What a great week of readings! The book of Job reintroduced us to Satan and showed us that humans who live uprightly may still experience suffering that they will never understand in this life.
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Today’s reading is Job 22-24
Questions:
-Have you ever felt any of the emotions Job experienced?
-Do you feel free to express these emotions to God in prayer?
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Today’s reading is Job 18-21
Questions:
-Examine how you think about God’s justice. Like Bildad and Zophar, do you assume that justice means good things happen to good people, and bad things happen to bad people?
-If so, how do you need to change your thinking in light of the book of Job?
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Today’s reading is Job 14-17
Question:
-Pray that God will help you respond to suffering with trust even when you don’t understand God’s ways.
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Today’s reading is Job 10-13
Question:
-How do you respond to God when things get difficult?
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Today’s reading is Job 6-9
Questions:
-Job expressed his deep anguish to God about his suffering through vivid word pictures. Do you sometimes feel such emotions when you are suffering?
-Do you feel free to be honest with God about such sufferings?
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The book of Job attacks the idea that good things happen to good people, and bad things happen to bad people. This book will answer the question: how should God’s people respond to evil and suffering?
Week 4: Day 1
Today’s reading is Job 1-5
Actions:
-If you are suffering today, express to God your trust in him in the midst of your suffering.
-If you know someone who is suffering, pray that this person will trust God and draw closer to him in their suffering.
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He will explain several positives and negatives to taking on such an important task, as detailed below.
Bible Reading Is Intimidating
1) Expect opposition
2) Expect to be shocked
3) Expect to be confused
a. God conceals many things that we’d like to know.
b. What he has revealed is often hard to understand.
c. Christ has given teachers to the church.
Nine Blessings to Expect from the Bible
1) Expect your faith to be deepened and strengthened.
2) Expect God to do serious, liberating work in your life.
3) Expect new power in war with Satan.
4) Expect a deep, sanctifying work in your life.
5) Expect to become a more loving person to those around you.
6) Expect that even though you are now saved in a decisive way, you’re going to go on being saved by the Scriptures.
7) Expect joy – great joy, unshakable joy – that the world does not know.
8) Expect to meet God.
9) Expect to see the glory of Christ.
John Piper is founder and teacher of Desiring God and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary.
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For more information on Bethlehem College & Seminary, check out https://bcsmn.edu/
Special thanks to John Piper and Desiring God for graciously letting us translate their material into sign language for the deaf to enjoy and benefit from.
What a great week of readings!
The two main characters we learned about were Jacob and Joseph. However, above all else we
saw firsthand the providence of a good God despite the worst of human treachery.
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Today’s reading is Genesis 47-50
Question:
-How might you bless people around you today?
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