Are you feeling good about yourself? Self-esteem is a lifelong battle for most people. It is quite normal to feel unworthy, ashamed, guilty, and afraid. Why? Something is going on inside that needs to be honestly confronted. It is the work of the conscience (Rom. 2:13-15). This is what
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Do you love yourself? This is a core part of self-esteem in psychology. Are you accepting and receiving the love of God for yourself? This is a core part of salvation in Christianity. The two are mutually exclusive. “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
Do you believe in yourself? This is a core part of self-esteem in psychology. Do you believe in God? This is a core part of salvation in Christianity. These two beliefs are mutually exclusive. “Have faith in God.” - Mk. 11:22 God deserves our trust because the LORD is
Being a sinner is a mental health crisis that is normalized in society. Sinners are mentally and emotionally addicted to sin! Such a condition should never be called “healthy” (Job 15:15-16). It is a sickness of the soul that needs to be healed. It is a disease of the
The mental health industry of America is failing. Nearly 50,000 Americans died by suicide in the year 2022! Mental illness is spreading like a plague. It is becoming increasingly clear to everyone that wealth, power, fame, and prosperity doesn’t produce peace. People are dying! And the common people
At the testimony of Eliphaz (Job 4:1-5:27), and Bildad as a second witness (Job 8:1-22), Job feels forced to grapple with the doctrinal subject matter in the argument of his friends. This makes Job 9-10 unique at this stage in the discourse. Job speaks less of his
Dying men sometimes pray for death. Maybe you haven't because you have always been healthy! Mortally ill people who teeter on the brink of death for a prolonged period of time sometimes give in to these desires. Even a secular world can empathize. However, it is important to
Depressed and faithless souls long to commiserate about their circumstances. If given space to speak they will eloquently glorify their own “grief” and magnify their own “calamity” with profound detail (Job 6:2)! They do this because they don’t believe anyone can understand what they are going through. Job
Job is afflicted! However, what Job describes of his suffering throughout the discourse from here on out comes as a result of being backslidden or fallen from grace (Gal. 5:4), which means that he is painfully aware that he is under the wrath of God because of a crushing
In this encounter, the spirit was quoting the Word of God while making a wrong application in Job’s situation, similar to how the Devil quoted Scripture attempting to deceive Jesus Christ in Matthew 4:1-11. "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of
The Book of Job has been a focal point of much philosophical and theological discussion for thousands of years. The depth of what is communicated about human suffering has clearly struck a chord in the human heart. Why do you think this book has garnered so much attention over the