August 28
F.R.O.G.

2 Corinthians 1:1-11  New International Version (NIV)

 

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

To the church of God in Corinth, together with all his holy people throughout Achaia:

² Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Praise to the God of All Comfort

³ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, ⁴ who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. ⁵ For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. ⁶ If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. ⁷ And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.
⁸ We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters,^[a] about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. ⁹ Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. ¹⁰ He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, ¹¹ as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.

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The Apostle Paul opens the letter to the church at Corinth praising God for being the father of compassion and the God of all comfort.
Do you need comfort today?
Are you going through a difficult trial that seems to hard to stand?
This passage should give you great courage and encouragement!
Paul relates that he and the others were being persecuted so much that they believed they would not live through it.
And yet.... he can still praise God for being the God of all comfort.
Can you do the same?
He shares the result of having endured these difficult times; saying that it opened the opportunity for them to rely completely on the Lord!
To F.ully R.ely O.n G.od................
That should always be our heartcry!
Receive all that the Lord has for you.
He will continue to deliver you and give you his comfort throughout your time of trial!