Old Testament Challenge3 Where is God When it Hurts

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Old Testament Challenge3Where is God When it
Hurts?
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Where was Uz?
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Jobs story is our story
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This is a play on two levels
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How do you respond to deep loss?
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Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his
head and he fell to the ground and worshiped.
Job 120 (NKJV)
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And he said Naked I came from my mothers womb,
And naked shall I return there. The LORD gave,
and the LORD has taken away Blessed be the name
of the LORD.Job 121 (NKJV)
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In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with
wrong. Job 122 (NKJV)
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Then the LORD said to Satan, Have you considered
My servant Job, that there is none like him on
the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who
fears God and shuns evil?
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And still he holds fast to his integrity,
although you incited Me against him, to destroy
him without cause.Job 23 (NKJV)
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Quid Pro Quo
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Quid Pro Quo One thing in return for another.
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Who is on trial?
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Then his wife said to him, Do you still hold
fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!Job
29 (NKJV)
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But he said to her, You speak as one of the
foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good
from God,
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and shall we not accept adversity? In all this
Job did not sin with his lips.Job 210 (NKJV)
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Now when Jobs three friends heard of all this
adversity that had come upon him, each one came
from his own placeEliphaz the Temanite, Bildad
the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite.
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For they had made an appointment together to come
and mourn with him, and to comfort him. Job
211 (NKJV)
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And if one member suffers, all the members suffer
with it or if one member is honored, all the
members rejoice with it.1 Corinthians 1226
(NKJV)
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all
comfort,2 Corinthians 13 (NKJV)
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Who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we
may be able to comfort those who are in any
trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves
are comforted by God. 2 Corinthians 14 (NKJV)
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Provide support in time of grief
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Job speaks
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There is value in silence
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Remember now, who ever perished being
innocent?Or where were the upright ever cut
oaff?Job 47 (NKJV)
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If your sons have sinned against Him,      He
has cast them away for their transgression.Job
84 (NKJV)
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No doubt you are the people,      And wisdom
will die with you!Job 122 (NKJV)
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You can be sincere but sincerely wrong
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Now a word was secretly brought to me,      And
my ear received a whisper of it.Job 412 (NKJV)
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To him who is afflicted, kindness should be
shown by his friend,Even though he forsakes the
fear of the Almighty.Job 614 (NKJV)
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God delights in creation
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Animals
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You can trust God