“💕I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works." - ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭9:1-2‬ ‭KJV‬‬

INTRODUCTION TO BOOK 
AUTHOR
PASTOR MARK RILEY

Self-pity will get you into a lot of trouble

PRAYER - "Prayers Of The Righteous Can Be Hindered"

Job's friend, Bildad, asserted his misguided opinion. To paraphrase, he said, "If your kids had not sinned, they would not be dead." "If your heart was pure, your prayers would be answered." WRONG. Paul spoke of a great open door for ministry, "but there are many adversaries." This is not the Garden of Eden. The thief steals, kills and destroys indiscriminately. Consequently, righteous men often suffer great losses.

Job 8:5,6 - "If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee."

PRINCIPALS - "The Devil"

George Barna's 2006 survey showed that 68% of Catholics, 45% of Evangelicals, and 55% of Americans deny Satan's existence. But don't kid yourself. Unless you are prepared to burn your Bible, you'd better believe there is a devil. The Bible mentions "the devil" 61 times, "devils" 55 times, and "Satan" 55 times. Jesus said, "I beheld Satan."

Audio Sermon “FAITH IN JESUS”

Job 1:7 - "And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”

PRINCIPLES - "The Unadvisable Propensity For Self-Pity". 

We act too much like Job. We get weary of life. We want to know why things do not go better than they do. We are tempted to complain that God is not giving us a fair treatment. But we must learn from Job's mistakes. Job said a lot of things that should not have been said, and God eventually rebuked him for them. Self-pity will get you into a lot of trouble. Practice keeping your mouth shut.

Job 10:1 - "I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul."

PROPHECIES - "The Daysman"

Job responded to Bildad by arguing that God is Sovereign, and does as He pleases. But cynicism was

in his voice. Job could not understand why God allowed him to suffer. He felt powerless to persuade God to change his circumstance. He yearned for a "daysman" - an intercessor between him and God. Job would have rejoiced to meet our daysman - Jesus Christ.

Job 9:32 - "He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment. Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both."

Always look at the characters of people who are attacking you!