{"id":4408,"date":"2026-03-20T01:18:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T01:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=4408"},"modified":"2026-02-28T19:18:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T19:18:41","slug":"job-from-prosperity-to-perseverance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/job-from-prosperity-to-perseverance\/","title":{"rendered":"Job \u2013 From Prosperity to Perseverance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Friday, March 20<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Job \u2013 From Prosperity to Perseverance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised. <\/em>\u2013 Job 1:21, NIV<\/p>\n<p>Job was righteous yet he lost his wealth, his children, and his health.<\/p>\n<p>In the Book of Job 1, his flaw wasn\u2019t wrongdoing. His mess was suffering without explanation.<\/p>\n<p>He wrestled with grief. He questioned. He lamented.<\/p>\n<p>But he did not abandon God.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of the book, Job declares, \u201cMy ears had heard of You but now my eyes have seen You.\u201d (Job 42:5)<\/p>\n<p>Loss deepened revelation.<\/p>\n<p>Purpose is not only built in prosperity it is forged in perseverance.<\/p>\n<p>In this Year of Purpose, suffering may refine you, but it will not define you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for today:<\/strong> <em>Lord, when I don\u2019t understand, help me still trust. Strengthen my faith in seasons of loss. Refine my character through trials. And bring restoration according to Your will. Let me see You more clearly through every test. In Jesus\u2019 name, Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, March 20 Job \u2013 From Prosperity to Perseverance The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised. \u2013 Job 1:21, NIV Job was righteous yet he lost his wealth, his children, and his health. In the Book of Job 1, his flaw wasn\u2019t wrongdoing. His mess [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4409,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4408\/revisions\/4409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}