Job responds to God - September 3, 2023: full transcript and answers

▶ 0:04 We’re going to get started it’s good to be in God’s house this morning we want to welcome those online thank you for joining us let’s find our seats hallelujah let’s find our seats so we can stand and worship God amen amen good to be in God’s house we would like to welcome you this morning we’re going to sing a song called river of life let’s praise God this morning. Brothers sisters come on down of that river guaranteed you’ll never be the there’s a fountain flowing from the heart of the savior seon all your guilty saints let that river of life wash it all way have you been searching carrying burdens if you’ve been lost and looking for a home.

▶ 1:00 If you’ve been drifting something is missing you should know you are not. Alone brothers sisters come on down of that river guaranteed you’ll never be the there’s a fountain flowing from the heart of the savior bringing your s and all your guilty stains let that river life wash it all way. Brothers sisters come on down to that river guaranteed you’ll never be the same there’s a fountain flowing from the heart of the savior bring your sin in all your guilty st let that river life wash it all away let that river life wash it all let that river life wash it all.

▶ 2:02 Let’s say thank you for that river of life thank you Jesus thank you God thank you oh Lord for that river God Jesus you’re wonderful we worship you this morning we we you. Lord worthy is your wonderful. Name are you wor. In the blood in the blood in the soul cleansing blood of the lamb are your garments spotless are they white as s are youh in the blood of the lamb are youh are you in the blood in the blood in theing blood of lamb are your garments fatherless are they white as snow are you wased in the blood of the lamb have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power are you washed in the blood of the lamb are you fully trusting in his grace this hour in the blood of the lamb are you washed are you in the blood in the s cleansing blood of lamb are your garments spotless are they white as snow are you in the blood of lamb are you walking daily by the savor side are you washed in the blood of

▶ 3:33 the lamb do you rest each moment in the crucii are you washed in the blood of the lamb are you washed are youed in the blood in the blood in the s cing blood of lamb are your garments spotless are they white as snow are you in the blood of the lamb are you washed are you in the blood bl in the cleansing blood of the lamb are your garments spotless are they white as snow are you wased in the blood of the lamb I am washed I amed in the blood in the blood in the soul cleansing blood of the lamb yes my garments are spotless they are white as snow I am washed in the blood of the lamb.

▶ 4:28 Thank you. Thank you Lord we honor you this morning God we lift you up we lift you up Jesus. Jesus. Jesus hallelujah to the king of kings Lord of lords thank you oh God you’re. Wonderful we love you we love you. Lord for this next song I invite you to clap I invite you to stand I invite you to sing with all of your heart as we prepare and get ready for this next song uh let’s have that spirit of just giving Christ our all all of our worship amen amen. Amen oh praise the name the name above all names the mighty name of jesus.

▶ 5:28 Christ lift high the name the name above all names the mighty name of Jesus. Christ you are the cloud by day the pillar of fire by night living water and the breath of light our deliverer and our guide you are the city of refuge the son of righteousness prince of peace and our distress oh for the powerless. Andess praise the name oh praise the name the name above all names the mighty name of Jesus.

▶ 6:21 Christ lift high the name the name above all names the mighty name of Jesus. Christ you are the suffering servant the one who weeps with us man of sorrows and the Lord of love burden bearer and the merciful. Judge you are the great high priest and the sacrificial lamb eternal word and the son of man our great shepherd and the great I am. Oh praise the name the name above all names the mighty name of Jesus. Christ lift high the name the name above all names the mighty name of jesus.

▶ 7:22 Christ we lift up the name lift up the name lift up the name of Jesus we lift up the name join with the saint in every nation s we lift up the name lift up the name lift up the name of Jesus we lift up the name join with the saints in every nation. See. Oh praise the name. Oh the mighty. Name. Oh praise the name. Oh the mighty.

▶ 8:17 Name oh praise the name the name of above all names the mighty name of Jesus. Jesus. Christ lift high the name the name above all names the mighty name of Jesus oh praise the name the name all nam the mighty name of jes. Jus. Christ lift high the name the name above all names the mighty name of jesus.

▶ 9:15 Christ we exalt you we lift you up we praise. You we ex. You are high your name is great we invite you God you in the praises of your people we. Worship God speak to us oh God oh Lord make a way in our lives God oh make a way God gl restore us oh restore us oh God. You are the way maker miracle worker promise keeper light in the darkness my God that is who you are you are the way maker oh way maker miracle worker promise keeper light in the darkness my God that is who you are Jesus oh.

