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Job and Suffering
Job's story lifts the curtain between the physical and spiritual world to reveal God's character and Satan's deception. Job's true faith is refined through his suffering. We can learn much from his journey.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Job's suffering and subsequent restoration teach us three important truths: Forgiveness is worth asking for, justice is worth waiting for, and there ...
Job received four priceless blessings from God: his possessions were doubled, his relatives and friends rendered support, he had more children and he ...
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 ...