The God of All Comfort

It was a good morning for a short mosey and the Word. The verse of the week was…

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,”
‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭1:3‬ ‭ESV‬‬

If you continue reading through ch. 1 Paul tells us that God comforts us in a ALL our afflictions so that we can comfort others in ANY affliction. We’ve all heard it said “you can’t understand because you haven’t been through what I’m going through.“ Sure that may be true, but as believers in Christ we don’t have to go through the same afflictions as others because Jesus has been through it already “Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭2:17-18‬ ‭ESV‬‬ this is the reason why we don’t have to go through the same things to comfort one another. This is one of the mysteries of the God we serve that He allows us to be partakers in His work. How amazing it is that the Creator of the cosmos indwells His children by His Spirit so that we may comfort others. As believers we are not called to seek comfort but to seek out others to comfort. If we seek to comfort others God will see to it that we are comforted. Brothers I pray that we would be diligent in our comforting. We all need each other and our Father in Heaven has given us each other. Don’t waste your opportunities! Who can you reach out to this week and comfort?

COT:

announcements: Site Q swap at Folsom Saturday 8/15, JJ 5k 9/26

Prayer Request: Sister Act’s daughter and family, Sparky’s nephew and family, teachers and students starting back to school, Stogie’s dad, our community, and first responders.

once again thanks for allowing me to lead!

Wichita out and on to the next one!