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    The Testing of Job: Sunday School Lesson

    Job 1–2 · Job 42

    Ages 9–12 ~45 min Memory: Job 1:21

    Print this page straight from your browser — the story, memory verse, discussion questions and craft all fit on one sheet.

    Big Idea

    Faith is not the absence of tears; it is worship with tears on your face.

    Story Summary

    Job was perfect and upright, and in one day he lost his herds, his servants and all ten of his children. He fell to the ground and worshipped. Through long chapters of grief and unhelpful friends he held fast, until God answered him out of the whirlwind — and afterward blessed his latter end more than his beginning.

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    Memory Verse (KJV)

    “The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”

    Job 1:21

    Discussion Questions

    1. What did Job do first when he heard the terrible news?
    2. Job's friends sat with him seven days in silence. When is silence the kindest help?
    3. Did God explain to Job why it all happened?

      Teacher hint: No — God showed Job Himself instead of an explanation (Job 38–41).

    4. What do you do with your sad days? Who can you tell?

    Craft Idea: Two-Sided Weather Wheel

    Supplies

    • Two paper circles
    • A split pin
    • Crayons
    • Markers

    Steps

    1. Draw storm clouds on one half of the wheel and sunshine on the other.
    2. Pin the second circle on top with a window cut out.
    3. Write Job 1:21 around the rim.
    4. Turn the wheel and name a time for each kind of day.

    Printable Worksheet

    Print the lesson page for the verse card and the discussion questions.

    This Sunday's lesson

    Lesson flow (45 minutes)

    1. Welcome (5 min): Pray, then read the memory verse aloud three times together.
    2. Story (10 min): Tell the story summary in your own words; open a KJV to Job 1–2 · Job 42.
    3. Discussion (10 min): Walk through the questions above. Let every child answer at least once.
    4. Craft (15 min): Make the two-sided weather wheel.
    5. Wrap-up (5 min): Hand out the worksheet to finish at home and recite the memory verse one last time.

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