Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom.

Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.”

“Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied. 10“Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. 11But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.”

The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.”

Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.

I have no peace, no quietness; I have no rest, but only turmoil.”

“We have examined this, and it is true. So hear it and apply it to yourself.”

Lord God my Father,

Give me the heart of Job, cause me to lift my family and bless it, asking for your protection and blessing as well as strength in times of struggle. Satan is always looking for an opportunity to harm me, but my life is in you. Help to gain all my strength from your Truth and allow your Peace to grow from it.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. 6The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. 7Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”

8So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. 9That is why it was called Babel

Lord God my Father,

Keep me from advancing myself but allow me to express only glory for you in all my desires. Keep your Peace my most important focus and help me to share it well with others so your Hope overwhelms the struggles of the day.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, 5but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.

If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.”

You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”

The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.

Noah did everything just as God commanded him.

Lord God my Father,

I wish to live in such a way that you look with favor on me, show me how to run from my sin nature and rest in your way, help me to do what is right in your eyes. Keep me close so I don’t wander or become restless. Help me to show the wicked, your peace that heals us and help me to do your will at all times.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

“I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”

Lord God my Father,

Restore my emotions to how they were designed, give me your Peace that sets all thoughts right. Remove my rebellious desire so I can be obedient through your peace.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen