6 Ways to Thrive in Hardship
Welcome to Session 10 of the Discovering Jesus in the Old Testament online Bible study! This week we’ll learn 6 ways to thrive in hardship–especially those hardships that leave us feeling separated from people, places, and professions we love. God gave Jeremiah an encouraging message to the exiles in his day who felt just that way. We’re excited to study this with you!
Here’s how this will work:
- Watch this week’s video session above.
- Once you watch the video, answer the questions in the discussion section of this page. The questions relate to both the previous week’s study in the book as well as the video content. We hope these interactions will be both challenging and encouraging!
- After the video, we will let you know the personal study assignment for the next week in your Discovering Jesus in the Old Testament study book. That’s it!
Before Next Week
Complete Chapter 10–Jesus the Covenant Mediator (pages 161-176) in your creative devotional study book. See you next week!
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Discussion Questions
After you finish the video, “6 Ways to Thrive in Hardship,” please answer the following questions below in the comments to get to know your fellow Bible study friends!
- What one thought stuck out to you in this week’s video ,”6 Ways to Thrive in Hardship”? Why did it stand out?
- What one thought stuck out to you from this week’s chapter? Why did it stand out?
- Page 150 question 21: Describe a time you asked one of the questions the exiles asked.
How she gave us the 6 things we need to in our hardship. Prayer is a big one.
How Jesus is our light.
When I am going through something there a lot of time I am like where are you God. Then finding out later He was right beside me all the time.
Hi, Becky. 3) Yes! In Psalm 73, Asaph thinks God isn’t listening or caring for him and later discovers God was right there with him supporting him. Same with Job. Job thought God wasn’t listening, but discovered God was intently listening.
#1.Again I’m gonna agree with Becky. The 6 ways to thrive in hardship, all 6 are much needed information..The 2nd, settle where God places you, reminded me of some of Karla’s art work from along time ago before the 3 of you even did this wonderful Discovery Series. It was called Bloom Where You’re Planted.
#2.What stood out to me was the numerous different places and people that referenced Jesus as the Light of the world before and after birth. And that we are to walk in the light to help lead others to that Light.
#3. I asked , where was God? when my son was murdered, and when my grandson killed himself. I never blamed God or thought it was His fault, I know that there is so much evil in this world, and even though He didn’t cause it, I asked many times why He didn’t stop it from happening. I know He has His reasons, and His ways are higher than our ways, but sometimes I still ask.
Hi, Yvonne. 1) I heard Karla talk on that too–or maybe she wrote on that in one of the books. It’s a great example. 2) It was difficult to choose which passages to use because there were so many! 3) I’m so sorry for all these tragedies. It’s normal to ask questions. Job asked many questions and God still called him righteous. There’s a difference between asking questions so you can understand something (as Job did), and asking in an accusatory manner to test God, as the Israelites did in the desert when they asked if he had brought them into the wilderness to kill them. Some things may not be clear until we see God. I think you said you were going to read “Why Does God Allow Evil?” Feel free to write me as you go through it, Yvonne.