GMSA Missionary Conf. Notes (Part 1)

Editorial Note: This post, and a few more in the future, will be my notes and memorable quotes from the preaching sessions during the 2007 GMSA Missionary Conference held in Lican Ray, Chile. The sessions were a great blessing to me, and my desire that in posting the notes, they will be a blessing to you in your Christian walk as well.

The following were my notes from a message given by Pastor Bill Hixson (Athens, OH) from the book of Job.

What did Job learn?

1. He learned that he still had sin in his heart.
2. He learned to trust God even though he didn't understand what He was doing.
3. He learned the value of suffering in building character.
4. He learned to turn to God alone rather than man and himself.
5. He learned to put the difficulties of this life in perspective with the next life.
6. He learned to pray for people who have wronged him.
7. He learned that God was bigger and better than He could ever imagine.

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Memorable quotes:

"Trials promote maturity, prayer, perspective, and promised reward."

"We may be in the dark about what God is doing, but we are not in the dark about God."

"Don't list your trials, learn from them."

"Serve God for who He is, not for what you can get out of Him."

"There is more going on in your life than we care to imagine or know."

"Faith is living without scheming."

"If I knew what God had for me in the next 30 years, I probably wouldn't have the courage to do it."

"People need pastoral care, not philosophical debate."
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Pastor Hixson recommended reading "The Many Faces of Evil" by John Feinburg