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In this episode of The Association Insights Podcast, we continue our Gen Z Insights Series—spotlighting rising professionals shaping the future of associations from the inside out. This special series is made possible by our partners at Highland.Host Keaveny Hewitt from OnWrd & UpWrd sits down with Rachel Grace Leman, Specialist, Program Development at the Association of Corporate Counsel. With honesty, energy, and thoughtfulness, Rachel shares how her Gen Z perspective is helping reshape the way associations think about meaning, engagement, and professional growth—from mission alignment to mental health to making room for vulnerability at work.If you care about cultivating next-generation leadership, creating healthier work cultures, or just want to better understand what Gen Z really values—this is one conversation you won't want to miss.Key Highlights:More Than a Job: Why values alignment and workplace transparency are non-negotiables for Gen Z.Mental Health & Meaningful Work: How Rachel's professional journey has been shaped by her experiences with burnout, identity, and mental well-being—and how associations can show up better for their people.Safe to Grow: What it takes to create a culture where younger professionals feel safe enough to ask questions, take risks, and speak up.Inside the Legal World: How Rachel's work at ACC offers a unique lens into one of the most tradition-bound professions—and what Gen Z is bringing to the table.The Power of Vulnerability: Why authenticity matters, and how Rachel is redefining what professionalism can look like in today's workplace.Advice for Association Leaders: Practical ways to support and retain younger team members—starting with listening, investing, and letting them lead.

The Great American Vape Out is a different take on the annual Smoke Out set for this Thursday. We spoke with Fairfield CARES about this new campaign and the focus on vaping, especially with teens. (0:00) Data of more than 100 thousand Connecticut patients was stolen in a cyberattack on hospitals in Waterbury, Manchester and Vernon.  The attack on Prospect Medical Holdings resulted in data stolen, including patient addresses, dates of birth, diagnosis and treatment plans, lab results and financial information. Our cybersecurity expert explained why hospitals should invest in full-time cyber experts to detect issues before it's too late. (9:11) Ahead of Thanksgiving, how do we live with a grateful heart? Counselor, Julius Dudics, shares perspective in practicing gratitude. He also gave us tips on handling difficult family members around the Thanksgiving table this week. (25:12) Julie on the Job: Why are younger workers hesitant to become managers? Career strategist, Julie Bauke, shared a new survey's findings and why more workers are concerned with their personal lives than making more money. (43:10) Image Credit: Getty Images

Talk 16 God speaks to us directly     Part 2       Dreams and visions I guess most Christians know that the Bible contains many references to God speaking to people through a dream or vision. The book of Genesis alone contains some 40 references to the word dream, and at least seven people are mentioned as having been spoken to in a dream or vision. These include: Abimelech (20: 3, 6) Abraham (15:1) Jacob (31: 10, 11) Laban (31: 24) Joseph (37: 5, 6, 9, 10) Pharaoh's Butler and Baker (40: 5, 8, 9, 16) Pharaoh (41: 7,  8, 15, 17, 22, 25, 26, 32). And in the rest of the Old Testament there are many other references too, far too many to mention here. The most significant of these is Joel's prophecy: And afterwards, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions… (Joel 2:28), We'll return to this when we come to look at dreams and visions in the New Testament, but first let's consider three other OT passages. The first is in the book of Job which is considered to be the oldest of all the books of the Bible and in it we find Elihu saying to Job: Why do you complain to God that he responds to no one's words? For God does speak - now one way, now another - though no one perceives it. