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Well, hey, and welcome to the Becoming Better podcast. I am your host, Brendan Krismer, and we are so glad that you are here. On today’s episode, Jason, Josh, and I sat down, and we learned how to understand the emotion behind the texts we are reading and teaching. We talk about why context matters so much. And how it is that we respond to deep pain and suffering. As always, if you ever have any questions or comments from Sunday's message, we encourage you to join us at QuadCity.church/podcast, where you can submit your questions to be answered right here on this show. Those questions help us guide a fruitful and productive conversation around Sunday's message, so it is so helpful when you do send them in. We hope you enjoy this episode.If you or someone you know is struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts, please call or text 988. Help is available.additional resources:https://988lifeline.org/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=oneboxsamhsa.govnimh.nih.gov1-800-662-4357

Prolonged suffering is often devastating to our spiritual and emotional health. After weeks of suffering, Job questions why he was even born. What do we do when the pain of our suffering seems to outlast the perseverance of our faith? If you or someone you know is struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts, please call or text 988, help is available.additional resources:https://988lifeline.org/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=oneboxsamhsa.govnimh.nih.gov1-800-662-4357

This week, Jason, Ken, and Brendan sit down and discuss the misunderstanding of Jobs's Wife in her suffering. They discuss how to submit to God's sovereignty amid our suffering and move from a place of resentment of God in pain and trial to a position of gratitude. We hope that you enjoy this conversation.

Just when it seemed like Job had passed the test of his suffering, it was taken to a new level. His suffering went beyond the external circumstances of his wealth and family to the personal suffering in his own body. While those around him encouraged him to walk away from his faith, Job had a different perspective that is a helpful reminder for all of us when suffering comes our way.

Well, Hey, and welcome to the Becoming Better podcast. My name is Nate, and we are so glad that you are here.On today’s episode Jason josh and I sit down and we talk about the book of Job and some of the things that we couldn’t get into this last Sunday. We also take some time to answer some of the questions that you submitted, and I wanted to take the time to thank everyone who engages with this. And I want to encourage everyone as we go through this to submit any questions you may have. If you missed last Sunday's message, I want you to stop here and listen to it or watch it on our YouTube or website.We hope you enjoy this episode If you would like to see the baptism we talked about this last week, here is that Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kMTh9jGuW0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kMTh9jGuW0)

Throughout the story of Job, we are given access not only to what is going on in the earthly realm, we are also given behind the scenes access to what is going on in the heavenly realms regarding Job’s suffering. In this first chapter we see Job endure some of the greatest of all suffering and respond to it in the most unexpected way...