Pain Pain PainJob 1:20-22

Have you ever...

Have you ever...

Do you like to experience pain and suffering?

Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?- God

Could God say the same of us? (Let us take a moment to confess our sins to God & ask for forgiveness.)

20 Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. 21 And he said, Naked I came from my mothers womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. 22 In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.- Job 1:20-21

Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?- God

9 Then his wife said to him, Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die. 10 But he said to her, You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.- Job 2:9-10

3 Keys to Facing Pain

20 Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. 21 And he said, Naked I came from my mothers womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. 22 In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.- Job 1:20-21

3 Keys to Facing Pain1) Recognize that the Lord ___________.2) Acknowledge that the Lord ___________.3) ____________ the name of the Lord.

20 Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. 21 And he said, Naked I came from my mothers womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. 22 In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.- Job 1:20-21

3 Keys to Facing Pain1) Recognize that the Lord gives.2) Acknowledge that the Lord ___________.3) ____________ the name of the Lord.

Everything we have comes from the Lord.

In Him we live and move and have our being.- Acts 17:28

Grace vs. Entitlement

Every good and perfect gift comes from above.

It's all by the grace of God.

3 Keys to Facing Pain1) Recognize that the Lord gives.2) Acknowledge that the Lord ___________.3) ____________ the name of the Lord.

20 Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. 21 And he said, Naked I came from my mothers womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. 22 In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.- Job 1:20-21

3 Keys to Facing Pain1) Recognize that the Lord gives.2) Acknowledge that the Lord takes away.3) ____________ the name of the Lord.

Clarification:We do not mean that God is the author of evil.

God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.- 1 John 1:5

20 Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. 21 And he said, Naked I came from my mothers womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. 22 In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.- Job 1:20-21

What we mean is that God does allow evil to occur.

Why???

We must believe that God is good.

We must believe that God is sovereign.

We must believe that God has a plan.

3 Keys to Facing Pain1) Recognize that the Lord gives.2) Acknowledge that the Lord takes away.3) ____________ the name of the Lord.

20 Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. 21 And he said, Naked I came from my mothers womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. 22 In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.- Job 1:20-21

3 Keys to Facing Pain1) Recognize that the Lord gives.2) Acknowledge that the Lord takes away.3) Bless the name of the Lord.

To bless the name of the Lord is to worship Him.

To bless the name of the Lord is to worship Him.

3 Keys to Facing Pain1) Recognize that the Lord gives.2) Acknowledge that the Lord takes away.3) Bless the name of the Lord.

3 Keys to Facing Pain

Pain Pain PainJob 1:20-22