Job and Suffering

Passages: Job 1:1-12; Revelation 12:10; John 10:10; Ephesians 6; 1 Corinthians 10:13

Welcome to Job's world of undeserved suffering, pain and affliction. This praying, faithful, godly man is the pawn in a spiritual battle between God ...

Passages: Job 1:12-22; 1 Timothy 6:7-8; Philippians 4:10-13

Without warning, Job loses everything, including his children. But Job does not sin or curse God. Instead he teaches us that afflictions will come, ...

Passages: Job 2:1-10; Genesis 1, John 1:1-3; Revelation 12:4; Isaiah 6:1-3; Job 42

Like Job, we face times when Satan seeks to destroy our community with God -- the loss of a job, death of a loved one, a fearful medical diagnosis, ...

Passages: Job 3:1-26; Matthew 5:4; 2 Corinthians 1:3-4; Psalm 139

Job knows how to handle suffering -- he mourns it and grieves it. Despair and depression are normal human experiences after times of loss and are not ...

Passages: Job 2:11-14; Job 4:1-31:40; Proverbs 25:20; Matthew 5:4; Romans 12:15

Job's comforters have much to learn. Their sermons, condemnation and philosophical rhetoric leave Job emotionally bereft. Real comforters care enough ...

Passages: Job 4-31; Job 8:1-7; 1 Corinthians 13:12; Acts 5:41; Philippians 1:29; 1 Peter 3:17; 4:12-19

The time comes when we need to move on from suffering and mourning in order to embrace healing. Rather than wallow in our grief, we can emerge ...

Passages: Job 42:1-6; Job 13:15-16; Job 23:10; Hebrews 5:8; Genesis 17:7-19; Exodus 5:20-22; Jeremiah 20:7-9; Matthew 9:9; Job 19:25-27

When we suffer, we are transformed. Job finds peace in the pain of his life, a pain that forces him beyond mere living to a unique peace. Faith must ...

Passages: Job 42: 1-17; James 5:10-11; Genesis 6:5-6; John 11:35; and Luke 10:21; Ephesians 1:15-19; 3:14-19; Philippians 1:9-11; Colossians 1:9-12; 2 Corinthians 4:16-18; Psalm 78:18-19, 23-31; 2 Corinthians 12:9-10; Genesis 28:18-22

Job not only overcomes despair and suffering, he prospers. This proactive man of God responds to adversity by cultivating sustained relationships -- ...

Passages: Job 32-37

Sometimes we have to stop complaining and justifying ourselves long enough to be able to listen to reason and conviction. God finally brings Job to ...

Passages: Luke 11:11-13; Psalm 139:1-3; John 14:1-11; Luke 15:1-2; John 7:53-8:11; John 11:35; Luke 8:42-48; Deuteronomy 6:4-6; Romans 8:33-34; Revelation 3:20

Many views of God exist among us today. Some see God as distant and uninvolved in our daily lives. We may think God is a harsh, inspecting ...

Passages: John 9:1-3, 13-18, 24-34; Matthew 23:1-4, 13-36

Our view of God is shaped positively or painfully by life events, growing up experiences, and religious traditions and experiences. Like Job, life ...

Passages: Psalm 36:9; John 9:5; John 12:35; John 1:4,5,9; Psalm 119:111,105; Jeremiah 1:5; Proverbs 3:32; Psalm 139:3; Matthew 5:14; John 8:12; Hebrews 1:3; John 14; Luke 15

We can re-shape our misconceptions of God three ways:  by the light of His Word, by the light (inspiration) of God's people and by the light of ...

Passages: Job 38:1-42:6; Isaiah 55:8-9

After a startling encounter with God, Job comes to a profound understanding of God's ways. His plans are incomprehensible to us. His reasoning is ...

Passages: Job 42:7-10; Psalm 11:7; Micah 7:18-19; Jeremiah 5:12-13, 30-31; 6:13-15; 8:11; 23:9-40; Romans 3:22-28

Job's suffering and subsequent restoration teach us three important truths: Forgiveness is worth asking for, justice is worth waiting for, and there ...

Passages: Job 42:10-17; Job 23:10; Job 16:1-5; Job 2:3,9; Job 6:29; Genesis 15:15; 25:8; Job 1:5; Hebrews 12:4-12

Job received four priceless blessings from God: his possessions were doubled, his relatives and friends rendered support, he had more children and he ...

Passages: Job 1,2,4,7,42; Genesis 3:13; 2 Corinthians 11:1-4; 1 Peter 5:8-9; Revelation 12:10; Zechariah 3:1-4; Job 14:12-21; Job 7:13-15; Titus 3:3; Jeremiah 17:9; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Mark 4:19; Matthew 13:22; Philippians 3:6; 1 Corinthians 3:18; James 1:16; Galati

Job's spiritual battle with Satan reminds us that we too can be deceived. However, we are not defenseless. We can stay inside God's hedge of ...