Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Being Job = Suffering

Hey, Hey, Hey, It's FCA!

GREAT singing this past Friday. I can't think of a better way to finish out the meeting than singing a guitar and motion accompanied "Marvelous Light". I hope that sent you all off to your day feeling happy and like lifting your hands and spinning around.

Announcements - pardon me if I sound repetitive BUT, WE NEED SOFT DRINKS, PLEASE! If you were counting, there were no more than six of each type on the stage this past Friday.

Talk it Up prize incentive - Pastor Trey is so motivated for you to memorize the scriptures in the Talk it Up packet that he is donating itunes cards to the person(s) who can memorize and then stand on the stage to recite all five verses! Memorizing scripture keeps you spiritually prepared to deal with situations as they arise in your life. Let's see who will be on stage next week........I cannot figure out how to attach the Talk it Up document so it will be posted separately.

Friday's speaker was Aaron Landry, Worship Pastor of 5979 Ministries at Liberty Church. To learn more about Aaron and 5979, please visit www.5979.net .

Aaron spoke to us about the life and plights of Job. Job has his own book in the Bible which contains 42 chapters and covers approximately two weeks. That's a lot of book for a short period of time. Some books of the Bible cover hundreds of years in one chapter. This tells me that the story of Job is extremely important and full of lessons for us to learn through Job's story.

What we learn is that Job is a man of great influence - the most influential in all the East. His devotion to God is unquestioned. He has a wonderful life with many children, much land, many heads of cattle, etc. He is a very successful and godly man. The condensed version of his story is that Job was tested to the extreme. He lost his entire family, all of his land, all of his belongings, and everything that mattered to him within a very short period of time. He even became very ill, so ill that he was covered with pus filled sores that itched so greatly that he used broken pieces of glass to scratch and scrape them. In the midst of all this turmoil, his three closest friends came to be with him and to comfort him. Through it all, Job never turned his back on God.

Each one of us will suffer in our lives. Some of us will suffer more than others. All of us will need comfort at some point. Many of us will be called upon to provide comfort to those close to us. It is so important to choose the right person when you are in need of comfort. Seek out those that will keep you close to God and allow Him to teach you and work through you even in the midst of suffering.

We have spoken a great deal about God's plans for our lives. He has a plan for each one of us and He is growing us into the the people we will someday be and who will someday spend an eternity with Him. Following His path is crucial and seeking out those who will help keep you on the path is necessary.

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