▶ 10:30 Way maker miracle worker promise keeper light in the darkness my God that is who you. Are oh who you are. Jesus. Jesus worthy is the Lord of lords king of kings you are my father. You are my Lord you are the spirit of the living. God and I will follow you yes I will follow you and I will serve you all of my days.

▶ 11:23 You are my Father you are are my Lord God you are the spirit of the living. God you are way maker miracle worker promise keep light in the darkness my God that is who you. Are even when I don’t feel it you’re working even and when I don’t see it you’re working you never stop you never stop you never stop you never stop working even when I don’t feel it you’re working even when I don’t see it you’re working you never stop you never stop working you never stop you never stop working way maker miracle worker promise keeper light in the darkness my God that is who you.

▶ 12:35 Are way maker miracle worker promise keeper light in the darkness my God that is who you. Are that is who you are Lord you are so much more Lord and we worship you we thank thank you oh. Lord great is the Lord he is worthy of praise he is great we thank you Lord we thank. You your way make. Go oh your way.

▶ 13:30 Make. Jesus. Jesus we exal ex. You worthy is your name. Jesus you deserve the praise worthy is your name worthy is your name. Jesus you deserve the praise worthy is your name worthy is your name it was my cross you bore so I could live in your freedom you died.

▶ 14:36 For and now my life is yours and I will sing of your goodness forever more worthy is your name. Jesus you deserve the praise wor worthy is your name worthy is your name. Jus you deserve the praise worthy is your name worthy is your name and now my shame name is gone I stand amazed in your love.

▶ 15:40 Undeniable your grace goes on and on and I will sing of your goodness forever more worthy is your name. Jesus you deserve the praise worthy is your name worthy is your name. Jesus you deserve the praise worthy is your name be exalted now in the heavens as your glory fills this place you alone deserve our praise you’re the name above all name be exalted now in the heaven as your glory fills this place you alone deserve our praise you’re the name above all.

▶ 16:49 Names worthy is your name. Jesus you deserve the praise worthy is your name worthy is your name. Jesus you deserve the praise worthy is your name worthy is your name. Oh.

▶ 17:57 Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh worthy. Is name. Oh I love you. Lord and I lift my voice.

▶ 18:56 To. Worship. You oh my soul. Rejoice take joy my king in what you. Hear let it be a sweet. Sweet. Sound in. Your let it be a sweet. Sweet. S in.

▶ 19:53 Your let it be a sweet. Sweet. Sound in. Your we. Wor is all we love. You how great how great is our God. Wonderful. All we love you worthy is our God worthy is his name somebody please pray this morning lift up invite Christ this morning just thank him.

▶ 21:01 Let’s ask somebody lift up their voice right now in just prayer to God beginning it was your will to bring us to yourself and that you would save us to the utmost every part of us every part of our being Jesus that you would save us thank you Jesus for your sacrifice thank you Jesus for your new life we praise you Lord we we give you all the honor all the glory we exalt you only not ourselves. Amen you may find your seats we’ve been talking about being complete and talking about jo Job and God calling us to be complete and what the word he uses is perfect and this song talks about that and uh expresses that so we’re going to sing the song.

▶ 22:13 Here I am oh God I bring this sacrifice my open. Heart I offer up my life I look to you. Lord you’re love. Never restores me. Again so I live my eyes to you. Lord in your strength will I break through Lord touch me. Now let your love fall down on me I know your love dispels all my fears.

▶ 23:09 Through the storm I will hold on. Lord and by faith I will walk on Lord then I’ll sing on my Calvary one day and I will be complete in. You so I lift my eyes to you. Lord in your strength will I break through. Touch me.

▶ 24:01 Now let your love fall down on. Me I know your love dispels all my fears through the storm I will hold on. Lord and by faith I will walk on Lord then I’ll see be on my Calvary one. Day and I will be. Complete I will be. Complet I will be complete in. You.

▶ 25:04 Lord we come before you this morning God we don’t want to just stay a little sprout on the ground God we want to grow we want to grow into your likeness as the scriptures say we’re created in your image and God we can grow and become in your likeness like the Psalms say I will not be satisfied until I awake and your liken. Lord Jesus this morning we pray that every one of us would have a desire in our hearts to continue to grow to grow into the full stature of Jesus Christ to the un of the unity of the faith we we ask this in your wonderful name Jesus your precious name amen amen you may find your seats this morning we’re going to continue on and look look at the way that Job responded to.

