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Today we continue our journey through the Old Testament, as we wrap up our look at Job. What a great example of Godliness Job was! I feel fairly certain in saying that very few of us would “keep the faith” as well as Job did under similar circumstances. Here's Pastor Bill with today's study in Job chapter one...

Reality TV shows are all the rage these days. People are put to the test with the chance to win big prizes and piles of money. Today on Hope From the Word, we'll meet a man who was a contestant in the ultimate reality show, a man named Job. Job was a very successful and rich man, the greatest man in his land, according to God's own words. But God allowed Satan to test Job's faith by taking virtually everything he had. How would Job react? What were the stakes of this high-powered test of faith? We'll find out as we make our way though this book, a book some Biblical experts think is the oldest book in the entire Bible! Here's our teacher, Pastor Bill Luebkemann in Job...

Fortunes can come and go quite quickly.  If you need proof, just look at all of those who have won the lottery and ended up losing it all!  Today on Hope From the Word, we'll continue a look at the life of a man who had everything a person could desire, from a material point of view. But Job also had something far more important and valuable, a rock solid faith in God. As we'll see as we go along in our series through Job, he definitely needed every ounce of it! Here's Pastor Bill Luebkemann with Job's first temptation...

Today we journey through Job, and what we're going to observe here is the life of a man who had great faith in God, and needed it! God Himself described Job as blameless and upright, and yet Job was put to the test as his world fell apart around him. Maybe you feel as though that's happening to you?  God has the grace to see us through. Join us now as Pastor Bill introduces us to the amazing man from the land of Uz, Job, here on Hope From the Word...

Tired of dividing your attention between your family and your work? The two don't have to be separate.

When we open the window of hope that’s been stained by shame, we will see clearly that there was a purpose for our pain.

Up until now, Job’s logic has been black-and-white. When God shows up, we can finally see things in color. Like broken shards of glass reflecting the morning sunlight, God uses the shattered, sinful hearts of mankind to point us to our need for Him. Reflected in fragments of earthly suffering and broken human logic, discover the brilliant, beautiful hope of Christ. It is in our willingness to be broken that we get to know Him.

Are you a student of God? Most people like to feel competent. We don’t like to get too involved in something we don’t know much about. One major takeaway from Job, is that we all have a limited knowledge of God and need to be teachable. Today, Dr. McGee shows us that God is a patient but powerful teacher. Don’t let your inexperience with God keep you from trusting what you do know about Him.

When we walk with God, we walk above our circumstances instead of beneath them. As Elihu continues his discourse, he offers a lot of spiritual wisdom to Job and us today. He declares that God is trustworthy and shouldn’t be questioned. Be encouraged today in knowing you can lean on God as your source of truth and joy, even in the midst of suffering.

God doesn’t owe you an answer. Elihu shares this truth with Job, even though it was probably hard to hear. The Christian life is a journey through the darkness of this world and someday into the light of God’s kingdom. But for now, while we wait in darkness, we must trust God to lead us.