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[ Silence ] >> The God who made the world and everything in it gives to all life and breath. >> He made from one every nation to live on in faithful fear.

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>> See what love the Father has given us that we should be called the children of God. >> This is his commandment that we should believe in the name His Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another.

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Our Heavenly Father, who art the life-giving presence that makes the trees grow and produce, be also present in our lives, calling us to be open to the Son of Man and to grow deep in our faith,

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steadfast, unafraid in our serving. Help us to know that we are not alone. We pray that within ourselves we will let love overcome the bad. We yield ourselves to you as a charm of thy love,

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so that thy will be done on earth. In the name of Jesus Christ, we pray, amen. We invite you to turn to hymn number 27. [MUSIC - "HOW FINE A FINE ART THOU"]

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[Music] ♪ God's head at your right ♪ ♪ Jesus is mine ♪ ♪ All for the Lord is a loving heart ♪

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♪ Heroes now they shall all purchase the power ♪ ♪ The loving spirit of faith and love ♪ This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all day long. This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all day long.

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Perfect's no vision, perfect in love Angels are present, but there's one last call Angels descend in great trouble call Angels on high sing their songs of love

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This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the long. This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the long. This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Savior all the day long.

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This is my story, this is my song, ♪ Is in my Savior ♪ ♪ All the day of the world ♪ Our scripture lesson this morning is taken from the 13th chapter, Job verses 1 through

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15. Lo, mine eyes has seen all this, mine ear has heard and understood it. What ye know, the same do I know also. I am not inferior unto you. Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God. But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of of no value.

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Oh, that ye would altogether hold your peace and should be your wisdom. Hear now my reasoning and hearken to the pleading of my lips.

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Will ye speak weakly for God and talk deceitfully for him? Will ye accept his person? Will ye contend for God? Is it good that ye should search you out?

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Or as one man mocketh another, do ye also mock him? He will surely reprove you if you do secretly accept persons. Shall not this excellent makes you afraid, and his dread fall upon you?

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Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay. Hold your peace. "Let me alone that I may speak,

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"and let me come on me what will. "Wherefore do I take my flesh and my teeth "and put my life in mine hand? "Though he slay me, yet will I trust him,

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"but I will maintain my own ways before him." - This is the altar prayer period. If you have a specific request, if you are burdened, vexed with problems, you are invited to gather around God's altar and make your specific requests made known to him.

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Some of you will remain in your pews, but we pray that you will symbolically lift up Give horses to him who knows all things well, a man that is able to keep you. The Lord, he is a good God. He is kind, he is just, and he is merciful.

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I believe every heart should talk to God. I don't know what your problems are, but it's my business to point you in the direction of one who is capable and able of solving difficult problems. Our Father, the Father of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

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Here we are, Master, begging and pleading once again for your mercy and your love. We've come short of your promises, but yet you have touched our lives with your finger of love and allowed us another chance to gather around this place and say thank you Jesus for allowing us another privilege to draw ourselves just a little bit closer to thee.

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We thank you for it, Master. We thank you for blessing our families. We thank you for keeping the disease out of our bodies and healing our bodies. But somebody is not as fortunate as we are.

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Somebody is laying on their bed of affliction, wracked with pain. Somebody is lying down on their sickbed at home. Somebody is in the nursing home. They need you this morning.

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If you'll only speak this morning, someone will be healed if you'll only speak. Touch those Christians who are unconcerned about thy will and thy ways. Turn them around before it's everlasting too late. For you said when night cometh, no man can work.

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Touch those that are gathered around your altar. You know their problems. You know their needs. You know what's aching their hearts.

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Strengthen them now. Strengthen them in your love, in your grace, in your peace, and your happiness. Oh God, be merciful unto this church

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and to every church that is open unto your holy and righteous name. Bless our leader wherever they are. and give them courage and wisdom to do thy blessed will.

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Oh gracious Father, touch that sinner man, woman, boy, or girl, wherever they may be. And we pray that something will be said or done, good of our character,

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that someone will see the light and come forth and saying, "Lord, take me just as I am, "and use me in thy service." Oh, gracious Master, we pray that thou will bless

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all nations, head of nations. We pray, oh, gracious Father, that you will bless the poor, the needed everywhere. Bless those just now.

