Yet Will I Trust in Him – Job 1-3; 12-14; 19; 21-24; 38-40; 42

Gathered in this post are resources to help you teach your family not only the stories of the people in the Old Testament but also the doctrine and principles found in the study block for the Come, Follow Me reading of Job 1-3; 12-14; 19; 21-24; 38-40; 42. There are resources for children, youth, and adults. Every resource linked to is free! Most links are to church websites or websites approved for further gospel study. Choose on thing a day to do with your family or a couple to do for family home evening. Enjoy!

Everyone

Video – Mountains To Climb – Gaining Power To Overcome Challenges In Life – Finding faith in the Lord Jesus Christ will help us have the power to endure and overcome challenges in life. (5:05 minutes)

Video – Inspiring Short: Facing Tribulation: “Be of Good Cheer” | Camille Fronk – Christ’s commandment to “be of good cheer” often comes in the midst of adversity. Faith in Christ isn’t a guarantee that we won’t have trials, but Camille Fronk testifies that no trial is more powerful than the peace of His grace. (1:30 minutes)

Video – Bearing Our Burdens with Hope – Being happy does not always mean being without hardship. Sometimes it means just the opposite. (8:46 minutes)

Video – The Refiner’s Fire – The refiner’s fire is not a comfortable place to be. It involves intense heat and repeated hammering. But it is in the refiner’s fire we are purified and prepared to meet God. (5:02 minutes)

Primary Children

Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ will help me during hard times as I have faith in Them. Job 1-2; 12; 13:15; 19

Activity – Job Trusted God – Color and find the differences.

Activity – How to Make Job with Rock Art | Come Create with Me – Patti Rokus, the rock artist, arranges stones into shapes that resemble our pets and relates our love for our pets to the story of Job in the Bible while also teaching about trusting God. (17:09 minutes)

Lesson – Job – Old Testament Primary Manual

Video – Job – Old Testament Stories

Video – Job – Old Testament Scripture Reader

Jesus Christ is my Redeemer. Job 19:25

Activity – Jesus Christ is My Redeemer – Coloring page

Activity – Jesus Loves Me – An action rhyme for young children about the Savior’s love.

Activity/Article – The Sacrament Helps us Remember Jesus – Overview of the Last Supper and bookmark with ideas for what kids can think of during the sacrament.

Article – Learn about Jesus – Russell M. Nelson shares some ways we can take advantage of the power of Jesus Christ.

Good friends uplift and encourage each other. Job 19:13-19; 22:5

Activity – Finding a Friend – An I-spy game.

Activity – Friendship Challenge – Each time you do an item from the list, color all the numbered spaces that match the heart next to the item.

Story – Keep Going, Josie! – Josie’s teammates encourage her during a race. She realizes Jesus also cheers us on.

Story – Alex from California and Katie from Oregon – Meet these two girls who became best friends because of their grandmothers.

Story – Faithful Friends – Lindee G. and Ila P., both age 11, explain how they support each other in learning and sharing the gospel.

Video – Serving in the Savior’s Way – When Matt and Miguel learn that their friend Hatsu is going through a tough time, they must find a way to help her feel the Savior’s love. Learn how Heavenly Father can bless others through our actions when we follow the example of Jesus Christ. (6:08 minutes)

Sunday School – Youth and Adults

Article – Thoughts to Keep in Mind: Reading Poetry in the Old Testament – Beginning with Job, we find a different writing style, as Old Testament writers turned to poetic language to express deep feelings or monumental prophecies in a memorable way.

Video – Understanding the Book of Job in the Bible – Book of Mormon Central (10:39 minutes)

My trust in Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ can help me remain faithful in all circumstances. Job 1-3; 12-13

Article – Hast Thou Considered My Servant Job? – An ancient chronicle of suffering teaches us to not misjudge the reasons for affliction, but to look to God in trust.

Article – Mountains to Climb – If we have faith in Jesus Christ, the hardest as well as the easiest times in life can be a blessing.

Video – Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? – Book of Mormon Central (5:37 minutes)

Video – Job’s Secret for Finding Hope in the Midst of Trials – Book of Mormon Central (4:44 minutes)

Jesus Christ is my Redeemer. Job 19

Article – Hope, an Anchor of the Soul – Our greatest hope comes from the knowledge that the Savior broke the bands of death. … He atoned for our sins if we repent.

