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Job Chapter 3 Explained When Sorrow Finds Its Voice. Job chapter 3 records Job’s first words after seven days of silence. He does not curse God, as Satan predicted, but he does curse the day of his birth. His suffering has become so overwhelming that he wishes he had never been born. Job curses the…
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Holding On When Everything Goes Wrong A Sermon from Job Chapter 2 Main text: “What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?”—Job 2:10 Job chapter 2 brings us face to face with a difficult question: Will we continue to trust God when everything goes wrong? It is…
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Job Chapter 2—Faithful in the Furnace of Affliction Job had already lost his possessions, his servants and all ten of his children. Yet despite his broken heart, he refused to turn against God. Satan had claimed that Job served the Lord only because of the blessings he had received, but Job’s faith remained firm when…
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Job Chapter 1 Explained Faithful When Everything Is Taken Away Job chapter 1 introduces us to a man named Job, who lived in the land of Uz. He was a godly, honest man who respected God and rejected evil. Job was greatly blessed: he had a large family, many servants, and considerable wealth. Yet his…
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The Healing Grace of Forgiveness When someone wounds your heart within,Don’t let it fill your soul with sin;Though painful memories may remain,Forgiveness breaks the heavy chain. When friends forsake and loved ones fail,And bitter thoughts begin to sail,Remember Christ upon the tree—He freely gave His life for thee. “Forgive our debts,” we humbly pray,“As we…
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The Lord’s Prayer: The Power of Forgiveness One of the fundamental principles of the Christian faith is forgiveness. We could call it part of the Christian’s code of conduct. It sets the child of God apart from the spirit of this world and draws us closer to the Lord. Jesus taught us to pray: “And…
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What Will Heaven Be Like? Heaven will be a place of perfect beauty, peace, holiness, and joy in the presence of God. It will be far more wonderful than anything our minds can fully imagine. The Bible says: “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things…
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Only One Life Only one life—it soon will pass,Like morning mist upon the grass;The years may come, the years may go,But when they end, we do not know. The wealth of earth will fade away,Its gold and silver cannot stay;No house or treasure can we keep,When in the grave our bodies sleep. But every deed…
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The Man Who Built Bigger Barns Luke 12:16–21 A wealthy man surveyed his field,And praised the harvest it would yield;“My barns are full—what shall I do?I need more space to store this too.” “I’ll pull them down and build once more,With bigger barns and room to store;My grain and goods will safely stay,And I can…
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The Man Who Built Bigger Barns Based on Luke 12:16–21 There was once a rich farmer whose land produced an abundant harvest. His fields were overflowing with grain, and he had gathered so much that his barns could not contain it all. He looked across his prosperous fields and thought to himself, “What shall I…