▶ 26:01 God and it’s very important to this part is very important so that we know how to respond to God how should we be responding to. God and to these kind of situations we want to be reminded that Satan was given. Permission uh I have a picture of wolf and sheep’s clothing that’s what Satan is sometimes he seems like he’s a friend but he’s. Not Isaiah chapter 5416 says that he’s created the waser to destroy Satan was created by God to destroy because God cannot do evil God cannot lie he doesn’t know how to do all these things there’s a story in the Bible of a king.

▶ 26:58 That uh God is up in heaven and he’s having this conversation about how who’s going to who’s going to who’s going to hurt this king or who’s going to bring judgment upon this king and then one you know evil spirit comes up and he’s like I’m going to be a lying spirit in his prophets you guys remember that story I don’t remember who it is exactly but that’s that’s you know God has got to bring judgment down and he uh has these conversations with the kingdom of darkness and this is what’s going on so go uh he created the waser to destroy Satan is that destroyer John 8:44 he was a murderer from the beginning there’s no truth in him he is a liar and the father of it in John 10:10 he says he’s the thief that comes to kill to steal to destroy and if you know that verse Jesus says but I have come to give you life and to give you life more abundantly.

▶ 28:00 So Job had accused God but did not have any evidence of his accusations with his friends he got to talk with his friends and his friends got him accusing God so we got to watch out what happens with our friends and what happens with what the things that we say uh you know keep those thoughts in your mind deal with them in your mind before they get out here. Right cuz uh words can uh cause a problem they can cause a problem in as a spouse they can cause a problem as a parent as a child to a parent everywhere you go your words are very important what comes out of your mouth and we have to be careful of making accusations without any evidence you know Job was accusing God but he didn’t have any evidence and people accuse people all the time without any evidence they’ll accuse spouses children and friends or what not without evidence and that’s also.

▶ 29:02 Important uh the problem is that when you stand before God he’s seen it all you know if you’re not honest and you you look at the police officer and you say I didn’t do nothing and you’re lying through your teeth right you’re not going to be able to do that with God he’s going to say oh well what was this and you’re going to be like yeah that was. Me I never said such thing and he he shows you what was that he’s going ah that was. Me so we can lie and we can try to not get caught in this life but it’s not going to be the same with God and that’s what we got to deal with now we got to be honest with God now don’t wait till you get up in heaven and try to be honest with God because we’re all going to be honest with God the evidence will be there just deal with it now.

▶ 29:56 Amen. Elihu in chapter Job chapter 34:12 he was preaching to the friends and to Job and Elihu is the he was the young guy in the group and he was just listening to everything and then at the end he’s like hold on here you guys are not saying the truth and one of the things he said was surely God will never do wickedly nor the Almightyy pervert justice and eloh who showed Job it was wrong for him to accuse God.

▶ 30:29 In Job chapter 35 Elihu said do you say that your righteousness is more than God’s you’re saying you’re better than God and so Job we get to the part where he is responding to God in Job chapter 42:1 he answered the Lord so last week talk we talked about God talking back and answering Job through the whirlwind you remember that and here Job gives his response and this is very important we have to stop and read this and see how can I apply this to myself how can we apply this you know worldwide people you know in our relationships our lives and and to God we want to remember in Luke 11:2 Jesus in red letters said when you pray say and then he said the lord’s prayer right our father and heaven hallowed be thy name so we want to be reminded that using your mouth is important your mouth not my mouth not a minister not some pastor not your friend’s mouth it’s your mouth I used to tell the kids all the time when we were praising God I can be up here and I can worship and I can touch God but if you guys don’t do it you’re not going to get it you’re not going to experience exp erience it you’re not going to have a you know

▶ 31:59 him speaking to you you’re not going to have the same experience oh you don’t believe God is real well why don’t you open your mouth worship him exalt him let him come to you oh I’m not going to do that well come. On right here the key is in whose mouth my mouth your mouth amen David Psalms 34:1 I will bless the Lord at all times David made many mistakes he committed big sins he repented from them and turned from them but David what did he do he blessed the Lord at all times and so whenever he made these mistakes he would come back to God he would pray he would worship he would ask for forgiveness he would repent and turn and God would come and even though it was a tough word from nathan if you remember the response from nathan David still responded and he still kept blessing the Lord at all times amen and so even when we mess up remember Christ died for who the church.