Video – Come Follow Me Insights – Job: I Know that My Redeemer Liveth! – Taylor and Tyler explore the story of Job as we all learn how to stay true to God amidst our trials and challenges. Learn about how God will bless us if we are faithful to Him. Stay until the end for a special music presentation of I Know that My Redeemer Lives. (1:13:47 minutes)

“When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.” Job 21-24

Article – God Will Have a Tried People – We came to mortal life to encounter resistance. It was part of the plan for our eternal progress. Without temptation, sickness, pain, and sorrow, there could be no goodness, virtue, appreciation for well-being, or joy.

Article – Our Relationship With God – No matter what our mortal experience may entail, we can trust God and find joy in Him.

Article – The Refiner’s Fire – Here then is a great truth. In the pain, the agony, and the heroic endeavors of life, we pass through a refiner’s fire, and the insignificant and the unimportant in our lives can melt away like dross and make our faith bright, intact, and strong.

Video – Searching for God in Trials – Job had a desperate desire to stand before God and plead his case, to rationally persuade God that Job is innocent of wrongdoing. But Job couldn’t just waltz up to heaven. He felt that God was completely inaccessible to him. Despite Job’s loneliness, he acknowledged that God never really left him. “He knows the way that I take.” Even when His hand isn’t immediately evident, God is aware and is always watching. Job expressed the hope that after his trials, he “shall come out like gold.” This is a direct reference back to Eliphaz’s chastisement in the previous chapter that Job needed to do away with his gold. Job’s response was that his trials shall turn him into gold. If we let them, trials can have a refining effect on our characters, just as ore being refined into precious gold. Book of Mormon Central (5:08 minutes)

God’s perspective is greater than mine. Job 38; 40; 42

Article – The Eternal Perspective of the Gospel – For decisions that affect eternity, having a gospel perspective is essential.

Video – The Book of Job as Ancient Wisdom Literature – Book of Mormon Central (8:12 minutes)

Video – How The Book of Job Can Help Us Cope with the Loss of a Loved One – Book of Mormon Central (8:09 minutes)

Video – How Job Relied on the Arm of the Lord – Book of Mormon Central (6:43 minutes)

Adults

Article – A Latter-day Saint Theology of Suffering – We wanted life, however high the cost. We suffer because we were willing to pay the cost of being and of being here with others in their ignorance and inexperience as well as our own. We suffer because we are willing to pay the costs of living with laws of nature, which operate quite consistently whether or not we understand them or can manage them. We suffer because, like Christ in the desert, we apparently did not say we would come only if God would change all our stones to bread in time of hunger. We were willing to know hunger. From At the Pulpit.

Article – Who is a True Friend? – All of us may have been at one time or other confused as to just who our true friends are.

Article – Old Testament Prophets: Job – Although Job was not a prophet, his life, testimony, and endurance during trials can be an inspiration to us.

Article – “Hast Thou Considered My Servant Job?” – Old Testament Institute Manual

Article – “Hast Thou Considered My Servant Job?” – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – Withstanding the Evil One – BYU Religious Studies Center

Podcast – Follow Him: Job part 1 (video link) – Why does bad happen to good people? Dr. Adam Miller explores suffering, loss, integrity, and redemption themes in the Book of Job. Find the audio of this episode here.

Podcast – Follow Him: Job part 2 (video link) – Dr. Adam Miller continues the discussion of suffering and personal growth to become like our Heavenly Parents. Dr. Miller also discusses the lack of desired answers in the Book of Job but the nature of suffering and loss. Find the audio of this episode here.

Video – Discussions on the Old Testament: Job – Professors from the BYU Department of Ancient Scripture discuss the book of Job, particularly the wisdom and morals taught by this book of scripture. BYUtv (27:31 minutes)

Video – Come Follow Up: Job – Come Follow Up host Ben Lomu meets with Old Testament scholar Melissa Inouye as well as special guests Traci Rampton and Bret Bowcuttto discuss when God hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold and what covenant to mourn? BYUtv (55:16 minutes)