"Where Were You When I Laid the Foundation of the Earth?

Job 38:4 "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.
This is God speaking to Job, but I ask you this question. I ask because of all the disrespect that is given Holy God, and wonder if you really know who know deny! The everyday things we take for granted, the rain, the sun, the moon, the soil, the trees, the water, and I could go on and on, are not just there. They are given or withheld by a sovereign God who has created all things!
Gen.1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Ps.104:5 He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.
Jer.10:12 But God made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
Prov.30:4 Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Who has gathered up the wind in the hollow of his hands? Who has wrapped up the waters in his cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and the name of his son? Tell me if you know!
His word can be no more plain than this, There is none like the Lord God Almighty!
1 Chr.17:20 There is none like you, O LORD, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
Heb.11:3 By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
Rev.4:11"Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created."
1 Cor.8:6 yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.
Col.1:15-17 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Lord God, how majestic is Your name? We can not comprehend You! You are awesome beyond words! Lord, show mercy to those who deny You, open their heart to receive You. Let them see the beauty that is in Your word. Amen

The Wondrous Works of God

Job 37:14-16 "Hear this, O Job; stop and consider the wondrous works of God. Do you know how God lays his command upon them and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine? Do you know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge
O Precious Lord, Your wondrous works we can not grasp them all. Some are seen, some are not seen. You are full of power and majesty, mighty to save and merciful to the extent we can't understand. Lord, how we praise Your name and stand in awe at Your holiness. Amen
Job 37:23 The Almighty--we cannot find him; he is great in power; justice and abundant righteousness he will not violate.
God's knowledge, righteousness and understanding is forever, in all things!
Job 36:3-6 I will get my knowledge from afar and ascribe righteousness to my Maker. For truly my words are not false; one who is perfect in knowledge is with you. "Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding. He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right.
There is no teacher like Him.
Job 36:22 Behold, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?
He wondrous works are infinite!
Job 36:24-26 Remember to extol his work, of which men have sung. All mankind has looked on it; man beholds it from afar. Behold, God is great, and we know him not; the number of his years is unsearchable.
Definition of infinite:
immeasurably or inconceivably great or extensive : inexhaustible: no limitation or external determination ...
Job 37:5 God thunders wondrously with his voice; he does great things that we cannot comprehend.

The Breath of the Almighty Gives Me Life/Alive in Christ

Job 33:4 The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
It is not by chance that you are born. God has a plan! He made you, for His purpose, to glorify who He is!! God is greater than man! He created everything!! He is and will be!! He has no beginning and no end!!
Job 33:12 "Behold, in this you are not right. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
He offers hope to the weary through His Son, the light of the world! Though our eyes close in death, we will still see the light!
Job 33:28 He has redeemed my soul from going down into the pit, and my life shall look upon the light.'
Acts 13:47 For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, "'I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'"
All that repent will find mercy from God!
1 John:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
God is ever present, watching man!
Job 33:21 "For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.
God has raised Him from the dead! We who repent are alive in Christ!
Job33:30 But God raised him from the dead
The good news of Christ is here for you! Pray for the saving knowledge to be revealed to you. Read God's Holy Word.
Definition of Almighty: having unlimited power, infinite power, omnipotent, as God
By Grace!
Eph.2:4-7  But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you have been saved-- and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
Rom.6:11 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Lord God Almighty, It is you who gives and takes life according to Your purpose. I stand on Your Word as truth! Your Word has power and that power is ours because we belong to You. You are mighty to save and we ask for the souls that are promised us by Your Word. In Jesus name, Amen

Where Does Wisdom Come From?

Job 28:20-28 "From where, then, does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding? It is hidden from the eyes of all living and concealed from the birds of the air. Abaddon and Death say, 'We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.' "God understands the way to it, and he knows its place. For he looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens. When he gave to the wind its weight and apportioned the waters by measure, when he made a decree for the rain and a way for the lightning of the thunder, then he saw it and declared it; he established it, and searched it out. And he said to man, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary explains these verses very well:

There is a two-fold wisdom; one hid in God, which is secret, and belongs not to us; the other made known by him, and revealed to man. One day's events, and one man's affairs, have such reference to, and so hang one upon another that He only, to whom all is open, and who sees the whole at one view, can rightly judge of every part. But the knowledge of God's revealed will is within our reach, and will do us good. Let man look upon this as his wisdom, to fear the Lord, and to depart from evil. Let him learn that, and he is learned enough. Where is this wisdom to be found? The treasures of it are hid in Christ, revealed by the word, received by faith, through the Holy Ghost. It will not feed pride or vanity, or amuse our vain curiosity. It teaches and encourages sinners to fear the Lord, and to depart from evil, in the exercise of repentance and faith, without desiring to solve all difficulties about the events of this life.

