Post theme: A Father’s Day Call to Valor The story is told of a little baby who was born and abandoned. She was left in a field, unwashed and uncared for. No one wrapped her in a blanket or held her close in those first precarious moments of life. People passed by. They saw …
I once wrote a story in which a farmer and a cowboy sit atop their horses on a butte overlooking the vast Montana landscape. The cowboy is almost certain he’s lost his mind to even consider what he’s about to do. The farmer assures him that if God is leading him into the venture, then …
Week 10, Part II: James and the Fatherless Day 5: The Testing of our Faith (James 1:2-4, I Peter 1:6-8, Job 23-24) A few years ago, I helped out with an annual outreach in Central Montana. The pastor who organized it set up tents in 3 communities where we held Vacation Bible Schools and preaching …
I shouldn’t be writing this. It’s eleven p.m. and I have a busy day tomorrow. There’s a good chance that I’ll wake up in the morning and scratch the whole thing because it’s not likely I’ll make much sense at this hour…But I can’t not write it. Sunday is Father’s Day. We all know that. …
Post Theme: God’s Purposes for Ministry to the Fatherless Week 3 – Lessons from Job Cont’d Day 4: God’s Purposes – Review While, as we learned from Job, it is possible for us to have the wrong purpose in ministry, it is never possible for GOD to have the wrong purpose. Let’s review some of …
Week 3 – Lessons from Job Cont’d Day 3 – Job’s Reasoning (Part 2 – Avoiding Self-righteousness): Job 42:5,6 “I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” Yesterday, we looked at Job’s first reason for his …
Week 3 – Lessons from Job Cont’d Day 2: Job’s Reasoning (part 1 – What Do We Believe About God?): Job 31:23 “For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.” The reason for Job’s commitment to meeting the needs of the fatherless is two-fold. …
Week 3 – Lessons from Job Cont’d Day 1: After “If” comes “Then” We finished up last week looking at a list of “Ifs”: things that Job had either done or not done toward the fatherless (See Job 31: 16-21). Today we see the “then” that follows. His level of dedication regarding his responsibility toward …
Week 2 – Lessons From Job Day 5: Making It Personal: Job 31:16-23 Today’s post is where the rubber meets the road. Job goes on speaking to his friends. In chapter thirty-one, he expounds on his relationship to the fatherless and the seriousness with which he regards it: “If I have withheld the poor from …
Week 2 – Lessons From Job Day 3 – The Accusation Answered: Job 24:3-11 Eliphaz’s accusation did not go unanswered. In chapter twenty-three, Job describes his true position before God: his rest in the knowledge that God knows the way he takes, his confidence that he has kept the way of the Lord. Then he …
