Job: Comfort in Suffering

Missio Church - Bismarck

Verses Used:

• Job 2:11-13
• Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
• 1 Samuel 18:1-4
• Romans 12:15
• Galatians 6:2

Takeaways:

• We need the comfort of other people when we are suffering

Three Friends

• We all need a few people in our lives that can be trusted and be present with us when we are at our lowest.
• Real friendship is worth the work.

A Good Friend Shows Up

• Good friends don’t look on from a distance, they become present.
• Sometimes being present is the best comfort we can give to someone who is suffering.

Sympathy and Empathy

• Empathy is the ability to connect with and comprehend the emotions of others, including their pain, sadness, or distress.
• Sympathy is feeling pity for someone while being glad we don’t have the same problems.
• Weeping with those who weep is a way of feeling what they feel. Empathy is feeling, not fixing.

Discussion Questions:

• Can you think of a time when someone came to visit you and their presence was a blessing? Why did it mean so much to you?
• Why do you think it’s better to sometimes to show up and say nothing when a friend is suffering?
• Why is it easier to sympathize with someone than to empathize?
• If you are suffering, which one would you rather have shown to you, sympathy or empathy? Why?

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