Acts 27:13 “When a moderate south wind came up, supposing that they had attained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began sailing.” Observation: Paul was prisoner on a ship sailing for Rome under difficult circumstances. Never one to ignore an audience, Paul,...

Acts 25:25–27 “‘I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death; and since he himself appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him. Yet I have nothing definite about him to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him before you all and especially before...

Acts 21:10–11 “A prophet named Agabus…took Paul’s belt and bound his own feet and hands, and said, ‘This is what the Holy Spirit says: “In this way the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.”’...

Job 9:3, 16 “If one wished to dispute with Him, he could not answer Him once in a thousand times … If I called and He answered me, I could not believe that He was listening to my voice.” Observation: I am astounded as I read these verses at how good a handle Job had...

Job 6:24 “Show me how I have erred.” Observation: Job had endured from his friend Eliphaz a discourse that fixed upon Job blame for his own suffering. He was saying, “Job, I’ve known you for years and I’ve seen the many good deeds you’ve done, but these calamities...

Acts 10:1, 2 “Now there was a man at Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian cohort, a devout man, and one who feared God with all his household, and gave many alms to the Jewish people and prayed to God continually.” Observation:...

Job 3:1 “Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.” Observation: Job had just experienced a series of catastrophes that could cause me to live as though in a darkened cave. His dearest family members, financial resources, even his own health,...

Job 1:8 “The Lord said to Satan, ‘Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil.’” Observation: Job was blameless, not in the sense of sinlessness, for no one is;...

Malachi 3:16 “Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord gave attention and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and who esteem His name.” Observation: The last two chapters of Malachi have as an...

Nehemiah 13:1, 3 “On that day they read aloud from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and there was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God … So when they heard the law, they excluded all foreigners from...