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And gracious Master, we pray that you will be ever so kind and merciful unto all that we are duty-bound to pray for. In the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, let us all say "Amen." [MUSIC PLAYING]

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♪ By His creation ♪ ♪ To Him alone all praise be o'er ♪ ♪ His rightful name ♪ ♪ Set forth the limbs in motion ♪

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♪ It will again ♪ ♪ The strongly-mended portion ♪ ♪ In all the land of man ♪ ♪ I am a man ♪

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♪ I is a man ♪ ♪ In law's name will do me ♪ ♪ That will not die ♪ ♪ The glory is to see ♪

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♪ The absolute is in His hands ♪ ♪ More you can bear ♪ ♪ The presence of your glory ♪ ♪ There are names of song ♪

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♪ And nature sings the story ♪ ♪ That you go with us everywhere ♪ ♪ Every word ♪ ♪ Great Lord and strong ♪

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♪ One source of your salvation ♪ ♪ All world, all day ♪ ♪ Shelf in the tabernacle ♪ ♪ In true festive ♪

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♪ Glory is my soul ♪ ♪ Glory is his name ♪ ♪ And mighty is creation ♪ ♪ Those words of faith ♪

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♪ Are word alone can show ♪ ♪ God is my song ♪ ♪ God is my song ♪ Let us all say amen.

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With a freewill offering, I will sacrifice to thee. I will give thanks to thy name, O Lord, for it is good. What shall I render to the Lord for all his bounty to me? Tithe and offering are used to support this church.

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O gracious God, our Father, who has so richly blessed us, we cannot pay our debts. We can only bring a portion of our bounty as an expression of our love. Accept our gifts, sanctify our gifts, and may our gifts be used for the purposes in which they were designed.

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In the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, amen. [MUSIC PLAYING] (organ music) (organ music)

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♪♪ [MUSIC PLAYING] This is your announcement period. The Bibleless Young Women ask your support in replenishing the Church clothing bank.

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We are currently in need of children's clothing and shoes in good condition. Please bring your donations to the Church on Saturday, September 22, between the hours of 2 and 4 p.m. are on Sunday, September 23, following the 11 o'clock worship service. Donations should be brought to the church nursery.

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Today begins the Mary Hill Davis Week of Prayer for State Missions. The mission groups of our Church will present a program in observance to this week on Wednesday, September 12, 1984, at 7 p.m. in the Sanctuary. Today you have received literature in your bulletins about this special week of prayer

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and the allocations of the 1984 offering for state missions. A prayer calendar is included with your bulletin, and we hope you will include the concerns listed in your daily prayer for this week.

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The theme for the week is chosen to be his witness. While the statewide financial goal is $3,184,840, our church goal is $1,120. If you have not already received a special offering envelope,

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you may pick up one at the usher's desk. Please support the Mary Hill Davis Week of Prayer with your prayers, your presence on Wednesday evening, and your offerings.

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I do not have any guest cards. Are there guests visiting with us today? If so, would you please stand? Thank you.

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Soon and very soon, we are going to see the King. Soon and very soon, we are going to see the King. Soon and very soon, we are going to see the King. Alleluia, alleluia, we're going to see the King.

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Soon and very soon we are going to see the King. Soon and very soon we are going to see the King. Soon and very soon we are going to see the King. Alleluia, alleluia, we're going to see the King.

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Come on right now, we are going to see the King. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, We are going to sing again Hallelujah, Hallelujah, No more dying there, We are going to sing again No more dying there, we are called to sing again

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No more dying there, we are called to sing again Hallelujah, Hallelujah, we're born to sing again Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah Should there be any rivers we must cross, Should there be any mountains we must climb,

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God will supply all the strength that we need, Give us grace till we reach the other side. We have come from every nation God knows each of us by name Jesus took his blood and he washed my sins away Yes, there are some of us who have laid down our lives

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But we all shall live again on the other side ♪ So soon, soon and very soon ♪ ♪ We are going to see the King ♪ ♪ Soon and very soon ♪

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♪ We are going to see the King ♪ ♪ Soon and very soon ♪ ♪ We are going to see the King ♪ ♪ Alleluia, alleluia ♪

