In this message, Pastor Ricky teaches from the Old Testament book of Job about what it looks like to trust God in all circumstances! As we head into a new year, how can we suffer well? That’s what we explore in this message.
Sermon Notes
Hallelujah Anyhow
Frustration of the Heart
Suffering is inevitable
Suffering is lengthy
Suffering is confusing
Tension Question
How can I suffer well in the unknown of 2022?
3 Ways to suffer well
Honesty with God
Humility towards God
Hope in God
“we can’t preach a suburban Gospel, for it camps at the edge of the city, it does not enter the affairs of the great traffic of life, it deals with the manageable themes, inoffensive advice but does not cut at the heart and core of what human existence is all about and yet we have a Gospel that deals with the of our human existence.” - Gardner C Taylor
Job 13:13-15
3 Ways to suffer well
Honesty with God
“Let me have silence, and I will speak, and let come on me what may. Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hand?” – Job 13:13-14
“But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.” Job 13:3
The wrong way to question God
“Lord, you say you love me, but why did you allow this?”
The right way to question God
“Lord, can you help me understand why are you doing this?
“Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us.”- Psalm 62:8
“…casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.” – 1 Peter 5:7
Expressing our emotions can cut the effect of our pain in half, not expressing them can double the pain.
3 Ways to suffer well
Honesty with God
Humility Towards God
“Though he slay me, I will hope in him; yet I will argue my ways to his face.” – Job 13:15
We don’t live by explanations; we live by promises.
“Sometimes the safest place is the hardest place” Rosie Harris
“You are good and do good; teach me your statutes.” – Psalm 119:68
3 Ways to suffer well
Honesty with God
Humility towards God
Hope in God
“Though he slay me, I will hope in him; yet I will argue my ways to his face.” – Job 13:15
