Good evening, brethren. Our evening prayer focuses on "Resting in God's daily mercies." 2. Do you want to know how Satan serves Gos? 3. Do you for those that offens you? 4. Do you know that God judges individuals & nations who abandoned Him? To know more, read the message below: 1. Evening Prayer I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. ⏤ Psalm 4:8 A quiet heart is content with what God gives. ⏤ Elisabeth Elliot Our waiting eyes are on You, O Lord, this evening. The close of each day adds to our debt of gratitude for Your mercies and favors. We are not worthy of even the least of all Your goodness and loving-kindness, for we have sinned against You. Yet we hope in Your mercy and cast ourselves on Your grace. We thank You for the protection You have given us this day. We have gone out and come in, and You have kept us safe. You have blessed our home life, keeping us from harm, providing for our needs, and giving us strength for duty. You have blessed us in our work, giving us some measure of success and enabling us to continue in our place and do our tasks. We thank You for the grace You have given us to resist temptation, to bear our daily crosses, and to witness for You among others. Great Shepherd of all Your redeemed people, we ask You to take each member of our family into Your special care tonight. We cannot protect ourselves from the dangers of the darkness, so we entrust our lives to Your gracious keeping. May Your holy angels watch over our home. You who never slumber, keep watch over us. We pray for all our friends and neighbors. They have different needs, and we cannot know what each one requires, but You know. Grant each one what will be the truest blessing. Lead them in right paths. Let none of them be eternally lost. Remember Your church and give it spiritual enrichment. And to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be glory forever. Amen. https://www.youdevotion.com/daily-prayer/miller/38/evening #taptapstudio #youdevotion. 2. How Satan Serves God. Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful. (James 5:11) Behind all disease and disability is the ultimate will of God. Not that Satan is not involved — he is probably always involved in one way or another with destructive purposes (Acts 10:38). But his power is not decisive. He cannot act without God’s permission. That is one of the points of Job’s sickness. The text makes it plain that when disease came upon Job, “Satan . . . struck Job with loathsome sores” (Job 2:7). His wife urged him to curse God. But Job said, “Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” (Job 2:10). And again the inspired author of the book (just as he did in 1:22) commends Job by saying, “In all this Job did not sin with his lips.” In other words: This is a right view of God’s sovereignty over Satan. Satan is real and may have a hand in our calamities, but not the final hand, and not the decisive hand. James makes clear that God had a good purpose in all Job’s afflictions: “You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful” (James 5:11). So even though Satan was involved, the ultimate purpose was God’s, and it was “compassionate and merciful.” This is the same lesson we learn from 2 Corinthians 12:7, where Paul says that his thorn in the flesh was a “messenger of Satan” and yet was given for the purpose of his own holiness — to keep him from becoming conceited. “Because of 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 becoming conceited!” Now, humility is not Satan’s purpose in this affliction. Therefore, the purpose is God’s. Which means that here Satan is being used by God to accomplish his good purposes in Paul’s life. In fact, for God’s elect children, Satan cannot destroy us, and God turns all his attacks finally against him and for us. 3. Forgiveness Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool - Isaiah 1:18 This verse is a parenthesis in the midst of Isaiah's prophecy of rebuke and warning. We might have expected for Isaiah to speak of how justified God's judgment would be because of Israel's sinful rebellion. But he also surprises us with this reasoning from the Lord: "if you turn to God in repentance, then all your past mistakes will be utterly washed away." This does not at first sound reasonable, or rational, at all. We all know that an apology cannot undo a wrong that has been committed. Saying one is sorry for adultery or murder does not undo the unfaithfulness or loss. So how then does repentance somehow make our red-handed sins clean and white before God? The answer, the rationale, from the Lord is found later in this same prophecy. A suffering Servant would come, who would be "wounded for our transgressions"; our chastisement, our punishment would be put upon him, and with his wounds he would heal us, clean us (53:5). You see, there is nothing you can do to take away your past sins and guiltiness before a holy God. But God has promised, when you turn to him in repentance, that your sin-stains will be washed completely away by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Come now, says the Lord, to hear and consider this promise of forgiveness. Do not distance yourself, but come; do not delay, but come now. http://www.baptistbiblehour.org/resources/devotional/forgiveness-9/. 4. Skip to content Daily Wisdom Bible Study Chronological Bible Study from the book of Proverbs Posted onNovember 11, 2025 by Christian Channel God Judges Individuals and Nations Who Abandon Him – (Proverbs 30:11-14) God Judges Individuals and Nations Who Abandon Him – (Proverbs 30:11-14) Daily Proverbs There is a generation that curses its father, and does not bless its mother. There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, yet is not washed from its filthiness. There is a generation-oh, how lofty are their eyes and their eyelids are lifted up. There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and whose fangs are like knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. Daily Bible Study "There is a generation" can be translated also as "there are those who." In addition, these sins listed above can not only destroy an individual, but they can also destroy an entire generation of people who practice them. Agur goes on to describe a self-righteous and prideful generation that hates parents, abandons traditions and destroys all that is placed in their hands because of greed and pride. They are described as being like wild animals devouring prey. This is a generation who is righteous in its own eyes. Interesting enough, this was also the state of both the northern kingdom of Israel and later the southern kingdom of Judah before God sent them both into captivity. The northern kingdom was so bad they never returned, but the southern kingdom did return. Moreover, we have to understand that God will not hold an individual or a nation blameless who behave this way. When speaking of the nations the Lord will often first warn a nation with natural disasters which are followed by attacks from their enemies. And if those warnings fail, God will then bring greater judgments. And He will continue to do so until that nation repents and turns back toward Him, or is no longer part of the family of nations. Post navigation Previous Post Previous Gossip is Destruction Done in Secret from an Evil Heart – (Proverbs 30:10) Search for: Search … Search Recent Posts God Judges Individuals and Nations Who Abandon Him – (Proverbs 30:11-14) Gossip is Destruction Done in Secret from an Evil Heart – (Proverbs 30:10) Wisdom is Praising God Through All Seasons – (Proverbs 30:7-9) God’s Word Is His Word, His Revelation, Wisdom for Us – (Proverbs 30:4-6) We Have Wisdom and Knowledge of God From God – (Proverbs 30:2-3) Proudly powered by WordPress.