Scriptures Cited: John 4; Micah 6; Matthew 6; Proverbs 4:7; Matthew 6:25; Luke 14:28; 2 Timothy 1:7; Exodus 33:11; Romans 8; Ephesians 6:18; 1 Thessalonians 5; Colossians 4:2; Matthew 6:10.

Scriptures Cited: 1 Thessalonians 5:18; Ephesians 5:20; Matthew 5; Ecclesiastes 3:1; Jonah 4; James 4; Lamentations 3:38; John 16:33; Psalm 9:1.
Introduction

1. Thankfulness is easy when things are good


2. How can we be thankful when things are hard?


3. Job was a man who endured hardship yet remained thankful

Job’s Affliction
Job’s affliction came in various ways

Scriptures Cited: Philippians 4:12; 1 Timothy 6:6; Luke 22:36; Matthew 6:25; 2 Thessalonians 3; Psalm 23:4; James 1:17; Psalm 23:5-6; Numbers 11:6; Exodus 16:3; Exodus 3:13-14; Matthew 10:34; Luke 21; 1 Corinthians 4; Psalm 23:1; Psalm 23:3; Matthew 6:9-10; Philippians 4:6-7; Isaiah 46:10; John 16:22
 

Scriptures Cited: Matthew 24; Luke 21:9; John 15:18; John 3:19; John 17:15-16, 22; Philippians 2:2; John 4:39; John 13:35; Genesis 1:27; Genesis 2; 1Peter 1:16; 2 Timothy 2: 19, 22; Revelation 1:8; Malachi 3:6, 22; Ephesians 4:14; Revelation 3:21
I. Introduction

1. The world is changing, and not for the better


2. Jesus told us to expect this


3. Jesus reminds us He is greater than the world

II. The world is dividing; Jesus is uniting (vs 1-3)

Scriptures Cited: 1 Corinthians 10:13; Luke 10:42; Hebrews 4:15; 2 Timothy 4:7; Matthew 11; Psalm 119:15; 1 Corinthians 2:2; Mathew 18: Matthew 6; Luke 2:7; John 7:5; John 4:44; John 1:11; Proverbs 22:6; Job 11:6; Job 16:2
Introduction

1. Everyone struggles with distractions in life.


2. People also struggle with distractions in faith


3. Distractions are hard to resist but Jesus is Greater Than Distractions

Encouragement (vs 1)

Scriptures Cited: James 3:2, 13; Ecclesiastes 7:20; 1 Corinthians 11:1; Philippians 3:12; James 1:6; Matthew 16:18; Matthew 5:48; Exodus 14:13, 16:4; Matthew 19:26; Romans 3:10; Exodus 16:2-3; Exodus 4:11; Luke 1:35; Genesis 18:14; Hebrews 13:21; Acts 9:15; Genesis 3:20; Luke 1:38; Philippians 4:13

Scriptures Cited: Genesis 6:5; Psalm 139:23; Proverbs 21:2; John 16; Matthew 7:21, 12:50; Galatians 5:1; John 20:31; Exodus 19:10-12; Matthew 11:28; John 5:40, 6:37; Psalm 68:5-6; Galatians 3:28

Scriptures Cited: Romans 6:23; Genesis 2:17; Romans 11:6; Romans 3:23; Habakkuk 1:13; Genesis 5:4; Psalm 51:5; Matthew 15:19; Romans 8:30; Luke 14:16; Ephesians 2:5; 1 Corinthians 1:26-31; Isaiah 64:6; Titus 3:5; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Matthew 7:13, 21-22; John 8:24; Romans 3:11; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Colossians 2:13; John 17;12; Romans 7:15; 2 Timothy 4:8

Scriptures Cited: Romans 14:12; Matthew 3:15, 5:17; Romans 6:14; 1 Timothy 1:15; Genesis 40:9-23; Luke 18:10-11; John 12:3-6; Genesis 12:3; Philippians 2:3; 1 Thessalonians 5:11; John 13:34; Genesis 2:2-3; John 19:30; John 16:33; Philippians 4:7; Psalm 4:8; Romans 8:34; Matthew 6:19; Ecclesiastes 3:1; Matthew 6:20

Scriptures Cited: John 8:53; Genesis 14:18-20; Job 1:5; Genesis 14:14; 1 Corinthians 3:4,9; 1 Corinthians 11:1-2b; Mark 2:7; Matthew 17:16; Matthew 9:6; Malachi 3:6; Isaiah 40:8; Matthew 15:9; Revelation 21:7; Matthew 6:8; John 10:30; 1 John 1:8; Psalm 51:5; Genesis 6:5; Romans 8:3, 4:15; Habakkuk 1:3; Exodus 33:20

Scriptures Cited: Ecclesiastes 7:14, 8:7; James 4:14; Genesis 15:2, 3:15, 17:17, 18:10-12; John 14:26, 16:7-8; Acts 1:8, 19:6; Romans 8:26; Galatians 4:4; Genesis 15:5, 22:16; James 1; Philippians 2:9; John 14:13; Matthew 6:10; Romans 15:4

Verses Cited: 2 Peter 3:18; Ephesians 4:22; James 3:1; Isaiah 55:3; Proverbs 22:17; Philippians 3:12; Psalm 23; 1 Corinthians 13:11; Matthew 6:25,33; Philippians 4:7

Scriptures Cited: 1 Samuel 16:7; Psalm 119:37; Ecclesiastes 5:10; Ecclesiastes 1:2; Philippians 2:6; Matthew 3:15; Hebrews 12:2; Luke 9:58; Luke 2:7, 23:21; Luke 22:63, 65; John 1:11, 7:5; James 1:2; Romans 5:3; Hebrews 12:2; Matthew 7:14; Psalm 23; Hebrews 4:15; Matthew 15:9; John 3:16; Jeremiah 29:11
 

Scriptures Cited: Jeremiah 1:1-2, 1:18-19, 19:15, 31:8-9; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 John 1:8; John 14:6, 16:33; Ephesians 4:17-20; Matthew 25:23