THE POWER OF SILENCE

Job 2:11, 13- Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, each one came from his own place–Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment together to come and mourn with him, and to comfort...

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KEEPING YOUR BALANCE

Job 2:10- But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips. An old Arab proverb says, “All sun and no rain makes...

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YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU

Job 1:21-And he said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” A few years ago, advice columnist Ann Landers printed a supposedly true story of a tightfisted husband...

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RUBBLE REACTION

Job 1:20-Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and worshiped. A Sunday school teacher was giving an object lesson on reactions. She placed a glass on a small table and carefully filled it to the brim with water. Then she...

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LION ON A LEASH

Job 1:11-12-“But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face!” So the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not lay a hand on his person.” So Satan went out...

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GOD’S HEDGE

Job 1:9-10- So Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing? Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the...

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GOD’S HEDGE

Job 1:9-10- So Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing? Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the...

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A FAMILY MAN

Job 1:5-So it was, when the days of feasting had run their course, that Job would send and sanctify them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned...

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