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Who Do You Trust In Life' Storms Series
Contributed by Keith Crouch on Apr 30, 2005 (message contributor)
Summary: This is the first of three sermons in a series that takes a biblical look at dealing with the storms of life.
Who Do You Trust in Life’s Storm’s?
Job 13:15
I. Can You Trust God When You in Extreme Suffering?
A. Life’s storm attacked Job financially (Job 1:13-17)
The Storms will:
• Check where our treasure is located
• Check who our master is in reality
B. Life’s storm attacked Job’s family ( Job 1:18-22)
C. Life’s storm attacked Job’s fitness (Job 2:7-8)
D. Life’s storm caused an attack on Job’s face (Job 4:7)
1. His character was called into question
2. His righteousness was called into question
II. Can You Trust God When You are Forsaken? ( Job 19:14, 19)
A. Job was forsaken by his remaining family (Job 2:9)
Two Things to Remember:
• His wife had lost everything also
• The devil will use those closest to us at times to bring us down
B. Job was forsaken by his friends (Job 4-37)
1. He was forsaken by their bad counsel
2. He was forsaken by their accusations
C. Job was faithful while being forsaken (Job 19:25-27)
III. Can You Trust God in the Darkness of Life’s Storms?
A. Job did not understand the darkness of this storm (Job 23:8-9)
B. Job desired a reason from God (Job 23:2-5)
C. Job stood faithfully on God even in darkness (Job 23:10-12)
IV. What Did Job Discover in Life’s Storm?
A. He discovered God’s supreme sovereignty in life (Job 38:3-7)
B. He discovered God’s staying sufficiency in life (Job 42:5)
C. He discovered God’s supplying sympathy (Job 42:10-15)