For Teenagers: When Things Go Wrong - Wait for God
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When Things Go WrongA Study from the Book of Job
When things go wrong ..Worship Him
Look to God
Reach out to hurting people
Wait for God’s help
Wait for God’s help
Look Beyond yourself
Give God time to work
Focus on the Future
Focus
What’s the big idea?God promises to help us when we trust Him
Why does it matter?It requires patience and faith to trust God
How do I live it?Trust God’s timing when you ask Him for help
abd believe in His promises no matter what you have to endure
The Book of Job
Oldest Book in Bible
Author: UnknownJob: Lived during or before Abraham
Memory Work and Drills!
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Psalms 23
Numbers 6:24-26The Lord bless you and keep you
The Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you The Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.
Psalms 127:1
Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain.Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.
Psalms 20:7
Some trust in chariots and some in horses, But we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
Isaiah 41:10
So do not fear, for I am with you;Do not be dismayed, for I am your God.I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Psalms 86:15
But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.
Memory Work and Drills!
Isaiah 41:10
Psalms 20:7
Psalms 127:1
Numbers 6:24-26Jer 29:11
Psalms 23
Psalms 86:15
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Last lesson: Be compassionate
MMDD
Write down something which had caused you to be hurt, feel resentful and bitter.(something that still stirs up the same feeling in you now)
(BACK)
Write something encouraging and comforting. Encourage the person from God’s word.
Put into the box and pick another one
Pray for someone in your cell
Share a testimony
Wait for God’s help
Look Beyond yourself
Give God time to work
Focus on the Future
Job 42:21 Then Job replied to the LORD:
2 “I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
Jer 17:7-8
“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream.It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green.It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”
God’s Presence
The Fear Meter
10 minutes
1. Apprehensive2. Fearful3. Terrified
Wait for God’s help
Look Beyond yourself
Give God time to work
Focus on the Future
Is waiting on God wasting time? Ps 27:14 What do we do while waiting for God to change our situation or bring suffering to an end?
Why do we have to wait on God’s timing?
Is waiting on God wasting time?James 5:11
Wait for God’s help
Look Beyond yourself
Give God time to work
Focus on the Future
What really is going on ?
Earthly Realm Spiritual RealmWasting away Being renewed day
by day.Light and momentary troubles
Eternal glory
What is seen What is unseenTemporary Eternal
2 Cor 4: 16-18
Learnings from Job
Our problems have a purpose it’s OK if we don’t understand what the purpose is
Help is on the way our suffering won’t last forever
Stay close to God and trust Him to know what is best