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May Sermons 2026
Ascension Sunday
5-17 What Goes Up Must Come Down
Daniel 7:13+14 Acts 1:6-11
Pentecost Sunday
5-24 A Holy Ghost Pour Out
Joel 2:28-32 Acts 2:1-4
Memorial Day Sunday
5-31- Never Forget
Exodus 12:14 Mark 14:3-9
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Some Thoughts about Faith in the Midst of Adversity
The beginning of the Old Testament book of Job reveals a conversation between the enemy of our souls and the Lord:
“Does Job fear God for nothing? Satan replied. Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face” (Job 1:9-11).
We can learn five important lessons from this conversation.
First, we have an enemy. We expect punishment for our sins and reward for our righteousness, but it’s not that simple. We live in a broken and fallen world where a powerful evil being delights in seeing the righteous suffer.
Second, God is our Protector. God has the ability to surround us with a hedge of protection from all harm. He put a hedge around Job and everything he had. God's protection is like a fence that keeps out everything that doesn't belong inside.
Third, our lives aren't private. Job’s ordeal was played out in the presence of God, Satan, and angels. The New Testament adds, “a great cloud of witnesses” (Hebrews 12:1) who’ve gone to heaven before us. God and many witnesses see everything we do.
Fourth, hardship reveals our loyalty. Satan thought Job was serving God because of what he received from God, not because of his loyalty to God. If God were to take away Job’s prosperity, Satan assumed Job would turn away from God. Herein lies the heart of the issue and the question we must ask ourselves: Are we loyal to God or is our faith conditional?
Fifth, Satan wants us to curse God. Satan urged God, “Stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face” (Job 1:11). God is the object of more and greater cursing every single day than any other being in the universe. Some even curse God for the evil pleasure it brings them. Sometimes, even the righteous are tempted to curse God. This was Satan’s goal for Job, as well as for us.
Stay faithful, my friends!