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they slumber in their beds, he may speak in their ears…(Job 33:13-16). Now it's important when reading Job to be aware that not everything Job's friends said to him was correct, but in this case Elihu's words are in line with what God himself says in Numbers 12:6-8:  When there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, reveal myself to them in visions, I speak to them in dreams. But this is not true of my servant Moses; he is faithful in all my house. With him I speak face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the Lord. Here God confirms that he does speak through dreams and visions, but also makes it clear that they are ‘riddles' and can be open to misinterpretation. They are not as reliable as the level of revelation that God granted to Moses. They need to be interpreted, as we know from the well-known stories of Joseph and Daniel who were gifted by God in interpreting dreams.  Finally, in Jeremiah 23 we are warned against the danger of false visions: This is what the Lord Almighty says: Do not listen to what the prophets are prophesying to you; they will fill you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord (v.16. Compare 14:14). Let the prophet who has a dream recount the dream but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully for what has straw to do with grain? declares the Lord (v.28). The context here is that God had told Jeremiah that judgment was coming on the nation, but this, of course, was an unpopular message that nobody wanted to believe. The false prophets, who were politically motivated, were only saying what they knew the king wanted to hear. Through Jeremiah God is warning these prophets to make sure that they are speaking God's word faithfully and not prophesying visions from their own minds. And he is warning those who are listening to them not to believe them. So the OT passages we have been looking at teach us that: We sometimes think that God does not respond to us, but he does in one way or another, sometimes by a dream or vision (Job 33:13-16).  Even when God does speak through a dream or vision, it often needs to be interpreted (Numbers 12:6-8).  Visions and dreams need to be evaluated. What is the motivation of the person relating their dream? Are they faithful to God's word? (Jeremiah 23:16, 28). As we see from the example of faithful Moses, there is a higher level of revelation than dreams and visions. For us, that is the teaching of Scripture. This is in harmony with what we have already seen with regard to different levels of prophecy.   As we come now to look at the New Testament, we see that here too there are frequent references to God speaking through dreams and visions. In the Gospels we read about Joseph and the wise men in the Christmas story, and Pilate's wife having dreams, and of Zechariah, Peter, James, and John having visions. In Acts, God (or an angel sent by God) speaks in visions to Cornelius, Peter, and Paul. The references in Acts are particularly important for us, because, as we have explained before, we are living after Pentecost which was a turning point in human history. The gift of God's Holy Spirit was then made available to all his people. When the crowd, composed of many different nationalities, are amazed to hear the disciples speaking their languages, they ask, What does this mean? To which Peter replies: …this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 'In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy…  (Acts 2:16-18).   This seems to suggest that, far from any idea that dreams and visions might become redundant after Pentecost, there should in fact be an increase in these manifestations. They are a direct result of the Spirit being made available to all. What's more, if God spoke to Cornelius, Peter, and Paul through visions, there is no reason to suppose that he will not speak in the same way to people today, And indeed, there are increasing numbers of testimonies of Muslims around the world who have come to Christ as a result of God speaking to them through a dream or vision. Finally, before I share a personal testimony of how God spoke to me in a dream, it's worth noting that in Acts 2 Peter identifies the manifestation of speaking in tongues as the fulfilment of Joel's prophecy that when the Spirit was poured out in the last days all kinds of people would see dreams and visions and that they would prophesy. This may well suggest that, just as dreams and visions are a means of prophetic revelation, speaking in tongues fulfils a similar role.  It certainly did so on the Day of Pentecost and, as we have seen, when accompanied by the gift of interpretation of tongues, it can be a means of building up believers in the local church. God has spoken to me many times through these gifts, but only once has he spoken to me through a dream.    