| Title | Reference | Description | Publish Date |
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Dealing With Depression
| Job 3:1-26 |
Some of the most godly men in the Bible and in church history have suffered great depths of
depression in their lives. Job, Elijah and Moses all broke under the strain of their ministry and prayed
that they might die. This depression is something that effects us in our bodies. It is more than in the mind or
simply negative thoughts. It takes over the whole person.
| 2010-06-12 |
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False Accusations
| Job 20-21 |
Job suffers for reasons he does not know and never does find out. He has been slandered
by his "friends" and yet he maintains his faith in God. There have been many false accusations
in the Bible.
| 2010-08-30 |
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God, My Enemy
| Job 15-17 |
Job's wife and friends had turned on him, becoming his worse critics. As Job's losses accumulate, he
becomes lower in his dispair. It is the friends that really bring him down. As Job mainains his
innocence, his "friends" mantain their attack.
| 2010-07-02 |
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Helping The Hurting
| Job 4-7 |
Sometimes your "friend" can be your enemy. Job's three "friends" and his wife who did their best
to get Job down. These came the closest to wearing Job out. They are doing the work of the enemy. Much of Job is about the
dialogue between Job and his friends which then becomes a debate between them and finally ends up as a dispute.
In the end, God has to bring resolution to it as it gets out of hand.
| 2010-06-26 |
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How Great Is Our God
| Job 25-28 |
The consistent theme throughout the book of Job is God. The three friends of Job are trying to use God
for their own purposes. They have decided that God needs to be defended and they need to defame Job. Job
has a different approach to God. Job doesn't understand why God doesn't rescue him but exalts Him.
| 2010-08-30 |
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How to Stand When You Don't Understand
| Job |
As you go through life, you will find many things that will not make sense to you. You may turn
to God and ask why. And that just might be the time when heaven will be absolutely silent.
Job was someone who understands what that feels like.
| 2007-12-24 |
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Job - A Man Stripped Bare
| Job |
When the props are knocked out from under you, let the love of Christ hold you up. Learn from the example of Job.
| 2007-08-23 |
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The Final Exam
| Job 38-40 |
Job is about to subjected to an exam to which he does not have any answers. God is going to put to an exam
by God. Job finally gets what he wanted. An audience with God to state his case. He is going to regret it! Job gets
no answers to his sufferings. God does not have to reveal His sovereign plan.
| 2010-08-30 |
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The Gospel According To Job
| Job 8-9 |
Job's friends present to the mind of Job a distorted image of God. Now we meet Bildad the Shuhite.
He is generally considered the least comforting of Job's friends. He is a cold, intellectual thinker
and a hard-nosed debator. He sees every issue in life as black or white. He prides himself in his
straightforward, no nonsense approach to everything.
| 2010-07-01 |
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The Suffering Of Job
| Job | While God might use sufferings as punishment for sins, (See 1 Corinthians 11:30)
sufferings can also be used as correction when a believer errs or for chastisement
to draw the godly person closer to God. This last one is what God does in the life
of his servant Job. | 2007-08-18 |
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When Trials Become Our Teacher
| Job 2:1-13 |
In Job's story the question is, "can a man lose everything and still follow God?".
Job proves it is possible to worship God in difficult times. Even if God
does not give us the answers. The circumstances of life do not have to alter our commitment to the
Almighty God. If God will see us to heaven, then He will see us through today till tomorrow.
| 2010-06-12 |
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Where Is God When I Need Him?
| Job 22-24 |
The friends of Job sent letters to Job. Their letters were scathing, untrue and scandalous. They should never have been
sent but they were. They did not hold their anger but unloaded it. Job is reeling under this constant barrage. Eliphaz turns
this debate into a trial. Job is lying on an ash heap and his "friends" are attacking him rather than any advice or concern about his
suffering. They lie about Job in their attacks.
| 2010-08-30 |