The Voice

Reading Job 6 for Friday, November 21st. Job asks why his friends accuse him of wickedness. He asks for evidence. He yearns to die.

Reading Job 5 for Thursday, November 20th. Eliphaz suggests Job’s curse could be from folly and reprimands his attitude for complaining.

Reading Job 4 for Wednesday, November 19th. Eliphaz speaks to Job.

Reading Job 3 for Tuesday, November 18th. Job wishes be had not been born, or that he were dead, for then he would be comforted in heaven. As it was, he was suffering.

Reading Job 2 for Monday, November 17th. Satan believed that Job would curse God if his flesh was attacked. God allowed Satan to inflict painful sores as long as he did not kill him. Job’s wife was no support and his friends mourned for him.

Reading Job 1 for Saturday, November 15th. Job, who was upright was tested because Satan wanted to prove that he was righteous only because God blessed him so much. His wealth and children were killed, but he still praised God.

Reading Esther 10 for Friday, November 14th. Mordecai was held in high esteem by the Jews for his advocacy and was highly regarded by the king.

Reading Esther 9 for Thursday, November 13th. The Jews defended themselves and wiped out their enemies, then Purim was celebrated to commemorate the victory after mourning and established regularly to be celebrated for two days every year.

Reading Esther 8 for Wednesday, November 12th. The king allowed Mordecai to issue another edict on his behalf to allow the Jews to protect and defend themselves and plunder their enemies. Also, Mordecai was given Haman’s property.

Reading Esther 7 for Tuesday, November 11th. At Esther’s banquet, she requested the lives of her people and herself and implicated Haman. This enraged the king. Then Haman begged Esther for mercy, which looked like molesting to the angry king, so Haman was hanged on the gallows he built for Mordecai as suggested by a eunuch.