How Would Your Life Be Different?

Job’s life was devastated by physical loss… How would you cope if you were limited

spiritually?

Job 1:13-22

How Would Your Life Be Different?• If you could no longer read the Bible?

Matthew 5:6; 2 Peter 3:18

Matthew 5:6“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for

righteousness, For they shall be filled.”

2 Peter 3:18“But grow in the grace and knowledge of our

Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.”

How Would Your Life Be Different?• If you could no longer read the Bible?

Matthew 5:6; 2 Peter 3:18• If you could no longer sing in worship?

Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16

Ephesians 5:19“Speaking to one another in psalms and

hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord”

Colossians 3:16“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in

all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”

How Would Your Life Be Different?• If you could no longer read the Bible?

Matthew 5:6; 2 Peter 3:18• If you could no longer sing in worship?

Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16• If you could no longer pray?

Philippians 4:6-7; 1 Thessalonians 5:17

Philippians 4:6-7“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by

prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

1 Thessalonians 5:17“Pray without ceasing.”

How Would Your Life Be Different?• If you could no longer read the Bible?

Matthew 5:6; 2 Peter 3:18• If you could no longer sing in worship?

Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16• If you could no longer pray?

Philippians 4:6-7; 1 Thessalonians 5:17• If you could not assemble for worship

1 Corinthians 14:26; Hebrews 10:24-25

1 Corinthians 14:26“How is it then, brethren? Whenever you

come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.”

Hebrews 10:24-25“And let us consider one another in order to

stir up love and good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.”

How Would Your Life Be Different?• If you could no longer read the Bible?

Matthew 5:6; 2 Peter 3:18• If you could no longer sing in worship?

Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16• If you could no longer pray?

Philippians 4:6-7; 1 Thessalonians 5:17• If you could not assemble for worship

1 Corinthians 14:26; Hebrews 10:24-25• If you couldn’t tell others about Christ

Romans 1:16; Mark 16:15

Romans 1:16“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of

Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.”

Mark 16:15“And He said to them, "Go into all the world

and preach the gospel to every creature.”

ConclusionIf our answer to the above five questions is

something along the lines of…

It wouldn’t be much different…Then we had better take a better look at our

lives and priorities!

Final question: What if you served the Lord to the best of your abilities? How would your life be different?