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  • Ricky Burke avatar

    What Should I Do When Life Takes A Turn For The Worse? Series

    Contributed by Ricky Burke on Dec 8, 2000
    based on 135 ratings
     | 8,168 views

    This is the fourth sermon in a series of messages called, "When Life Takes a Turn for the Worse."

    We are currently doing a series of studies on the book of Job, which records the struggles of a good man whose life took a turn for the worse. You remember. He lost his finances, his children, his health, and his marriage - one right after the other. And this book has helped us answer some ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Frequently Asked Question

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 64 ratings
     | 8,429 views

    The answer to Job’s anguished question of "Why?" does not come in words but in presence.

    I met Janet at a party, several years ago, the kind of combination business/social gathering where people talk shop, and network, and make superficial small talk. It’s the sort of event I usually avoid if at all possible, but of course it wasn’t always possible. Anyway, for some reason Janet ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Softing Of The Heart

    Contributed by Tim Parsons on Aug 27, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,686 views

    This sermon deals with softing our heart and a look at Job and see what we can learn

    The Softening of the Heart Job 23:1-17 (text v. 16) 1. Verses 1-6, Job is saying? I would come and let God know just how I feel, and He’d give me strength. 2. Verses 7-9? It was like a game of hide & seek. Job cannot sense God’s presence. Sometimes you will find yourself in some extreme ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Suffering With God

    Contributed by Robbie Parsons on Oct 4, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,095 views

    In the middle of intense suffering, Job proclaims that God knows and takes notice of our suffering. He also tells us that God is in control of the suffering. Lastly, we will see that God rewards endurance.

    Job has gone through some tough times. In Job, we see him enduring all four major forms of suffering that humankind faces. He faces the loss of income and security, the loss of valued possessions, the loss of loved ones and the loss of health. Either one would be enough do deal with, but Job ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Bruce Ball avatar

    Seeing The Son In Our Storms

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Mar 6, 2006
    based on 89 ratings
     | 31,893 views

    (Evening Service) During our storms, we must keep focused on 1) God will not leave us 2) God’s timing is perfect and 3)we MUST remain faithful.

    An old dog fell into a dry well. The farmer heard the dog yelping and went to look. He sympathized with his loyal dog, but decided that neither the dog nor the well were worth the trouble to save them. So, he hauled a large wagon of dirt to the well and, shovel by shovel, began to fill in the ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    The Challenge Of Turning Critics Into Friends

    Contributed by Ray Ellis on Mar 13, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,299 views

    Job learned how to handle criticism and with God’s help turned his critics into friends.

    The Challenge of Turning Critics into Friends Job 23:10-14 How do you handle criticism? Job had his share of critics. He learned to handle his critics with class. God helped Job turn his critics into friends. In fact God encouraged his critics to become prayer partners with Job. Job ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

  • Brian Atwood avatar

    Where Is God When I'm Hurting? Series

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on Mar 9, 2007
    based on 61 ratings
     | 27,671 views

    Suffering is never easy, but understanding what God is up to helps us cooperate with Him in the process of using our pain for good results.

    One of the biggest speed bumps to understanding God can be our encounters with pain and suffering. The hurts we experience may stem from abandonment or abuse, sorrow and loss, fears and failures, setbacks and confrontations, chronic illness and pain - the list is long. We all hurt for a variety ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Buried Treasure

    Contributed by Brian Buriff on Jun 8, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,249 views

    With the movie theme Pirates Of The Caribbean, discover how Job not only obeyed God’s Word, but TREASURED God’s Word more than food, more than life.

    I. WHEN YOU THINK OF BURIED TREASURE – WHAT COMES TO MIND? A. Pirate Buried Treasure – Their Booty B. Shipwreck – Buried Treasure At Sea? II. LOOK WHAT JOB SAYS ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD A. Not Just Obeyed B. But Treasured Job 23:12 I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    I Shall Come Forth As Gold

    Contributed by W. Alderman on Jan 1, 2007
    based on 24 ratings
     | 11,178 views

    This message shows God’s higher purpose in letting us go through trials...

    “I SHALL COME FORTH AS GOLD” Text: Job 23:1-17 ; James 1:2-12 W. Max Alderman Introduction: No one enjoys trials from the human side only, because it goes against our flesh. It is only when you discover that God permits what you experience so that you may “come forth as ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When God Seems Distant

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Oct 10, 2007
    based on 24 ratings
     | 13,219 views

    When God seems to be miles away He’s doing His best work!

    When God Seems Distant Text: Job 23:8-10 “Look, I go forward, but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him; 9 When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him; When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him. 10 But He knows the way that I take; when He has tested me, I ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Going Through A Long Dark Tunnel

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Oct 14, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,419 views

    It takes faith to keep trying... to keep believing God is active in yourlife.

    20061015 19th Sunday after Pentecost B Slide 1 Title: Going Through a Long, Dark Tunnel Text: Job 23:1-10 Slide 2 Thesis: It takes faith to keep trying… to keep believing God is active in our lives. Introduction Tunnels… The Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel is located on the Continental ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Faith Can Survive When There Is Silence.

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Oct 16, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,279 views

    How Job handled God’s silence

    When was the last time you had a bad consumer experience? Sooner or later, most of us have some experience with the trade or business world that makes us wish we had an easy recourse for at least registering a complaint. There is, of course, the Better Business Bureau, and that agency can be quite ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Evidence Of Things Not Seen

    Contributed by Scott Carmer on Oct 17, 2006
     | 5,716 views

    Throughout his trials, Job called on his foundation of faith to cling to the evidence of God’s love even when it was not seen.

    Evidence of Things Not Seen Job 23:1-9, 16-17 October 15, 2006 Right after we were married, we bought our first couch. A really cheap couch. Had a wooden frame, cloth straps instead of springs, and cushions that never stayed in one place for very long. After I had been out of seminary for ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Tom Shepard avatar

    Seven Examples Of Testing In The Bible Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Oct 30, 2006
    based on 91 ratings
     | 213,521 views

    This sermon looks at seven examples of how people were tested in the Bible.

    Seven Examples of Testing Job 23:8-10 (HCSB) 8 If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot perceive Him. 9 When He is at work to the north, I cannot see Him; when He turns south, I cannot find Him. 10 Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Finding Faith In Hard Times

    Contributed by Allen Patterson on Nov 2, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,852 views

    Keeping our Faith in the face of emotional turmoil

    Job 23:10-14; Psalm 22:1-5; Hebrews 4:12-16 Introduction When I hear the words of the scriptures in today’s passages, I am reminded of the deep feelings of grief and sorrow that Job and David experienced. Job, the perfect man, as the Bible says, was feeling abandoned by God. David felt as if God ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible