Study 8 on 13 of "Jesus Wept": The Bible and Human Emotions.

Scriptural Basis: Job 19:25; James 5:10, 11; Ruth 1; Esther 2; 2 Cor. 11:23–28; Phil. 4:11–13.

Key Text: “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging” (Ps. 46:1-3, NIV).

1. For the purpose of this week’s study, how would you define “resilience”?

2. In what ways did Job’s experience illustrate resilience?

3. What decisions and behaviors demonstrated resilience in the life of each of the following: Joseph, Ruth, and Esther?

4. Scripture says in 1 Peter 4: 13 to rejoice in suffering. In practical terms, how is this possible?

5. How can we learn to be content in whatever circumstances God gives us?

6. Imagine you had only five minutes with someone who is in a very dire situation, one in which there seemed no way out humanly speaking. What would you say to give the person hope?

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