For teenagers when they encounter crisis in their lives. This presentation talks about how to wait for God

1. When Things Go Wrong
A Study from the Book of Job

2. When things go wrong ..
 Worship Him
 Look to God
 Reach out to hurting people
 Wait for God’s help

3. Wait for God’s help
Look Beyond yourself
Give God time to work
Focus on the Future

4. Focus
What’s the big idea?
 God promises to help us when we trust Him
Why does it matter?
 It requires patience and faith to trust God
How do I live it?
 Trust God’s timing when you ask Him for help abd
believe in His promises no matter what you have to
endure

5. The Book of Job
Oldest Book in Bible
Author: Unknown
Job: Lived during or before Abraham

7. Memory Work and Drills!

8. Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have
for you,” declares the Lord,
“plans to prosper you and
not to harm you, plans to
give you hope and a
future.”

9. Psalms 23

10. Numbers 6:24-26
The Lord bless you and keep you
The Lord make His face shine upon
you and be gracious to you
The Lord turn His face toward you and
give you peace.

11. Psalms 127:1
Unless the Lord builds the
house, the builders labor in vain.
Unless the Lord watches over the
city, the guards stand watch in
vain.

12. Psalms 20:7
Some trust in chariots and some in
horses,
But we trust in the name of the Lord
our God.

13. Isaiah 41:10
So do not fear, for I am with you;
Do not be dismayed, for I am your
God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous
right hand.

14. Psalms 86:15
But you, Lord, are a
compassionate and gracious
God, slow to anger, abounding
in love and faithfulness.

15. Memory Work and Drills!
Isaiah 41:10
Psalms 127:1
Psalms 86:15
Psalms 20:7
Jer 29:11
Psalms 23
Numbers 6:24-26

16. Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1
Chronicles
2
Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalm
Proverbs
Ecclesiastics
Song of Songs
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekial
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation
To churches
To individuals

17. Last lesson: Be compassionate
MMDD
Write down something which
had caused you to be hurt, feel
resentful and bitter.
(something that still stirs up the
same feeling in you now)
Put into the
box and pick
another one
Share a
testimony
(BACK)
Write something encouraging
and comforting. Encourage the
person from God’s word.
Pray for someone in
your cell

18. Wait for God’s help
Look Beyond yourself
Give God time to work
Focus on the Future

19. Job 42:2
1 Then
2 “I
Job replied to the LORD:
know that you can do all
things; no purpose of yours can
be thwarted.

20. Jer 17:7-8
“But blessed is the one who trusts in
the Lord, whose confidence is in him.
They will be like a tree planted by the
water that sends out its roots by
the stream. It does not fear when
heat comes; its leaves are always
green. It has no worries in a year of
drought and never fails to bear
fruit.”

21. God’s Presence

22. The Fear Meter
1. Apprehensive
2. Fearful
3. Terrified
10 minutes

23. Wait for God’s help
Look Beyond yourself
Give God time to work
Focus on the Future

24. Is waiting on God
wasting time?
Ps 27:14 What do we do while waiting
for God to change our situation or bring
suffering to an end?
Why do we have to wait on God’s
timing?
Is waiting on God wasting time?
James 5:11

25. Wait for God’s help
Look Beyond yourself
Give God time to work
Focus on the Future

26. What really is going on ?
2 Cor 4: 16-18
Earthly Realm
Wasting away
Spiritual Realm
Being renewed day
by day.
Eternal glory
Light and
momentary troubles
What is seen
What is unseen
Temporary
Eternal

27. Learnings from Job
Our problems have a purpose  it’s
OK if we don’t understand what the
purpose is
Help is on the way  our suffering
won’t last forever
Stay close to God and trust Him to
know what is best