▶ 33:12 Not just the sinner the church now you’ve accepted Christ we’ve accepted Christ so now we’re moving on we’re becoming Christians but Christ also died for us. Amen and he wants to keep cleansing us and making us. New so it’s the mouth is very important so step number one for restoration you see this car up here. Right at my work I work for insurance company they have a department called total. Loss. Right and that department they assess your car and they say are we going going to fix this or are we going to total loss it are we going to.

▶ 34:05 Just uh get rid of this car uh I remember I got in an accident it was very light accident and I went to my insurance company and and they almost did a total loss of my car because it’s it’s not even worth anything it was a little Nissan Sentra old uh but luckily they they paid to repair it and everything but you see you look at this mess right and there’s worse messes than this and you say to yourself that is a what total loss but God does not look at you the same and God can restore you back to the original mint commission condition out of the factory and he can take every piece that’s broken every piece of plastic that’s been mangled and he can repair it back new and so so restoration is being fashioned back into that condition that we were designed for amen and God Christ can do that one of the first things we need to do is agree and say that God is almighty he does what is right and he has the power to.

▶ 35:19 Restore this piece of junk back to its original condition so he has the power to restore my life back to what I was designed and created for amen that’s number. One Abraham had the faith that God had the power and would do what he. Promised and so this world unbelievers and Christians uh you know people that say they’re Christians people that aren’t living doing what’s right and uh but say oh yes I’m saved we stray from our purpose and we get what we get uh harm and and and crashes in our life but we can be. Restored and let me tell you this if Job who was blameless and upright amen if he needed restoration don’t we need restoration don’t we need it I need it I look at Job and say I you know I’m nowhere near that guy we need rest.

▶ 36:29 Ation it’s not good to be silent Job 42:2 I know that you can do everything and no purpose of yours can be withheld from you so here Job is acknowledging he’s agreeing that God can do this change and restoration you got to remember at this point in his life he has boils on his skin he has lost all of his wealth he might have some stored up in the bank accounts he might uh he’s got widows that you know all died from the people that the husbands that died in his workforce he’s got orphans he’s got people he’s trying to take care of he’s got a wife that hates him he’s got. Uh now we just need the story of the woman right whose husband hates.

▶ 37:23 Her to balance that out but here he says I know that you can do everything that no purpose of yours can be withheld from you isn’t that an excellent acknowledgement here he is he’s in. Pain and he’s saying God you can do you can restore everything. Back amen it’s a powerful uh powerful acknowledgement that he’s doing here see it’s easy you if you’re you’re a billionaire and uh you’re doing great in life yeah I agree with you God yeah whatever you say but when you’re in Job’s situation this statement is different right. Amen Romans 10:9 if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved for the heart for with a heart one believes into righteousness with a mouth confession is made into salvation so again that mouth it’s very important I remember going with um.

▶ 38:28 Someone witnessing on [unclear] street and we were young you know we didn’t know what we were doing and we uh talked with a girl and uh she you know the other person that I was with she’s like you know trying getting you know saying okay well let’s pray the sinner’s prayer so she starts praying the sinner’s prayer I’m like wait a second no she’s got to do it you know it can’t be us praying the prayer over somebody they have to do it with their own mind mouth and when she did that God came in a very small way but you could see it on her that when she said and confessed when she admitted God came to. Her and so it’s very important that your mouth is the mouth that is saying these.

▶ 39:19 Things also remember the new covenant in Ezekiel says that all shall what no me from the what the least to the greatest so there is nothing keeping you from going directly to God if this morning you may think that you there is uh something blocking you you know maybe it’s your sin okay you need to repent from your sin yes you need to ask and admit but you can go directly to Jesus you can go directly to God the father I I am you don’t need a minister min you don’t need a priest you can get on your knees and you can access God directly is very important there is nothing stopping you but yourself number two confess verbally admit your error your sin your mistake here is Job in 42:3 he goes on to say I have uttered what I did not understand things too wonderful for me which I did not know my accusation to you God was.

▶ 40:35 Wrong I have uttered things I didn’t I didn’t understand what I was saying God so here he is he’s acknowledging exactly what he did wrong you know I was yelling at you this morning and that was wrong honey I’m. Sorry. If we confess our sins 1 John 1:9 he is faithful and just to forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all. Unrighteousness and so we know Job didn’t know about God’s conversation with the Devil I I don’t even know if he ever found. Out I don’t know how this book was written though right somebody had to know for the book to be written so who was it.

