2. Signpost #1 What we believe determines where we go in life. What we believe affects the choices we make in life. Seek God Go My Own Way

3. Signpost #2 What we believe about creation determines how we view ourselves and how we view life. Know Creator No Creator

4. Signpost #3 What we believe about the Bible determines how we live our lives. Believe and Obey the Bible Follow My Own Rules

5. Signpost #4 What we believe about God’s goodness defines our relationship with Him. Trust God Don’t Trust God

6. “In this life, there are times of pain and suffering that can be very difficult to understand and accept. During those times, you can choose to trust God even when you don’t understand, or you can turn your back on Him and walk away.” - Sean McDowell

7. Remember God’s Words “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.” - Proverbs 3:5-6

8. Remember God’s Words “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” - Jeremiah 29:11

9. A Man Named Job Job 1 – 2 Job is affirmed by God, tempted by Satan, Job continues to worships God.

10. Job’s Story In Job’s struggle and pain: 1.Job declares God’s power is unlimited. Job 42:2

11. Job’s Story In Job’s struggle and pain: 2.Job declares that his problem is his lack of understanding. Job 42:3, 6

12. Job’s Story In Job’s struggle and pain: 3.Job declares that what he does know about God provides a basis for trusting God in areas in which he has no knowledge.

13. What We Believe can move us forward continuing to trust God and His goodness can cause us to move away and go our own way or could leave us in our tracks going nowhere with doubt

14. Remember Doubting Thomas John 20:19-27 Thomas only wanted to see the same thing that the other disciples had seen. Doubt could be another word for wonder with the anticipation of hope.

15. There is evil in the world because there is good in the world. God did not create a world with moral good that is absent from moral evil.

16. We have been given the freedom to choose, we do not always choose good. This does not limit God, it only limits us. James 1:5 and John 16:33