Some years ago, my daughter, Sarah, recommended a book by Jack Deere entitled, Surprised by the Voice of God. On reading it, I was challenged by the reminder that in the Bible God often spoke through dreams, and I wondered why God had never spoken to me in a dream. So I said, almost casually, Lord, you have never spoken to me in a dream, and I would really like you to.  I must admit that I didn't expect an immediate answer, but a few days later I had a dream. But before I tell you what it was, I need to tell you about our family. Debbie, our oldest daughter was living in Rugby. Sarah, our second daughter, was living in Portsmouth. And Jonathan, our son, was living near Liverpool.  About a year before I had the dream, Sarah had asked me if I knew anyone who needed a car. She had tried to sell her old one, but was offered only £300 for it and felt that she'd rather give it away than sell it for such a low price. I told her that I thought Jonathan would be grateful for it, and so she gave the car to him. Shortly before I had the dream, we had arranged to visit Debbie on a particular weekend because we knew that Jonathan would be there too. Now I had the dream about a week before the visit to Debbie. In my dream Eileen and I went to Debbie in separate cars because we would need to give Eileen's car to Jonathan. That was it. And even though I had asked the Lord to speak to me through a dream, I didn't seriously think that the dream was a message from God. And so we both went to Debbie's in my car. Imagine my surprise when we arrived at Debbie's and saw what looked like a brand-new car standing outside Debbie's house. Whose is the car? I said. Oh, it belongs to the insurance company, said Jonathan. Mine is a write-off. Someone smashed into the back of it while it was parked on the road. And it was then that I was reminded of my dream. Could God be saying that we should give Eileen's car to Jonathan? I told her about the dream, and she readily agreed that that is what we should do. So we told Jonathan and simply asked that he would give us the insurance money when it came through, to put towards replacing the car we were giving him. We didn't expect very much as the most Sarah had been offered for it a year before was £300. Eileen and I agreed together that we'd leave it a few weeks and then start to look for a replacement car for her. The car she had given Jonathan was a Toyota Corolla 1600, five door executive automatic, and Eileen loved it! So I promised her that we'd look for a newer version of exactly the same model. Shortly afterwards we heard from Jonathan. The insurance company had given him £1200 for the car, for which, if you remember, a year before Sarah had been offered a mere £300. Grateful to God that we were getting far more than we had expected, Eileen and I set off one Saturday visiting car sales companies in several nearby towns, looking for a Toyota Corolla with the same specification. It was pouring with rain all day long, and after several hours of unsuccessful searching we returned home, tired, wet, and rather discouraged.  Then, quite suddenly, on the following Tuesday, a thought came into my mind. A few years earlier the College had bought a Toyota minibus from a Christian brother in Nottingham who had a garage with a Toyota franchise. Maybe I should try him? So I phoned him and told him what I was looking for. If he had one come in, would he please let us know? To which he replied, Will silver do?  Now the colour of the car was about the only detail I hadn't specified when I told him what we were looking for, but silver was just the sort of colour we wanted! Yes, that's fine, I said. Does that mean you've got one? And to cut a long story short, one had come in that very day, There was just one previous owner and they had only covered 3000 miles a year from new. The price was right, and when he said, When do you want to come over and look at it? my reply was, I don't need to. This is so obviously God, I'll come and get it on Saturday. That's the only time I've ever bought a car without looking at it, and it was just what Eileen wanted.  Now you may think that I've wandered a long way from the dream I was telling you about, but if it had not been for that dream, that whole series of amazing events would never have happened. And the story is not just about a dream about a car. It's a testimony of how God is at work in the little details of our lives, constantly working all things together for our good because he loves us and because we are called according to his purpose (Romans 8:28).

Why are Job's friends so hostile to Job- Why has this debate separated friends- Far more than just a disagreement over circumstances, what we're seeing here is the world's hostility to the message of the cross.