▶ 41:27 But uh at this point uh maybe God sure we don’t know but you know he he didn’t he didn’t know what was happening at the beginning so can we admit that we’ve messed up I was wrong when I did this will will God cleanse us from all sin even the unpardonable sin and I say that because it says he’ll cleanse us from what all. Unrighteousness so does that does that include the unpardonable sin yes God Jesus’s power is total it’s everything so don’t think you’re beyond saving or beyond forgiveness oh I’ve done too much bad in my life or I’ve murdered somebody or I was this or I was that God can turn you around God can forgive all your sin you don’t understand I’ve been sinning since I was 10 years old since I was 5 years old as long as I can remember it doesn’t matter Christ his blood covers.

▶ 42:36 All people need to understand that we also need to understand again that we have direct access to God when you go home there is nothing stopping you from accessing. God uh there is something actually it’s called you know what we want to do our flesh our desires right we don’t got any time I don’t got time for God look at what all this stuff I got to do. Amen number three we have to see with our spiritual eyes what our natural ears are hearing Job 42:5 he says this I have heard of you with the hearing of the ear but now my eyes see. You and so God is talking to him through the whirlwind it was it a tornado I don’t.

▶ 43:28 Know but God is talking to him through this whirlwind and his voice is audible and you can hear. It and we’ve got to hear that voice in our heart uh you will most likely in your life will not hear an audible voice from. God but you can hear in your conscience you can hear when you read the Bible his h that word will prick you in your heart it will cut you in your heart it will affect. You amen you guys all know what I’m talking about we’ve experienced this before John chapter 89 they heard it being convicted by their own conscience went out one by one being at the eldest even unto the last Jesus was left alone and the woman standing in the midst if you remember the story of the woman who was caught uh committing adultery they brought her out and said Jesus what must be done with this woman they said our law says she should be stoned and they asked Jesus are you going to stone.

▶ 44:35 Her and Jesus replied and said he who has no sin cast the first stone. Right and it says they were what convicted in their conscience see their spiritual eyes were open at that time they’re open to their sin they recognized what they did was. Wrong. Uh I don’t want to get into all that. But we’ve got to recognize with our spiritual understanding that we have done something wrong we’ve got to have that conviction in our hearts.

▶ 45:24 Revelations chapter 2:29 says he who has an ear to hear let him hear what the spirit is saying to the churches so you can’t just have a natural ear uh my daughter just went for her hearing test and you know we know what she can hear what she can’t hear and all this and that’s not the hearing we need to test right it’s the spiritual ear inside of your heart you know stuff comes in but does it make it to your heart your mind amen does God get through we’ve got to hear and see with our spiritual eyes Matthew 13:15 the hearts of this people have grown what hard numb dull you can’t get.

▶ 46:16 Through and this is Jesus. Talking and he’s talking about his the people in his day uh when he was on earth their hearts were. Hard is our heart hard has America’s hearts grown hard yes many people’s hearts have become very hard toward. God their ears are hard of hearing their eyes have they have closed l they should see and hear less they should understand and so at so that I should heal them you see when we we hear with our spiritual ears and see with our spiritual eyes he can what bring that healing. Amen John 16:13 when the spirit of truth is come he will guide you into all.

▶ 47:20 Truth and we need to pray and ask God to open up our ears to hear and our eyes to see we need to ask God to reveal his word unto us amen when you go to the Bible and you read it and you’re you’re doing your thing I’ve read this story a thousand times ask God to reveal that word to you before you read your Bible before you listen your by whatever it is God open up this word to me God open up let my ears hear in my spirit let me have a an ear to hear what the spirit is saying.

▶ 47:56 Number. Four you’ve got to dislike your wrong behavior and repent with remorse you’ve got to say that was wrong he’s Job here is our example right and he said I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes I can’t stand what I just said about you I think think back just a a week ago a few days ago and I was saying those things I’m just like oh why would I say that right this is what’s going on this is what he’s saying you know when we sin you know if you’re doing sexual immorality of some sort or or some kind of intoxication or uh the the the anger you’re not dealing with anger hurting your family whatever it is you’ve got to hate that behavior and say that was wrong that’s.

▶ 48:57 Stupid it’s hurting people Proverbs 8:13 the fear of the Lord is to what hate evil God doesn’t have a problem with you he has a problem with your evil. Behavior and many people uh in our day and in our country are trying to approve of their sin instead of hating it. Right and we’ve all done that before we’re like oh I I don’t. See it’s no big. Deal what does God say what do the scriptures say we’ve got to stick with the truth they didn’t repent at eloh who’s.