Lord, give us wisdom to follow Your Word. Amen

"It Is Well With My Soul" By Wintley Phipps

It Is Well With My Soul

Ps.146:1 Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul!

There is a song by this title,"It is well with my soul" that I was reminded of this morning by a lady who lost her husband to the recent tornadoes. She recounted the story behind the song, written by a man, who had lost his four daughters to a tragic accident. Horatio Gates Spafford wrote this song as he and his wife were on a ship that was passing near the place where his four daughters had perished during a cruise that ended because the ship was hit by another ship and sank. Earlier they had lost their only son to scarlet fever. During the great Chicago fire, Spafford lost vast real estate investments.

It Is Well With My Soul by Horatio Gates Spafford

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll; Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say, It is well, it is well, with my soul. Refrain: It is well, with my soul, It is well, it is well, with my soul. Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come, Let this blest assurance control, That Christ has regarded my helpless estate, And hath shed His own blood for my soul. My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought! My sin, not in part but the whole, Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more, Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul! For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live: If Jordan above me shall roll, No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul. But, Lord, ’tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait, The sky, not the grave, is our goal; Oh, trump of the angel! Oh, voice of the Lord! Blessed hope, blessed rest of my soul! And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight, The clouds be rolled back as a scroll; The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend, Even so, it is well with my soul. Can you have this peace? Yes you can, Christ gives this peace! He is there for you and will never leave you! Yes, we will praise His name even in death! For He is our Lord! We will praise his name even in sickness! For He is our Lord! In hard financial times, we will still praise His name! For He is our Lord! 1 Pet.1:6-7 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith--more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire--may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Why do we suffer? Is it something we did? Or is it just the fact that we live in a fallen world? Sin causes heartache, that is why we should hate sin and flee from it! John 9:1-3 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. God will use our test of faith to teach us. James 1:2-3 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. We can console each other by sharing our faith as we walk through trials. 2 Cor.1:3-4 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. So you see, a man who suffered the loss of his children and his vast investments back in the eighteen hundreds can share his trials with us today through a song. Just as Job, in the Old Testament, never cursed God when he lost everything but praised Him with his every breath. We, who have faith in the Lord, can say"It is well with my soul"! Lord, I pray for Your tender mercies to fall on Your servants. Give us peace that the world can't understand. Let them look at us and say  "How can we get that peace". We will tell them of the hope we have in You! Amen

July Bible Reading

Date               Old Testament                      New Testament

July 1              Job 21, 22                           Acts 10:1-23

July 2              Job 23, 24, 25                     Acts 10:24-48

July 3              Job 26, 27, 28                     Acts 11

July 4              Job 29, 30                           Acts 12

July 5              Job 31, 32                          Acts 13:1-23

July 6              Job 33, 34                          Acts 13:24-52

July 7              Job 35, 36, 37                   Acts 14

July 8              Job 38, 39                         Acts 15:1-21

July 9              Job 40, 41, 42                   Acts 15:22-41

July 10            Psalms 1, 2, 3                    Acts 16:1-15

July 11            Psalms 4, 5, 6                    Acts 16:16-40

July 12            Psalms 7, 8, 9                    Acts 17:1-15

July 13            Psalms 10, 11, 12             Acts 17:16-34

July 14            Psalms 13, 14, 15, 16       Acts 18

July 15            Psalms 17, 18                  Acts 19:1-20

July 16           Psalms 19, 20, 21             Acts 19:21-41

July 17           Psalms 22, 23, 24             Acts 20:1-16

July 18           Psalms 25, 26, 27             Acts 20:17-38

July 19           Psalms 28, 29, 30            Acts 21:1-14

July 20           Psalms 31, 32, 33            Acts 21:15-40

July 21           Psalms 34, 35                  Acts 22

July 22           Psalms 36, 37                  Acts 23:1-11

July 23           Psalms 38, 39, 40            Acts 23:12-35

July 24           Psalms 41, 42, 43            Acts 24

July 25           Psalms 44, 45, 46           Acts 25

July 26           Psalms 47, 48, 49           Acts 26

July 27           Psalms 50, 51, 52          Acts 27:1-25

July 28           Psalms 53, 54, 55         Acts 27:26-44

July 29           Psalms 56, 57, 58        Acts 28:1-15

July 30           Psalms 59, 60, 61        Acts 28:16-31

July 31           Psalms 62, 63, 64        Romans 1