The document summarizes key life lessons learned from Job's story in the Bible. It outlines that we all start with nothing and will end with nothing, so we should not place too much value on physical possessions. It also emphasizes putting one's trust in God even during difficult times, as God is all-knowing and cares for our needs. The main takeaways are to store up spiritual riches in heaven rather than physical ones on earth, and to remain faithful to God no matter the circumstances.

1. Life-Lessons from Job
Job 1:20-21 20 Then Job
arose, tore his robe, and
shaved his head; and he
fell to the ground and
worshiped. 21 And he
said: "Naked I came from
my mother's womb, And
naked shall I return there.
The Lord gave, and the
Lord has taken away;
Blessed be the name of
the Lord."

2. Introduction
● The book of Job is about a normal human being
who is beset with suffering and misfortune
● James 5:11 Indeed we count them blessed
who endure. You have heard of the
perseverance of Job and seen the end intended
by the Lord--that the Lord is very
compassionate and merciful.
● The key words – Patient, Endurance

3. Life-Lessons from Job
● First life-lesson:
“Naked I came from my mother's womb”
● All of us start with the same possessions
● Sign – I started with nothing. I still have most of
it.
● Everyone has the same starting point.
● Everything we have came from God.

4. Life-Lessons from Job
● Second life-lesson:
“And naked shall I return there.”
● All of us leave this life with the same
possessions as when we started.
● Possessions end at the cemetery.
● Luke 12:20-21 20 But God said to him, 'Fool!
This night your soul will be required of you; then
whose will those things be which you have
provided?' 21 So is he who lays up treasure for
himself, and is not rich toward God."

5. Life-Lessons from Job
● Second life-lesson:
“And naked shall I return there.”
● Matthew 19:23-24 23 Then Jesus said to His
disciples, "Assuredly, I say to you that it is hard
for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
24 And again I say to you, it is easier for a
camel to go through the eye of a needle than for
a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

6. Life-Lessons from Job
● Third life-lesson:
“The Lord gave”
● All belongs to God
● Psalm 50:10-12 10 For every beast of the
forest is Mine, And the cattle on a thousand
hills. 11 I know all the birds of the mountains,
And the wild beasts of the field are Mine. 12 "If I
were hungry, I would not tell you; For the world
is Mine, and all its fullness.
● Pray for your daily needs – Matthew 6:11 Give
us this day our daily bread.

7. Life-Lessons from Job
● Third life-lesson:
“The Lord gave”
● All belongs to God
● God knows how to give what we need
● Matthew 6:8 For your Father knows the things
you have need of before you ask Him.
● James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect
gift is from above, and comes down from the
Father of lights, with whom there is no variation
or shadow of turning.

8. Life-Lessons from Job
● Fourth life-lesson:
“The Lord has taken away”
● Our favorite word – MINE.
● We must learn to trust in God.
● We are clay in His hands. (Romans 9:20-21)
● The clay does not question the potter.
● We must trust the omniscience of God.
(Omniscience = able to know all things)

9. Life-Lessons from Job
● Fifth life-lesson:
“Blessed be the name of the Lord”
● We praise God because He cares for us.
● He gives us good and perfect gifts.
● We offer thanksgiving, love and praise.
● 1 Peter 5:6-7 6 Therefore humble yourselves
under the mighty hand of God, that He may
exalt you in due time, 7 casting all your care
upon Him, for He cares for you.

10. QUESTIONS:
● What are true riches?
● Luke 16:11 Therefore if you have not
been faithful in the unrighteous
mammon, who will commit to your trust
the true riches?

11. QUESTIONS:
● What are true riches?
● What will last forever?
● 2 Peter 3:10-11 10 But the day of the
Lord will come as a thief in the night, in
which the heavens will pass away with
a great noise, and the elements will
melt with fervent heat; both the earth
and the works that are in it will be
burned up. 11 Therefore, since all these
things will be dissolved, what manner

12. QUESTIONS:
● What are true riches?
● What will last forever?
● Where are you storing treasures
● Matthew 6:19-20 19 "Do not lay up for
yourselves treasures on earth, where
moth and rust destroy and where
thieves break in and steal; 20 but lay up
for yourselves treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust destroys
and where thieves do not break in and

13. FINAL NOTE:
● Job possessed great riches, but his
riches did not possess him.
● He remained faithful to God through
good times and bad.
● Job 1:22 In all this Job did not sin nor
charge God with wrong.
● Job 13:15 Though He slay me, yet will I
trust Him. Even so, I will defend my own
ways before Him.