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♪ We're going to see the King ♪ ♪ Soon and very soon ♪ ♪ Soon and very soon ♪ ♪ We are going to see the King ♪

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♪ Soon and very soon ♪ ♪ We are going to see the King ♪ ♪ Soon and very soon ♪ ♪ We are going to see the King ♪

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♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ ♪ We're going to see the King ♪ ♪ Hallelujah, Hallelujah ♪ ♪ Hallelujah, Hallelujah ♪

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- To Reverend Williams, Deacon Hall, to all of my brothers and sisters in Christ and creation. It is good to be here today. I think we ought to say amen for our choir this morning.

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Let's say amen for them. Amen. I invite your attention to the 13th chapter of Job, The 15th verse, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him, but I will maintain my own

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ways before him." The subject, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in the Lord." I will wait on the Lord until I die. I will trust in the Lord.

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Though Satan slay me, yet will I trust in the Lord. Trust is a firm belief in the integrity of faith. Believe that God will not put on us no more than we can bear. Trust is to believe that God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son,

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that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Trust is to hope, for you see our hope is to see God for ourselves. And this morning, each one of us, that are children of God, should have the kind of trust that Job had.

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For Job, he certainly trusted in God. Job was a man that lived in the land of ours. The Bible said that he was perfect and upright, one that feared God. He was the greatest of all men and the richest man in the East.

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And so it is said, though it is hard and rare, it is not impossible for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. His substance was 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camel, 500 yokes of ox, 500 she-asses, and a great household.

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He was great in wealth. There were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. And all of Job's sons and daughters were in houses of their own, probably married. And to each child, Job had given a competent portion of money to set them up with.

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His children kept a circular feast at certain times, for they feasted in their own houses. In other words, each son or daughter would take turn to put on a feast in their respective home. This was a comfort to Job as it is to all parents to see his children grown up and settle in the world. Job's children were in houses of their own, probably married, and

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to each child Job had given a competent portion of money. His children had been olive plants around Job's table. Now they were removed to tables of their own. And so it was.

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It was good to see his children thrive in their own affairs, and able to feast one with the other, and as well to feed themselves. Good parents desire, promote, and rejoice in their children's

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wealth and prosperity as their own. We do not find Job himself feasted with his children. And doubtless, they invited him. He would have been a most welcome guest at their table.

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Job, absent, was not from any sourness or moroseness of temper. It was that Job was an old man. and he was dead to the gala feasting and et cetera.

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He considered that young people would be more free to party down if there were none but themselves. But Joe's greatest concern was about his children, his pious concern for their spiritual welfare.

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We all ought to be concerned about our children's spiritual welfare once they leave our homes. And certainly he was jealous over his children with a godly jealous. He had given his children a good education, good hope concerning their future. He was comforting their prosperity.

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And yet he said, "My children may have sinned in the days of their feasting more than at any other time in their liberty. They may have cursed God in their heart, that is, they may have entertained profane thoughts, an unworthy notion of God and his providence."

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Well, when the children were filled of merrymaking, they were ready to deny God and say, "Who is the Lord?" And they were ready to take the name of God in vain. They had eaten and drink the juice of the vine, they were ready to forget God and say

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the power of our hand has gotten us this wealth. Well nothing alienates the mind more from God than the indulgence of the flesh. And so as soon as the days of Job's children feasting were over, Job called them to the solemn exercise of religion.

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He waited, then sent word to his children to prepare for solemn ordinances. He ordered his children to examine their own consciousness and repent of what they had done amiss in their feasting. Job offered sacrifice for each of his child,

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both to atone for their sin and to implore mercy to pardon them and grace to prevent debarking of their minds, a corrupting of their manners by the liberty they had taken, and to preserve

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their piety and purity. Like Abraham, Job had an altar for his family on which they prayed daily. As it is said, a family that prays together, stays together. Job was not only so rich and so great, but he was wise and good. There was no other like him, said God. He had such an interest in heaven and earth that one would think the mounting of

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his prosperity stood so strong that it could not be moved. But I have you to know this morning, no matter how high your mountain is, it can be brought down. Well, here we we have thick clouds gathering over his mountain, pregnant with a horrible tempest storm.

