JOB IS RESTORED

The Book of Job Chapter 42

After God's speech to him, Job replies to the Lord that he knows God can do anything and God asked him questions he could not answer. Now Job takes back all he said about God and will sit in the dust and show repentance.

Then God said to Eliphaz that he was angry with him and his two friends for they had not been right in what they said about God, as Job was. Take seven bulls and seven rams and go to Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. Job will pay for you and I will accept his prayer on your behalf. I will not treat you as you deserve. So the three friends gave a burnt offering and the Lord accepted Job's prayer.

When Job prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortune and gave him twice as much as before. Then his brothers, sisters and former friends came and feasted with him in his home and they consoled and comforted him and each brought him a money gift and a gold ring.

So the Lord blessed Job in the second half of his life and he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand teams of oxen and one thousand female donkeys. He also gave Job seven more sons and three more daughters. Job named his first daughter Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-happuch. There were no other women in the land as lovely as the daughters of Job and he put them in his will with their brothers. And Job lived 140 years after that, living to see four generations of his children and grandchildren before he died.

BIBLE NOTES SHOW: Even after much criticism from his friends, Job was still able to forgive them. The main question in the book of Job is: Why do believers experience troubles and suffering? His wise friends were not able to answer. They assumed that trouble only comes because people sin. But God was in control.

HOW DOES THIS CHAPTER RELATE TO US TODAY? We don't know why God allows evil, but we know he is all-powerful. Next time you face trials, see them as opportunities to turn to God for strength. You will find a God who desires to show his love and compassion to you. If you trust in him through your adversity, you will win victory and eliminate doubt, one of Satan's greatest footholds in your life. Make God your foundation and his love will always surround you.

Yours in Christ,
Mary

Prayer Requests are needed for:
HEALTH:
Update on my niece Suzanne, she is out of rehab after many months for a crushed leg and doing well and being cared for by her ex. Pray for Gabe and Wanda. Pray for Janice Long’s parents, especially her mother who faces another round of chemotherapy and her father with Alzheimer’s and now her mother in law also with Alzheimer’s. Their family is feeling the strain both emotionally and financially. Pray for them. Update on this family: Her mother-in-law is being taken to Oklahoma to live with an aunt who will care for her.
Pray for Arlene’s nephew David and for my neighbor Al who is nearing the end of his life.
Pray for Carolyn’s brother Ronald who has cancer.
Pray for our friend Michelle who was diagnosed with MS.
Update on my cousin Diane who had total mastectomy surgery for breast cancer. She is doing fine and will not need chemo because hers was not an aggressive type of cancer. We will remove her from the prayer list. Thanks to all who prayed for her – prayers do work!
UPDATE on Barb who went in for back surgery and had a heart attack and stroke, she has her speech back and is home , but continues to have a problem with one arm and hand. Thanks to your prayers, she is able to hobble without a cane and has been granted disability. She still has surgery scheduled on her hand, but I saw her recently and her attitude is fantastic.
Pray for Robert Sargent who is quite ill with lung cancer.
Pray for Judy’s husband who was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. Pray for her too, that she can deal with the side effects of his illness.
Pray too for Charly’s husband Robert who is undergoing chemo for his prostate cancer. Update on Robert: he has one more treatment and then three months of waiting for his psat test to come back clean.
Pray for John’s recovery from a heart attack and for the doctors who have difficulty diagnosing his other symptoms.
Pray for James’s sister Cynthia whose chemo has lost its effect as the cancer grows powerful.
Pray for another friend named Carolyn whose faith remains strong, but is lost and confused about where and how to spend her elder years.
SPIRITUAL UPLIFTING: Gail, Mary
RESTORATION OF FAITH: Al, John
LOVE AND SUPPORT: Claire, Hunter, Brian
SUPPORT: Haiti, Chile, survivors of Japan’s earthquake, survivors of the devastating tornadoes in our southernmost states and Joplin, Missouri. Pray too, for our country’s leaders and our military people who die each day for our freedom.