I actually get this question a lot. Why should I start a podcast?  And later after explaining it the following two questions: How do I start one? Can I earn revenue with a podcast? In this week's podcast, I speak to podcast expert Larry Roberts, podcast host of Readily Random and the 1 Big Win. Larry is quickly becoming one of the top coveted podcast consultants in the United States.  What we discuss in this episode: Why Your Nonprofit or Freelance Biz Must Start a Podcast ✔️ Your podcast is a platform ✔️ A foundation of your voice  ✔️ To launch speaking opportunities and products ✔️ You become a go-to in your nonprofit industry ✔️ Creates credibility ✔️ Brings people into your world ✔️ Share stories of beneficiaries ✔️ Connect with funders and donors in an intimate way ✔️ A place to create relationships with people you would never have the chance to meet How to Monetize a Podcast ✔️ Be your own sponsor ✔️ Insert your own commercial ✔️ Ask for donations (like a telethon) ✔️ Understand you won't monetize it right away ✔️ Use the podcast to launch a campaign ✔️ Use it to launch digital and physical services The Big Leap: Behind the Scenes of Larry Transitioning into Full-Time Podcasting after 21 Years in a Job ✔️ Why your gut is important to listen to ✔️ Make sure you test the market before you jump ✔️ When your J-O-B is no longer fun (red flags) ✔️ Why it took Larry 5 years to leap ✔️ Jump ship, let it go or make it a hobby ✔️ Why online course creation is on his list ✔️ Why multiple streams of revenue are vital for podcasters  ✔️ Why he's transitioning during the pandemic

“Lamentation, a prayer for help coming out of pain, is very common in the Bible. Over one third (50 or so) of the psalms are laments. Lament frequently occurs in the Book of Job: “Why did I not perish at birth, come forth from the womb and expire?” (Job 3:11). The prophets likewise cry out to God, such as Jeremiah does: “Why is my pain continuous, my wound incurable…?” (15:18) and Habakkuk: “…my legs tremble beneath me. I await the day of distress that will come upon the people who attack us” (3:16).   One whole book, Lamentations, expresses the confusion and suffering felt after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians.   We find something similar in the New Testament as well. People who are afflicted cry out to Jesus for help. Bartimaeus, the blind beggar, shouts out, “Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me!” (Mark 10:47).”   During this service of lament, participants will be invited to lament the losses, the deep frustrations, and the painful areas of our lives in the presence of God and His people.  It’s a way to let go of the sadness, pain, bitterness, and frustration that we’ve experienced since mid-March.     During the sermon, worshippers will be invited to write down on a piece of paper specific information based on writing prompts.  Later, during the prayers of the church, this will be used as laments from the people.  At the end of the prayers or the service, the laments will be disposed of somehow [not sure how at this point].   Next step: Write down your laments and entrust them to the Lord.   Lessons: Lamentations 1:1-4, 3:22-26, 31-33, 55-58, Psalm 13, 1 Peter 5:6-9, Mark 10:46-52   Watch: www.stlukecolumbus.com/ondemand   Subscribe to our Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/stlukecolumbus  

Going Deeper DiscussionWhich of the six characters in the Bible who struggled with depression and anxiety do you relate to the most?Matthew 26:37-38 says this about Jesus the night before his crucifixion:“…he began to be sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, ‘My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death.’”Jesus was anxious but did not sin. Is there a time when our anxiety becomes a sin? What is your number one “takeaway” from the panel discussion? Teaching NotesSix prominent characters in the Bible suffered from depression and anxiety due to a traumatic situation in their life:1. David Save me, O God,     for the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me. I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God. Psalm 69:1-32. Elijah “I have had enough Lord, he said. Take my life, I am not better than my ancestors.” 1 Kings 19:4 3. Jonah “Now O Lord, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live.” Jonah 4:3 4. Job “Why did I not perish at birth, and die as I came from the womb?” Job 3:11 “I have no peace, no quietness, I have no rest, but only turmoil.” Job 3:26 “I loathe my very life, therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.” Job 10:1 5. Jeremiah “Cursed be the day I was born…why did I ever come out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow and to end my days in shame?” Jerermiah 20:14,  Jeremiah 20:18 6. Jesus “a man of sorrow and acquainted with grief.” Isaiah 53:3 Panel Questions:Impact: What impact will Covid 19 have on our mental health? What are symptoms of PTSD? Parenting: What are three things we need to know to parent our children on the other side of this? Pace of Life: COVID 19 gave us all a chance to slow down. As the pace of life picks back up again, what are some things we need to keep in mind to stay healthy? Relationships: The new social etiquette is creating some stress in most of us. Give us some tips on how to handle this. Role of Faith: What role does faith play in our mental health? Learn more about our On-Site and Community Mental Health Resources.Access our Self-Care Mental Health Resources page.Sunday Set ListBe Strong - Troy KennedyIn Control - Mitch LangleyDeath Was Arrested - North Point InsideOutBe sure to follow our Spotify Worship Playlist, updated weekly with the upcoming Sunday’s set!

This week in The Journey 2020, we're making our way through the book of Job. Job was an upright and blameless man, and yet God allowed terrible things to happen to him. What does this book have to tell us about why bad things happen to good people? The post The Journey 2020 – Job – Why do bad things happen to good people? appeared first on Bridge Church.

