by MJR | Apr 20, 2026 | Genuine Hope
Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.” Job 1:20-21 Last...
by MJR | Apr 17, 2026 | Genuine Hope
But he knows the way that I take;when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold. Job 23:10 Everyone walks through seasons when life feels heavy. Each of us carries a story marked by both joy and hardship. Yet few stories are as striking as Job’s. He lost...
by MJR | Apr 15, 2026 | Genuine Hope
So to keep me from being too elated by the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from being too elated. Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But he...
by MJR | Apr 14, 2026 | Genuine Hope
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. James 1:2-4 On Sunday, the...
by MJR | Apr 13, 2026 | Genuine Hope
In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and...
by MJR | Apr 11, 2026 | Genuine Hope
Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable body...