At-home guide / number 37
A Hard Life and a Good God
Job 1. Part 3 of the story, poetry and prophets. This guide went out for Sunday September 21, 2025.
Reinforce this truth throughout the week and during your study.
Even when bad things happen, we should trust and praise the Lord.
Read the passage to or with your children.
Job 1
Memorize and recite this verse with your children throughout the week
The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
- Job 1:21
Watch the video below with your children.
Take time with your family to discuss these questions (or variations of these questions) together, and reflect on this week’s truth and Word.
How did God describe Job? Did being a good and righteous man keep him from suffering bad things? What can we learn from that?
TakeawayEven God’s good people may suffer bad things.
What bad things happened to Job? What did Satan think Job would do when these bad things happened? What did Job actually do instead? What should we do when bad things happen to us?
TakeawayEven when bad things happen, we should trust and praise the Lord.
When Satan took away all the good things in Job’s life, did he stop trusting God? How did Satan first tempt Jesus? How did Jesus respond? How was Jesus tempted when he was on the cross? What did he do? What are some ways that Satan might tempt us? How do we resist him when he tempts us?
TakeawayWhen Satan tempts us, we can resist him like Jesus and Job did.
As your family reflects on the truths you learned in this week’s lesson, pray together.
Here are some questions to get you started...
- What did I learn about God that I can praise Him for?
- What sins and weaknesses can I confess to God?
- What promises can I thank God for?
Keep going
The story runs on.
Every guide follows the one storyline of Scripture, week by week. Guide 37 sits in part 3, poetry and prophets.