The book of Job is one many of us try to forget exists. What wisdom can be found in Job? Why should we still read it? What does it tell us about God? Mtr. Lisa explores the comfort found in the Book of Job in this week's Sunday Sermon. Lessons: Job 42:1-6, 10-17 Psalm 34:1-8, (19-22) Hebrews 7:23-28 Mark 10:46-52

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Sunday January 12thJob 38-42So now we are nearing the end of the book of Job. We've seen terrible tragedy come into Job's life and we've listened to Job's three friends try to explain to Job WHY these things happened. They all agreed that Job MUST have deserved these terrible things because God is FAIR and it would be UNFAIR to let bad things happen to good people. Job defended himself each time against their accusations, but at some point he started drifting into a sort of self-righteous “I can do no wrong” attitude. Then a young man, Elihu, came along and said basically, “Job, you don't know even the tiniest fraction about who God is and how He operates! You'd be better off praising God instead of questioning Him!”Before Job even has a chance to argue back against Elihu, an interesting thing happens in Chapter 38 Verse 1:“And now, finally, God answered Job from the eye of a violent storm. He said:“Why do you talk without knowing what you're talking about?Pull yourself together, Job!    Up on your feet! Stand tall!I have some questions for you,    and I want some straight answers.Where were you when I created the earth?    Tell me, since you know so much!Who decided on its size? Certainly you'll know that!Who came up with the blueprints and measurements?How was its foundation poured,    and who set the cornerstonewhile the morning stars sang in chorus    and all the angels shouted praise?Who took charge of the ocean    when it gushed forth like a baby from the womb?That was me! I wrapped it in soft clouds,    and tucked it in safely at night. And said, ‘Stay here, this is your place'.Have you ever ordered the Morning to, ‘Get up'?As the sun brings everything to light,the cover of darkness is snatched from the wicked--    they're caught in the very act!Have you ever gotten to the true bottom of things,    explored the caves of the deep ocean?Do you know the first thing about death? Do you have one clue regarding death's mysteries?Do you have any idea how large this earth is?Speak up if you have even the beginning of an answer.Do you know where Light comes from and where Darkness lives so you can take them by the handand lead them home when they get lost?Why, of course you know that.    You've known them all your life!Have you ever traveled to where snow is made, where hail is stockpiled?Can you find your way to where lightning is launched, the place from which the wind blows?Who do you suppose carves canyons    for the downpours of rain, and charts    the route of thunderstorms?And who do you think is the father of rain and dew,ice and frost?You don't for a minute imaginethese marvels of weather just happen, do you?Do you know the first thing about the sky's constellations and how they affect things on Earth?Can you get the attention of the clouds,    and commission a shower of rain?Can you take charge of the lightning bolts    and have them report to you for orders?Can you teach the lioness to stalk her prey    and satisfy the appetite of her cubs?And who sets out food for the ravens    when their young cry to God,    fluttering about because they have no food?Who do you think set the wild donkey free,    opened the corral gates and let him go?I gave him the whole wilderness to roam in.He grazes freely through the hills.Are you the one who gave the horse his shimmering mane?Was it through your know-how that the hawk learned to fly?Did you command the eagle's flight?Now what do you have to say for yourself?Are you going to haul me, the Mighty One, into court and press charges?Job Answers God Job answered:“I'm speechless, in awe—words fail me.    I should never have opened my mouth!I've talked too much, way too much.    I'm ready to shut up and listen.”God's Second Set of Questions I have some more questions for you,    and I want answers.Do you presume to tell me what I'm doing wrong?    Are you calling me a sinner so you can be a saint?Do you have an arm like my arm?    Can you shout in thunder the way I can?Go ahead, show your stuff.    Let's see what you're made of, what you can do.Unleash your outrage.Target the arrogant and bring them to their knees.Stop the wicked in their tracks! I'll gladly step aside and hand things over to you--you can surely save yourself with no help from me! Look at the beast, Behemoth. I created him as well as you.Just look at the strength of his back,    the powerful muscles of his belly. His skeleton is made of steel,    every bone in his body hard as steel.He's the most magnificent of all my creatures,    but I still lead him around like a lamb!Or can you pull in the sea beast, Leviathan, with your fishing pole?Can you lasso him with a rope,    or snag him with an anchor?Will you play with him as if he were your pet goldfish?    