▶ 49:49 Preaching in Luke 11:52 Jesus is talking to the scribes and Pharisees and he says woe do you hypocrites wo do you you make a you make a a convert twice the son of hell than yourself wo woe to you you whitewashed tombs you’re clean on the outside but inside you’re dead man’s. Bones right we remember that Jesus is talking to the scribes and Pharisees they did not listen to. Christ they began to assail and become hostile toward Christ they began to oppose him vehemently to cross-examine Jesus about many things lying and wait for him seeking to catch him and something he might say that they might accuse Christ see this is how they responded to Christ they didn’t rep repent at Christ preaching they didn’t uh the friends didn’t repent at elu preaching and we don’t repent.

▶ 50:53 Either at good preach at preachers good preaching but when God showed up. They repented now I want you to understand something do you know we know that Jesus is God right so what was the deal you know Jesus is preaching to them and they are not turning right their hearts are. Hard in Matthew chapter 17:2 it says that Jesus was transfigured before them his face shone like the sun and his clothes became as white as the light and Peter responded immediately and they’re seeing this go on Peter and John and they say Lord it’s good for us to be here if you wish we’re going to make three tabernacles one for you one for Moses one for Elijah you guys remember that story right so Jesus he he takes off the veil that he’s got on right Jesus is you know he’s walking around he’s very unassuming he doesn’t look like the savior there’s no you look at the man you’re like that’s the savior.

▶ 52:07 Him but you see what he said was truth what he said was. Right and when people were healed it was like wait a second whoa and then when they saw this trans. Transfiguration immediately Peter and John they they they didn’t even wait for God to ask him for anything they wanted to serve and honor Jesus Christ see we need that encounter with the transfigured Jesus Christ you need the encounter with God you need God involved when you’re repenting when you’re asking for forgiveness you need God to.

▶ 52:59 Come. Amen we can’t just read these words on a page and and and we need that word to open up to us and let that living word touch us you know people can read atheists can read the Bible and they’re like I read the Bible and who. Cares they need to have a meeting with an encounter with the king of kings and the Lord of lords you remember that when when Paul met Christ on the road to damascus amen that was that trans transfigured Jesus Christ sitting on the right hand of the father he was bright as the son that was Paul’s moment we need to have that moment and we need to keep having those moments where we encounter. Christ Americans need that that meeting with.

▶ 53:54 God. So we need God involved in everything we decide in christianity so we’re m we know we’re making the right decision God responded to Job in a whirlwind his voice was audible for everyone to hear and so everybody’s jaws are dropping right and they’re like yes we’re going to repent we’re going to repent in dust and ashes we’re going to we’re going to do handstands we’re whatever you h if you say jump how high. Right you know we’ll we’ll do it you’re real I’m sorry I didn’t know and understand I made a mistake and God’s like yeah you. Better and so in church it’s important it’s very important for.

▶ 54:47 Us to have time where God can. Come to give you an opportunity to encounter God for yourself. To to invite God to come and do what people can’t do to invite God to come do what the psychiatrists can’t do to invite God to come and do what pastors can’t do and teachers can’t do he can do. It. Amen and God can restore us back to our original condition God can restore us back to where we were not we are not missing anything and the last step is forgiving our enemies forgiving. Ourself praying for our enemies to humble themselves before God that they would.

▶ 55:47 Turn. Amen and it’s shown here in Job 42:10 the the Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends and the Lord increased all that Job had. Twofold James chapter 5:16 says pray one for another that you may be healed pray for your enemies he prayed for his friends that were accusing him he prayed for the people that were mocking him. Job prayed for his enemies and he also forgave them you have to be you have to forgive. People forgive people let it.

▶ 56:40 Go don’t hold on to hatred don’t hold on to something you know forgive people forgive your enemies pray for them pray that they turn to God and turn to right and see we got to get our eyes off of us and get our when we get our eyes on others we pray for oursel we pray for others we we don’t want to be self-centered here we’ve got. To love our neighbor by praying for them it’s not always about us. Amen Matthew 6:14 basic scriptures that Jesus said if you forgive men their trespasses your father in heaven will forgive you if you do not forgive their trespasses neither will f your father forgive your trespasses and we get upset one another in the church and we get mad and oh this person you know they gave me an ugly look or you know they they hit my car I don’t know what it could be all right they were rude and this there’s a lot of things that we can do to each other.