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We should never think ourselves secure from the storms of life while we are in this lower region, for a storm can come up any time, even when there is no cloud in the sky.

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Joe's problems are unique. His was a discourse between God and Satan. Here we have, there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord.

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And Satan came also. Well, I must point out to you that Satan is here this morning. - Oh yeah. - He has no legs, no hands,

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No feet to move about. He likes to ride. He likes to ride. He likes to ride good.

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And he's here this morn. And every time the church door is open, Satan is here. He's a faithful member in the church. He is here.

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And we see him gathered around God's altar with the sons of God. The Lord said unto Satan, whence comest thou? And Satan answered, from going to and fro in the world,

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and from walking up and down in the world. The Lord said, Satan, hast thou considered my servant Job? "There is none like him, a perfect man, an upright man, one that feareth God and extues evil."

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Satan answered, "Does Job fear God for naught? Is Job afraid that he will lose all that you have given him? As thou made a hedge about him, and about his house, about all that he hath on every side, but put forth thine hand now, and touch all that Job hath, and he will curse thee

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to thy face. The Lord said, "All that Job hath is in your power now, but do not touch his body." Don't touch his body. And Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and brought death to Job's sons and daughters,

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his oxen and asses, his servants. A great wind struck the four corners of his house and the house fell. and fire burned up his sheep. For you see a great change had taken place.

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The day of adversity was upon Job, but his case was not hopeless, neither is yours. And Job arose and rent his mantle, shaved his head, fell down upon the ground,

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and worshipped God. He said, "Naked came I out of my mother's womb, And naked shall I return to thee. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away.

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Blessed be the name of the Lord. Job lost everything in the space of a few minutes. And this could happen to you. This can happen to anybody.

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In all this, Job sinned not. not charge God foolishly. Again, there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord.

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As I told you before, Satan is always in church. And Satan came also. This was Satan's second assault on Job. The Lord said to Satan, "Has thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him

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in the earth? And although you moved me to destroy him without cause?" Satan answered, "Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life." I want to point out to you this morning,

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you may accumulate millions here on this earth, but there are people who are in hospital, nursing homes, who would give all their millions just to have a normal, healthy life.

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Yes, sir. But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bones and flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. So Satan went forth from the presence of God.

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Job had lost all. He had good health, but now his health is taken away. Satan smoked Job with bald from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

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Job was sick, so sick that he took a pot shed to scrape himself with awe. He sat down among the ashes to find comfort. But all the comfort he found was when the dog licked his soul.

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Job had friend, but his best friend said, do you still trust in God? You ought to curse God and die. He said to her, "Thy speaketh as one of the foolish women speaketh.

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Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?" In all this, Job did not sin with his lift. He said, "Though Satan inflicts his worse upon me, yet will I wait on the Lord." Well, Job teaches us that the perfect work of patience is the working of patience to

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the utmost, that is down to the lowest depth of depression and up to the highest pitch of anguish. It teaches us that it is well sometime to imagine the heaviest possible affliction happening to us.

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It teaches us that the extreme trials should call forth the perfection of trust. Our principles are not our most wanted in extremity. Job shows us this morning that the spirit of trust is a spirit of endurance.

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Oh, we must learn this this morning, to arm ourselves against the trials of life. We must increase our confidence in God. We must trust the Lord.

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Isn't that right? true trust, respect all events and all divine dispensation. And to say, though Satan slay me, yet will I involve an effort that no matter what he inflicts

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upon me, I'm going to maintain my integrity. Isn't that right? Well, then, what is this trust principle? I really don't think you understand

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what Job is talking about. Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. Well, let me put it this way. Let's just say I invited you to my home for a chitlin' dinner.

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potato salad and all the trimming. And you accept my invitation. In the midst of feasting, you become terribly ill. The Austin EMS is summoned, and they diagnose your case.

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And you have food poisoning. The EMS team put you on a stretcher after they pumped some of the junk out of your stomach. And as they're about to carry you away, you called me.

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You said, "Louis, Louis, the next time you have a chitlin cookout, give me a call. I want to come and sup with you."

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Though he slay me, yet will I trust in the Lord. I will trust. (man singing) [BLANK_AUDIO]