The Book of Job confronts problems that we may not want to think about:
Any Christian who masters the Book of Job goes a long way toward ensuring success in the Christian life.
God never stops working. When he seems least visible and you feel you need him most – he may be most active of all.
“Joy is the serious business of heaven.” – C. S. Lewis, in Letters to Malcolm
“The joy of the Lord is your strength.” – Nehemiah 8:10
Nehemiah had a respectable position personally serving the king in the very courts of power in the Persian Empire. He didn’t have to care about Jerusalem. But he did.
Central Reflections 