▶ 57:56 Right but we have to. Forgive we’ve got to put it behind us confess your trespasses to one. Another you know we we’ve got to go and and uh make things right with one another if we’ve wronged one another and it’s just a simple you know I’m sorry I did this to that person you don’t go you don’t come in a church meeting or a Bible study and say oh my my husband isn’t he hit me this morning and share it with everybody now we don’t want that you know nobody wants anybody hitting but you don’t share it with the whole world okay you don’t share all that stuff with everyone we don’t we don’t do that it’s between us and God or or pastor that can that can handle that now if I gave you two options and I said okay this person is willing to say sorry to you but he’s going to slap you 10 minutes from now and after he slaps you 10 minutes now he’s going to say sorry again and then after that he’s going to slap you.

▶ 59:09 Again. Or after he slapped you the first time he’s going to change his behavior he may not say sorry but he’s not going to do it again which one was better changing your behavior right. So it’s pretty easy to see that changing your behavior is better than saying sorry you know words are. Cheap. Amen we’ve got to change our behavior Job 42:11 as miss Woods comes all his brothers and sisters and those who had been acquainted his acquaintance before came to him and ate food with him so those who had mocked him those who had mistreated him his brothers his sisters maybe they had a quarrel who knows they each gave him a piece of silver each a ring of gold and God blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning.

▶ 1:00:21 And after this he lived 140 years saw his children and grandchildren for four. Generations and Job experienced a powerful restoration in his life he got he got remember it says twofold he got double what he had before he had children born to him again his children were restored I’m not not children restored but he was able to have more children his marriage was restored. And he was able to bring all of his enemies back his friends were restored in right relationship with God they repented they turned and so we see here an example of all coming to the unity of the faith to the knowledge of the son of God to a perfect man the full stature of the fullness of Christ Job’s uh going through this affected everyone around.

▶ 1:01:26 Him and how many want to affect people around you. Amen so whether you’re Job and you’re blameless or or maybe it’s the sin in your life that is that is correcting you whatever it is we’ve got to respond to God. Right. Amen so are we willing to acknowledge God this morning are we willing to confess and admit our errors are we asking God to open up our spiritual ears and eyes will we dislike disdain and hate the evil that we’ve. Done and are we willing to. Forgive even our enemies.

▶ 1:02:18 Ourselves and those who have wronged us. I’d like to invite you to stand this morning we’re going to sing your desert shall blossom like a rose and our response this morning let’s let’s acknowledge God let’s confess unto. Him let’s ask him to open up our spiritual ears and our eyes. Amen I will rain upon on your desert say the Lord I will pour my spirit. Out right where you.

▶ 1:03:14 Heard I have heard your desperate. Cry just like a desert par and dry I will rain. Upon your desert said the Lord and your desert shall. Blossome my the. Restore your broken life so you will. Know that I’m your healer.

▶ 1:04:09 Deliver and friend and my love for you will never. Never never. End you may feel that you can’t make it another. Day just. Because of disappointments you have fa. There’s. Someone who’s heard your cry.

▶ 1:05:03 And he is standing by your side friend the answer to your desert is Jesus. Christ other ah head bowed his song says it all inviting God to restore our lives inviting us to cry out to him call out to him as we expressed earlier confess acknowledge God so right now we want to take some time and just pray and invite him this morning confess call on him cry out to him ask him to restore we all need it if Job needed it we need it today amen let’s lift up our voices unto him God Lord we invite you this morning Jesus God we pray that you would come Lord Lord to the situations that have affected us Lord Lord to the enemies that we have in our lives the people that we have mistreated and wrong God Lord we want Lord to to change we want to forgive we don’t want to hold anything Jesus.

▶ 1:06:24 God we don’t want to hold anything in our hearts against anyone Jesus Jesus we pray for a new outlook God we pray that we would not harbor hatred in our heart Jesus Jesus we pray God Lord we acknowledge you this morning you’re the king of kings the Lord of lords God there is no God like you go Jesus we pray. Please we we cry out for you this morning we cry out to you this morning we need you we need your restoration in our life God we pray Lord that you would restore us back to our original designed condition Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus come Lord come do that mighty work in us God Jesus Jesus God you’re powerful there is no God like you Jesus king of kings and Lord of lords.

