Job 10:12

Throughout the Bible, God's love is described as steadfast. God's steadfast love is unceasing, unchangeable, constant. God pursues his people and sustains his people through hardship and suffering. In this season celebrating love, this series will guide you in understanding and responding to God's steadfast love for you. This 5-day series was written by Donna Harold.

After an accident left her confined to her room in constant pain for the last twenty years of her life, Amy Carmichael penned countless precious letters to her friends. Compiled in the book Candles in the Dark, her letters share her intimate walk with Christ, offering encouragement and hope to those experiencing illness. Let these words of strength and comfort light your path today like candles in the dark.

The book of Job chronicles testing a righteous man's faith through suffering. Although Job's friends attempt to comfort him, it is only by God's revelation of His wisdom and might that Job finds true comfort. Even in deep suffering, God can do all things, and none of His purposes can be thwarted (Job 42:2).

Being alone with God to start the day was an example set by Jesus himself! He got up before daylight to pray in a solitary place. It was his way of connecting with the Father before doing anything else. As you quiet yourself before him and meditate on these devotions and Scriptures from "Jesus First for Women," experience the goodness of his presence and be refreshed with his perfect peace.