If you so much as lay a hand on him,    you won't live to tell the story.What hope would you have with such a creature?    Why, one look at him would do you in!If you can't hold your own against him,    how, then, do you expect to stand up to me?Who could confront me and get by with it?    I'm in charge of all this—I run this universe!42 Job answered God:“I'm convinced: You can do anything and everything.    Nothing and no one can upset your plans.You asked, ‘who is this person ignorantly second-guessing my purposes?'I admit it. I was the one. I babbled on about things far beyond me.I made small talk about wonders way over my head.You told me, ‘Listen, and let me do the talking.    Let me ask the questions. You give the answers.'I admit I once lived by rumors of you;but now I have it all firsthand—from my own eyes and ears!I'm sorry—forgive me. I'll never do that again, I promise!God Restores Job After God had finished addressing Job, he turned to Eliphaz and said,“I've had it with you and your two friends. I'm fed up! You haven't been honest either with me or about me—not the way my friend Job has. So here's what you must do. Take seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my friend Job. Sacrifice a burnt offering on your own behalf. My friend Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer. He will ask me not to treat you as you deserve for talking nonsense about me, and for not being honest with me, as he has.”Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar did what God commanded. And God accepted Job's prayer.After Job had interceded for his friends, God restored his fortune—and then doubled it! All his brothers and sisters and friends came to his house and celebrated. Each of them brought generous housewarming gifts.12-15 God blessed Job's later life even more than his earlier life. He ended up with fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand teams of oxen, and one thousand donkeys. He also had seven sons and three daughters. He named the first daughter Dove, the second, Cinnamon, and the third, Dark-eyes. There was not a woman in that country as beautiful as Job's daughters. Their father treated them as equals with their brothers, providing the same inheritance.16-17 Job lived on another 140 years, living to see his children and grandchildren—four generations of them! Then he died—an old man, a full life.It's certainly comforting to see Job not only restored to what he once had, but actually receiving DOUBLE for what he had lost!Keep in mind that Job maintained his faithfulness to God, and NEVER cursed God as Satan claimed he would, even in the midst of the worst of it.Keep in mind also that Job really never does find out WHY all of this happened. There is no indication that Job was ever given the details of Satan's accusations against him, or the fact that God had ALLOWED Satan to test him.God vindicates Job be clearly rebuking the three friends who wanted to blame all of Job's misfortune on his sinfulness, which definitely was not the reason. But ultimately Job learned that we have to simply trust God no matter WHAT is going on around us.Although these words were not yet written, Job came to understand, by living them out, the truth of these words from Romans 8:28“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”There's another important element to Job's story that we need to remember when struggles and difficulties have entered our lives. The biblical truth is found inPsalm 30:5Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.There are going to be hard times in all of our lives. I wish that wasn't true, but it is. Jesus said “In this world you WILL have tribulation.” But he also said “be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world”! (John 16:33)Job was an overcomer. And in that way he was a foreshadower of Jesus, who overcame the cross and overcame death itself. Hebrews 12:1-3 reminds us:Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.3 For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.As we run this race of life, we have Job as our witness, we have Jesus as our witness, we have hundreds of thousands of faithful believers watching us, cheering for us, and saying “you can overcome temptation and hardship and trials! We did it, and you can too!”That's why John wrote these words to us in his first letter:1 John 2:13 I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one. 1 John 2:14 I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, And you have overcome the wicked one.1 John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.1 John 5:4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.1 John 5:5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?As Pastor Bob Sorge explained, God could have done a worse thing to Job than allowing Satan to attack him twice…“God Could Have Left Job Alone”!Then Job would have never known God in the deep, true way that he did as a result of his tragedy.