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Job chapter 8 verse 4.

If your children have send against him, he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression.

There's a lot we could talk about based on this verse, and this is Bill Dad giving

really unhelpful counsel to Job, much like many other times we see Job's friends giving him

unhelpful counsel and specifically here Bill Doudette is saying well your

children have lost their lives because of sin they committed that

caused that.

And we know from Job 1 that's not true.

At the same time my mind goes in a couple different directions.

Here one my mind goes back to when Job in Job chapter one would pray over his kids

that God would keep them from sin in their lives and I just love the

picture of Job interceding for his children in Job Chapter 1. And so I want to lead us to pray along

those lines and then second yes it is true biblically, that God does sometimes deliver people over into the hands of their

transgression.

This is for us to pray that God would save people from their transgression, from their

sin and even to pray that over our children that God would not deliver them over to their sinfulness, but that God by his mercy

would save them. And so let's pray this specifically. I just want you to think about children either in your family, like in your home, or children you know, or if you're a child. Think about your friends. And let's pray pray let's intercede specifically for the children

who come to our minds right now. God we lift up these children we want to take our

place right now like Job did in Job Chapter 1 and pray and intercede for their good.

We want to pray for their salvation from their sin and from themselves.

God, we pray for your mercy over the kids

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