▶ 1:07:24 Jesus Jesus God worthy is your name oh Lord oh Lord excellent excellent Jesus God we acknowledge you this morning God you are ex you are awesome oh Lord you’re worthy of praise. Jesus oh Lord you’re. Wonderful how. Jesus oh how excellent. Lord and your desert shall. Blossom. Like I’ll. Restore your broken life so you will.

▶ 1:08:19 Know that I’m your heal learn. Deliv and pr and my love for you will. Never never. End if you would. Like um going to ask right now that we just all come for forward and take a step forward from our chairs out from our chairs and we’re going to put hands on one another and we’re going to pray for one another that God would restore our hearts and our minds that God would give us spiritual ears and eyes to hear and understand and see let’s come forward out of our chairs right now we’re going to pray for one another let’s yes God let’s lay hands on Lord Jesus I pray for this sw Jesus God I pray that you open up her ears and her heart open up her eyes even more oh God Jesus Jesus Jesus we need you God we need your work in us God Lord pray Lord Jesus God oh God just like Lord just like Paul God just like these people God that had an encounter with you Lord continue

▶ 1:09:50 continue to encounter uh missw Woods here continue Lord Jesus to open up her ears continue to open up her heart continue Lord Jesus to open up her eyes Lord and had and what to do with uh in her life with her family Lord with all her the things that are going on Jesus I pray Lord Jesus. Please Lord pray for this was right now bring restoration to her and her family God bring restoration Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus Lord Lord we pray this morning for people in here God oh God we cry out to them and ask God Lord that you would restore God restore their hearts God give them a new heart Lord Jesus a heart that was originally given to them by God Lord a heart that was sensitive God restore back to us a sensitive heart Lord a responsive heart like Job God he was responsive to you responsive to your word God oh God Lord make us and mold us like that man Lord Jesus make us a new people God put your spirit in us God cause us to walk in your ways God Lord Jesus Lord let that grace come Lord powerfully to us today Jesus Jesus Jesus please God we call on you this morning Jesus we call on you this morning God oh Lord oh Lord worthy is your name Jesus king of kings Lord

▶ 1:11:21 of lords Lord God almighty. Oh. Jesus and my desert shall. Blossom like a rose you will he. Restore my broken. So now I’ll. Know that you’re my healer that you’re my healer. Deliver and friend and your love for me will.

▶ 1:12:21 Never never. Yes your love for me will. Never never. End thank you Jesus thank you Lord oh God thank you Jesus God. You are excellent you are excellent. Lord oh Lord we worship you. Jesus God oh. God Jesus Jesus. Jesus we worship we.

▶ 1:13:21 Worship oh God. Sometimes we don’t know what to pray so right now if you just repeat after me we all need this prayer Lord Jesus Lord Jesus we ask this morning we ask this morning to give us to give us to restore in us rest in us a responsive heart responsive make us like Job make us like who respond responded to you resp to you who gave his life to you to you give us a new. Heart put your spirit in us your and cause. Us like you caused. Job to walk in your ways to walk.

▶ 1:14:19 Uprightly Lord we commit Lord we commit to hate evil to hate. Evil and follow. You in your precious name preci name amen amen amen amen amen. Excellent I’m going to end with a special song and you may go back to your seats and uh let’s just let this song minister to us this morning. Morning the Lord is my sheer he goes before. Me if you want to stand and sing that’s fine defender behind.

▶ 1:15:15 Me I won’t fear praise the Lord. Jesus I’m filled with. Anointing my cups over. Flowing no weapon can harm. Me oh I won’t. Fear. Hallelujah hall. Hallelu I am not. Alone he’s my comfor.

▶ 1:16:09 Holds me close praise the Lord he always guides. Me Jesus you guide me through mountains and valleys thank you Lord his joy is. Refreshing Lord Jesus you restore my soul his mercy and goodness gives me. Assurance. That all see his glory face to.

▶ 1:17:10 Face. Hallelu I am. Not. He’s my comfort he always holds. Me the Lord is my shepher he goes before. Me defender behind. Me no I. Won’t. Fear I won’t.

▶ 1:18:07 Fear thank you Jesus thank you Lord we honor you this morning thank you. Jesus. Amen. Amen well we have uh want to thank you those online for join joining us this morning we trust that you had a time to respond to God you trust this morning that you want your life restored just like Job and he gives us steps and examples of how to get that restoration God bless you this morning thank you for joining us God bless you have a wonderful day.