Sabbath. Study. Serve.

Sabbath, Study, Serve 

Taking the Sermon Into Our Week 

Scripture of the Week: Job 3: 1-10, 4: 1-9, 7: 11-21

From the Sermon:

Up until this point Job has friends who had been sitting with him in ________.

As soon as Job makes this statement they feel like all of sudden Job is attacking _____ and so they jump to ______ defense.

The foundation of his faith life had been _______.

We don’t know what to say in times  of pain so we just start to say anything that comes to ______.

Job is trying to express his ________ to God - and that’s okay!

Reflection Questions:

Have you ever had someone come and accompany you in that pain? If so, what was that experience like?

What did folks say or do that brought you comfort? And what do you wish would have been left unsaid?

Is our faith adequate for times of trouble? 

How would we respond if we had pain in our lives that just wouldn’t go away? 

How do we pray to God in times of a crisis?

Prayer:

Lord, we ask for the courage to sit in silence with someone in pain. We ask for the strength to simply be and not try to fix. We ask for the heart of Christ and the wisdom of the Holy Spirit. Be with us, we pray. Amen.