent it out as I must at the peak of pain, but please keep me from cursin...