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highlighted Colossians 4:2-3 NLT
Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart. Pray for us, too, that God will give us many opportunities to speak about his mysterious plan concerning Christ. That is why I am here in chains.
Jul 11
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highlighted Job 42:10 NLT
When Job prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes. In fact, the LORD gave him twice as much as before!
Jul 9
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highlighted Job 37:23-24 NLT
We cannot imagine the power of the Almighty; but even though he is just and righteous, he does not destroy us. No wonder people everywhere fear him. All who are wise show him reverence.”
Jul 9
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highlighted Job 37:13 NLT
He makes these things happen either to punish people or to show his unfailing love.
Jul 9
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highlighted Job 37:5 NLT
God’s voice is glorious in the thunder. We can’t even imagine the greatness of his power.
Jul 9
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highlighted Job 36:26 NLT
“Look, God is greater than we can understand. His years cannot be counted.
Jul 9
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highlighted Job 36:15-21 NLT
But by means of their suffering, he rescues those who suffer. For he gets their attention through adversity. “God is leading you away from danger, Job, to a place free from distress. He is setting your table with the best food. But you are obsessed with whether the godless will be judged. Don’t worry, judgment and justice will be upheld. But watch out, or you may be seduced by wealth. Don’t let yourself be bribed into sin. Could all your wealth or all your mighty efforts keep you from distress? Do not long for the cover of night, for that is when people will be destroyed. Be on guard! Turn back from evil, for God sent this suffering to keep you from a life of evil.
Jul 9
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highlighted Job 36:9-13 NLT
He gets their attention and commands that they turn from evil. “If they listen and obey God, they will be blessed with prosperity throughout their lives. All their years will be pleasant. But if they refuse to listen to him, they will cross over the river of death, dying from lack of understanding. For the godless are full of resentment. Even when he punishes them, they refuse to cry out to him for help. he shows them the reason. He shows them their sins of pride.
Jul 9
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highlighted Job 36:5-7 NLT
“God is mighty, but he does not despise anyone! He is mighty in both power and understanding. He does not let the wicked live but gives justice to the afflicted. He never takes his eyes off the innocent, but he sets them on thrones with kings and exalts them forever.
Jul 9
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highlighted Job 34:19 NLT
He doesn’t care how great a person may be, and he pays no more attention to the rich than to the poor. He made them all.
Jul 9
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highlighted Job 34:11 NLT
He repays people according to their deeds. He treats people as they deserve.
Jul 9
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highlighted Job 33:23-26 NLT
“But if an angel from heaven appears— a special messenger to intercede for a person and declare that he is upright— he will be gracious and say, ‘Rescue him from the grave, for I have found a ransom for his life.’ Then his body will become as healthy as a child’s, firm and youthful again. When he prays to God, he will be accepted. And God will receive him with joy and restore him to good standing.
Jul 9
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highlighted Job 33:15-18 NLT
He speaks in dreams, in visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they lie in their beds. He whispers in their ears and terrifies them with warnings. He makes them turn from doing wrong; he keeps them from pride. He protects them from the grave, from crossing over the river of death.
Jul 9
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highlighted Job 33:14 NLT
For God speaks again and again, though people do not recognize it.
Jul 9
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highlighted Job 33:4 NLT
For the Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Jul 9
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highlighted Job 31:11 NLT
For lust is a shameful sin, a crime that should be punished.
Jul 9
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highlighted Job 31:6-8 NLT
Let God weigh me on the scales of justice, for he knows my integrity. If I have strayed from his pathway, or if my heart has lusted for what my eyes have seen, or if I am guilty of any other sin, then let someone else eat the crops I have planted. Let all that I have planted be uprooted.
Jul 9
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highlighted Job 29:20 NLT
New honors are constantly bestowed on me, and my strength is continually renewed.’
Jul 9
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highlighted Job 28:28 NLT
And this is what he says to all humanity: ‘The fear of the Lord is true wisdom; to forsake evil is real understanding.’”
Jul 9
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highlighted Job 28:23 NLT
“God alone understands the way to wisdom; he knows where it can be found,
Jul 9