WHEN A MATURE BELIEVER GIVES THANKS (11 OF 11)
by Stan Coffey
Scripture: JOB 1:20-22
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When a Mature Believer Gives Thanks (11 of 11)
Series: What's In It For Me?
Stan Coffey
Job 1:20-22
I want you to turn to Job chapter 1. Most of us know the story of Job. He lost everything he had. He had everything and then he lost everything and this is a verse when Job is faced with this terrible trial of having lost everything. This is his response as he tries to evaluate what has happened to him and possibly why it has happened to him. In Job chapter 1 verse 20, as he receives the final word that he has lost not only his possessions; not only his camels, oxen, sheep, crops, barns, but now he has also lost his sons and daughters and their families. His children and grandchildren have died.
Job 1:20-22 ''And Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped. 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.''
When the New England colonies were first planted, as you know from history, the settlers faced many hardships, may depravations as they sought to carve out into the wilderness a community where they could worship God according to the dictates of their own conscience. Many times they would face such difficulties that they were tempted even to give up and go back home to the motherland. But it seemed that God would see them through. It seemed that when these times came every year they set aside a time for fasting and prayer that the Lord would sustain them through the hard winter. But there came a time when someone rose up and said, you know, God has been good to us, we have crops that have made a good harvest, our families are blessed with good health, we are making tremendous progress here in the new land, we are now worshipping God in freedom, we have established a church here in this new land. God has been so good. This year instead of calling for a time of fasting and prayer, why don't we have a ...
Series: What's In It For Me?
Stan Coffey
Job 1:20-22
I want you to turn to Job chapter 1. Most of us know the story of Job. He lost everything he had. He had everything and then he lost everything and this is a verse when Job is faced with this terrible trial of having lost everything. This is his response as he tries to evaluate what has happened to him and possibly why it has happened to him. In Job chapter 1 verse 20, as he receives the final word that he has lost not only his possessions; not only his camels, oxen, sheep, crops, barns, but now he has also lost his sons and daughters and their families. His children and grandchildren have died.
Job 1:20-22 ''And Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped. 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.''
When the New England colonies were first planted, as you know from history, the settlers faced many hardships, may depravations as they sought to carve out into the wilderness a community where they could worship God according to the dictates of their own conscience. Many times they would face such difficulties that they were tempted even to give up and go back home to the motherland. But it seemed that God would see them through. It seemed that when these times came every year they set aside a time for fasting and prayer that the Lord would sustain them through the hard winter. But there came a time when someone rose up and said, you know, God has been good to us, we have crops that have made a good harvest, our families are blessed with good health, we are making tremendous progress here in the new land, we are now worshipping God in freedom, we have established a church here in this new land. God has been so good. This year instead of calling for a time of fasting and prayer, why don't we have a ...
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