Mar 13 2026 … Being There To Help …
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Chris Rice singing It Is Well … calling on Christians to remember that all the suffering we face in life is for our good and God’s glory.
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Highlight Passage: … Job 2:13 … [NLT]
… 13 Then they (i.e., Job’s friends) sat on the ground with him for seven days and nights. No one said a word to Job, for they saw that his suffering was too great for words.
… Job’s friends sat with Job in his suffering, seeing that words were not what Job needed.
Highlight Passage in Context: Job 2:7-13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Job’s friends came upon Job in all of his suffering and did well by sitting - wordless - with him to share in his suffering.
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Reference Passage: … Matthew 28:20b [NLT]
… And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
… Jesus promises that no matter what His disciples (i.e., that’s us too) encounter in serving Him, … that HE will be there with/for them (us).
Reference Passage: … John 16:33 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus, teaches truth to HIs Disciples, in their anguish and confusion, that they will encounter much pain from the world … BUT … He had overcome the world.
Reference Passage: … Romans 8:18, 28 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Apostle Paul teaches truth to fellow Christians about the suffering they (we) will face in life and that is ALL for their (our) good and His glory.
Reference Passage: … 2Corinthians 1:5-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The suffering of disciples of Christ (that’s us, too) will allow use to tend to the suffering of others we encounter in life.
Reference Passage: … Philippians 3:10-11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul also teaches truth that our suffering for Christ prepares us to know His power.
Reference Passage: … 1Peter 4:12-13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Apostle Peter teaches truth to oppressed Christians about how the suffering they (we) endure in life makes them (us) partners with Christ and His suffering for them (us).
My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Adam R Holz … USE THIS LINK … wrote about a father caring for his daughter, suffering from the a virus, and her calling out, … “Daddy, my head hurts! … Daddy, I’m so cold! … Daddy, can you rub my feet!” … And the father had no words to soothe the suffering of his daughter except to be there with her and meet her needs.
Such empathy and caring spirit was illustrated by Job’s friends (see Highlight passage), who sat wordless for a week when they came upon Job’s suffering. And these friends did well by Job … UNTIL … they opened their mouths to bring very human advice, which only compounded Job’s anguish and pain.
Perhaps my readers have encountered that kind of suffering in a friend or relative, … or perhaps yourself. Don’t you think that just being there to help and meet the needs of a suffering friend or loved one is what is called for? I, for one, will do my best to be there for a suffering loved one when the time calls for me to be there. How about you?
My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … for reminding me of Your call for me to be there when a suffering friend needs me.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, giving us the empathy to sit with a loved one who needs us. … Amen
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