Job Rises: Thirteen Keys to a Resilient Life

By Paul Anton Chernoch

This book unearths ancient wisdom that can help you increase your resilience in the face of modern problems. Have you suffered any of the following? * Injustice? * Anxiety? * Suicidal Depression? * Self-harm? * Death of a child? * Financial ruin? * Social ostracism? * Marital strife? * Religious persecution? * Chronic disease? * A life without meaning? How did that suffering change you? Did it produce these outcomes? * Increased Resilience ? * An overcoming spirit? * Happiness? * Peace? * Prosperity? * Long life? 3,700 years ago, there was a man who overcame all these trials and obtained all these benefits. He left a timeless account of his struggle. Down through the centuries, millions of people have found guidance and comfort from his words. That man's name is Job . Job Rises explores the ancient Book of Job along with other parts of the Bible in search of principles that can help suffering people overcome their troubles. Job had thirteen beliefs and habits that combined to make him resilient in the face of horrifying loss, extreme need, deep loneliness and relentless persecution. Teasing those keys to reslience out of the sea of despair in which Job was mired requires patience. Understanding God's answers to Job's probing questions requires equal patience. The literature is full of contradictory opinions about the meaning of Job. On the larger issues of interpretation, this book comes to conclusions similar to those offered by the late Pastor Ray Stedman in Let God Be God: Life-Changing Truths from the Book of Job . The author attends an American Baptist church, adopts an Evangelical perspective in his arguments and assumes the Bible is inerrant. The opening chapters introduce the plot and characters and tackle the interpretative problems. Which speakers should do you trust and why? What is the structure of the poem and how does that help us understand it? Did God even answer Job's questions? How do the divine words match the suffering man's concerns? Next, each key to resilience is uncovered in the text of Job, supported by reference to the rest of scripture, and illustrated through personal stories which prove its effectiveness. The author credits the principles with assisting him during his own struggle to overcome depression, anxiety, the fear of death, and the isolating effects of life with Asperger's Syndrome. He details his journey through confusion to a place that can quench the thirst for meaning in a world that appears meaningless . Most chapters conclude with Key Meditations to stimulate prayer and reflection.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1086797531
• ISBN13: 9781086797534
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"