It Starts with God
READ: Job 28:12 CHALLENGE: Find True Wisdom with God We saw the profound question a few weeks ago, if a man dies, will he live again? This has to be the most germane question for humanity. Today, another question is asked. V12 – “But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of […]
FAITH IN THE FURNACE
READ: Job 21 CHALLENGE: Keep Your Faith in the Struggles Job is wrestling through life’s inequities and faith. You can see the tug of war as he goes from thoughts of no justice with God to justice with God. Back and forth! You’re sure but unsure. You believe God is loving but you can’t understand […]
Divine Dependence
READ: Job 14:14 CHALLENGE: Trust God for Deliverance We are coming into our 40 Days of Seeking God. The concepts of Christianity have been around for a long time with some themes even showing up in the book of Job. Here we find thoughts on divine forgiveness, divine friendship, and divine redemption. None of us […]
Absolute Sovereignty
READ: Job 9:10-13 CHALLENGE: Trust God Come What May Today I would like to cover some verses that talk about how God directs the world and some truths worth holding onto when times are tough. V10 – He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted. He performs wonders and miracles. And […]
Life and Suffering
READ: Job 4:1 CHALLENGE: Do the Right Thing and Trust God Let’s keep in mind what Job has said in chapter 3. He’s truly in agony and has no peace. Eliphaz speaks and is most likely the oldest and most respected. He’s also the nicest of the friends. A bit more gentle in how he […]
Sympathizing with Sadness
READ: JOB 2:11 CHALLENGE: Appropriately Support the Hurting Let’s recall that Job is called the greatest man of the east. Let’s think about the Super Bowl and the Philadelphia Eagles epic dismantling of the Kansas City Chiefs. There were a lot of famous people there. Taylor Swift. President Trump. Bradly Cooper. There were billionaires and […]
Dealing with Good and Bad
READ: Job 2:1 Vv1-3 – On another day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them to present himself before him. 2 And the Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.” 3 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered […]
Faith in Hardships
READ: Job 1:13f CHALLENGE: Trust God at All Times We have all suffered loss or we will. There are certain boundary lines of understanding that help us to manage hurts. I’d like to make some basic general observations. Job is about to experience horrific loss. We said last week that God is sovereign and we […]
The Scariest Thing
READ: Job 1:6 CHALLENGE: Hang Onto Your Faith No Matter What Vv6-7 – One day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, “One day the angels came to present themselves”. One day. An unspecified day to us but a day that they all knew to show up. “The Jews believed this meeting happened on […]
Good People
READ: Job 1:1 CHALLENGE: Be a Good Person We’ll look some at the book of Job and extract lessons from it. They believe it’s one of the first biblical books written. It wrestles through the deep question as to why do bad things happen to good people. It lands on the fact that we trust […]