Sermon Tone Analysis

God’s Comfort—*2 Cor.

1:1-5   *Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting   4~/22~/09

  Trouble is an inescapable consequence of living in this world.

Today, we hear everywhere of people doing horrible things to themselves and others.

*Job 14:1-*

  Sometimes is this trouble God seems afar off- *Job 13:24- *this was certainly the human side of Job coming out.

*Psa.

10:1- Psa.

13:1- *even David asked this same question.

Why does God allow these things to happen to us?

   1-To prove the validity of their faith

      *Prov.

17:3- *

*      2 Chron.

32:31- *

*      Deut 8:2- *

*      1 Peter 1:6-7- *

*      *These tests aren’t for God they are for us so we can look at our faith.

Thou Job was tested above all measure he remained faithful- *Job 13:15.

*Many times we certainly don’t understand what’s going to but we can know that at the top level is God.

2- God allows bad things to happen so we won’t get all tied up with this world

      *Rom.

5:3-5- *those who have their eyes on Heaven will not despair in this life.

*2 Cor.

4:17-18- *

*      Rom.

8:18- *

*    *3- God may allow it to teach us obedience

      *Psa.

119:67-71*

*      Heb.

12:5-11- *

*    *4- God may allow bad things so he can reveal compassion

      *Psa.

63:3-*

*      Isa.

49:13- *

*    *5- God allows bad things to strengthen us for greater service

     * James 1:2-4- *

*    *6- God allows bad things so we can learn comfort so we will comfort others when they are in their trials

     *Luke 22:31-32- *

*     2 Cor.

1:4- *

*       *God comforts us because he is a merciful God but also because He has promised to comfort us

          *Isa.

41:10- *

*          2 Cor 7:6- *

*          Deut 31:6- *

*          Heb.

13:5- *

*          Affliction- *pressure.

Throughout  all his trials in life Paul was comforted by the Lord.

*2 Cor.

4:7-11- *Suffering believers receive God’s comfort so they can comfort others that are suffering.

We need to be a vessel that God can use to bring comfort to those who are hurting.

*We need to get involved in other people’s lives. 2 Thess 2:16- *God is the source of all comfort but we can be used of Him.

*2 Tim.

3:12- *

* *

*Psa.

37:1-7*

*   Fret- *literally get mad – *Trust- *have confidence in --- *Delight- *to take pleasure in discovering more about God and his will for your life—*Commit- *allow Him to shape your thoughts, goals and lifestyle (roll your life over onto Him) *Rest- *rely on Him to work out our circumstances.

Taling matters in our wom hands is not helping Him out.