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Book of Job: Suffering
The book of Job 1:3, in The New Oxford Annonated Bible, states "Job was the
greatest man among all in the East." He was a faithful servant of God, he owned
thousands of animals, and had many servants and friends. Job had a very large
family with seven sons and three daughters. Why was Job chosen to suffer and
receive punishment at the hands of the Lord one may ask? The ....
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.... and how to overcome them.
I looked up the word "suffering" in the bible, I was directed to Psalms
73:21-26. It states, When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered, I was
senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you. Yet I am always with
you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and
afterward you will take me into glory. Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth
has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my hea ....
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