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Weekly Guide：2026-2027 Week 44
November 01, 2026
Week 44 Day 1: Good and Evil, Justice and Righteousness ⇧ ⇩
Question：How Did Bildad, Job’s Second Friend, Try to Comfort Job?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
- Bildad continues along the lines of Eliphaz’s argument, believing that God is just and therefore suffering is punishment for wrongdoing.
- Bildad relies on traditional teachings and the natural order: God will not reject a blameless person or support evildoers.
- Job believes that no one can be righteous before God and that his friends’ words have been of no help.
- Job is anguished by the prospect of presenting his case before God because he is uncertain of the outcome, and he pours out his grief in lament.
Meditation: My Story
- Community - When should we avoid offering comfort in the way Bildad did?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 44 Day 2: Rebuking Sin ⇧ ⇩
Question：How Did Zophar, Job’s Third Friend, Try to Comfort Job?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
- Zophar accuses Job of self-righteousness, explains that God is willing to forgive, and urges Job to turn away from sin.
- Job declares that his wisdom is no less than that of his friends and speaks of God’s wisdom and power.
Meditation: My Story
- Community - When should we avoid offering comfort in the way Zophar did?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 44 Day 3: Useless Physicians ⇧ ⇩
Question：How Did Job Respond to His Friends’ Attempts to Comfort Him?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
- Job rebukes his friends, calling them purveyors of lies and useless physicians.
- Job would rather present his case before God, because God is his only hope.
Meditation: My Story
- Community - Have we ever been disappointed by our friends’ attempts to comfort us? How can we find comfort in God’s presence?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 44 Day 4: Job Is Rebuked ⇧ ⇩
Question：How Did Eliphaz Rebuke Job?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
- Eliphaz rebukes Job for speaking arrogantly about his own righteousness, abandoning reverence for God, and undermining a spirit of godliness before Him.
- Eliphaz describes the suffering of the wicked, saying that they live in constant fear and distress.
- Job responds by arguing that his friends’ comfort has only increased his anguish and that their consolation has brought him even more sorrow.
- Job’s grief remains unbearable, and he pours out his lament before God.
Meditation: My Story
- Community - Eliphaz’s attempts to comfort Job gradually turn into rebukes. How can I speak the truth in love to comfort and build others up?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 44 Day 5: The Calamities of the Wicked ⇧ ⇩
Question：Why Was Bildad So Eager to Join in Rebuking Job?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
- Bildad rebukes Job for arguing with words and describes the calamities that befall the wicked.
- Job responds by accusing his friends of troubling his heart and crushing him with their words.
- Job firmly believes that he will ultimately be delivered. He knows that his Redeemer lives and that in the end He will stand upon the earth.
Meditation: My Story
- Identity - Despite his suffering and his friends’ lack of understanding, Job believes that he will ultimately receive salvation. Does this kind of faith help me? Why or why not?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 44 Day 6: Retribution Delayed ⇧ ⇮
Question：Why Could Zophar’s Response Not Comfort Job?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
- Zophar repeats the view that although evildoers may prosper temporarily, they will ultimately perish.
- Job points out the reality that the wicked can defy God and still enjoy peace and prosperity. He questions his friends’ insistence that God will swiftly punish the wicked.
Meditation: My Story
- Identity - We often see examples of the wicked defying God while enjoying peace and prosperity in this world. How do we feel when we see this? How can these experiences help us gain a deeper understanding of God’s purposes?
- Identity - Zophar insists that God must act immediately to punish evil and reward goodness because he fails to recognize that God is free to act or not to act according to His sovereign will. Do we acknowledge that God is beyond the limits of our understanding? How can recognizing this help us?