28 | Job 23

Scripture: 

Primary Text: Job 23:8-17 

Supplemental Text: Psalm 27:11-14; Lamentations 3:24-26; 1 Thessalonians 5:14-15 

Observations & Applications:

Describe a challenging time in your life that had an impact on who you are today. 

• Read Job 23:8-9. 
• What is Job experiencing in this passage?  
• Have you ever found yourself in a season when you could not see God or feel His presence? 

• Read Job 23:10-17. 
• What promise is there for us to claim in this passage? 
• Find, highlight, and share other promises from scripture to cling to when you feel God is distant or silent.  

• Read Psalm 27:11-14. 
• What phrases are repeated in this passage? 
• Why is it so hard to wait?  

• Read Lamentations 3:22-26. 
• What advice is given in this passage? 
• Practical Application: Schedule a specific time each day that you will sit alone in silence with the Lord this week.  

• Read 1 Thessalonians 5:13-18. 
• How does this passage encourage a believer who is in a season of desolation?  
• As a House Church, what are ways we can encourage others experiencing desolation? 

Prayer: 

Pray Psalm 27:11-14.  

Key Word:

Desolation: devastation; destruction; a person, thing, or event that defiles a holy place and thus causes it to be abandoned 

Resources: 

Practicing the Way by John Mark Comer  

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazerro  

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SCRIPTURE 

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OBSERVATION

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APPLICATION 

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PRAYER 

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