Prayer
Hymn: Victory in Jesus
Memory Verse: Philippians 4:6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray
about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done.
(The New Living Translation)
Lesson: Trust
Bible Character: Job
Background: Job was a blessed
and happy man living his life surrounded by a community of believers who were
also committed to God. Job not only cared about his relationship with God but
also took great pains to insure his children were also right with God. One day
when everything seemed to be going well, Job received a message that raiders
had stolen all of his animals and killed his farmhands. He received a second
message that his sheep and shepherds had been killed. Immediately following, a
third messenger arrived and informed him that his camels had been stolen and
their keepers killed. Before he could consider anything further, a fourth
messenger arrived with news that all of his children had been killed in the
sudden collapse of a home. Devastated beyond imagination, Job fell to the
ground and worshipped according to what he believed.
Opening
Remarks: What we believe will affect…
First Principle: … what we are
willing to attempt.
Scripture Reference:
Job 1:21
He said, “I came naked from my
mother’s womb, and I will be naked when I leave. The Lord gave me what I had, and
the Lord has taken it away.
Praise the name of the Lord!”
Praise the name of the Lord!”
Meaning: Because Job trusted
God and believed that God was good and merciful and kind and caring, Job
attempted to maintain a right attitude towards God. He acknowledged God and
praised His name.
Question: How can we better
coach ourselves through moments of fear?
Conclusion: When we trust God
and believe that He is good and merciful and kind and caring, we also will push
ourselves into Him in times of trouble and concern.
Remarks:
What we believe will affect…
Second Principle: … what w: are able
to endure.
Scripture Reference:
Job 2:8-10
Job scraped his skin with a piece
of broken pottery as he sat among the ashes. His wife said to him, “Are you
still trying to maintain your integrity? Curse God and die.” But Job replied, “You talk like a foolish woman. Should we accept
only good things from the hand of God and never anything bad?” So in all this,
Job said nothing wrong.
Meaning: Because Job
trusted God and believed that God was good and merciful and kind and caring, he
attempted to continue living a godly and worshipful life while enduring his
grief, the physical pain in his own body, the division in his home, and the
accusations of his friends.
Question: What advice would
you have given Job and would it have encouraged or discouraged him to trust
God?
Conclusion: Job continued to
maintain his integrity according to what he believed and not according to his
most recent experiences.
Remarks:
What we believe will affect…
Third Principle: … what we are
empowered to overcome. Scripture Reference:
Job 42:10
When Job prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes. In fact, the Lord gave him twice as much as before!
Meaning: Because Job
trusted God and believed that God was good and merciful and kind and caring, he
was empowered to overcome the obstacles of life.
Question: What would you
attempt if you believed God would help you endure the process and overcome the
obstacles?
Conclusion: Job continued to
trust God which gave him the power to overcome every obstacle.
Pastor Ron and the
Rest of the Story …
Job 1:22 In all of this, Job did not sin by blaming
God.
What
did Job believe that caused him to overcome? His Perspective …
Principle
before Problem
Job 19 NLT
23 ¶ “Oh, that my words could
be recorded. Oh, that they could be inscribed on a monument,
24 carved with an iron chisel
and filled with lead, engraved forever in the rock.
25 As for me, I know that my
Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last.
26 And after my body has
decayed, yet in my body I will see God!
27 I will see him for myself.
Yes, I will see him with my own eyes. I am overwhelmed at the thought!”
The
last two verses of the book of Job give the results of living a life entrusted
to God …
Job
42
16 Job lived 140 years after that, living to see
four generations of his children and grandchildren.
17 Then he died, an old man who had lived a
long, full life.
Pre-Praise &
Worship Prayer
will be hosted by one of our Elders, John and Fronnie LeBlanc in the Sanctuary
Studio. Worship will begin in just a few minutes.
