Prepare
Opening Prayer
Father, thank you for this day and for your Word. Bless and watch over us as we read, and help us know and understand what you have for us. In Jesus' name, amen.
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Scripture Passage
Greeting
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
To the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia:
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Comfort in Suffering
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ. 6 Now if we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer. Or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. 7 And our hope for you is steadfast, because we know that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also you will partake of the consolation.
Delivered from Suffering
8 For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. 9 Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead, 10 who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us, 11 you also helping together in prayer for us, that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the gift granted to us through many.
The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), 2 Co 1:1-11
A — About
What Is This Passage About?
God is the Father of mercies and God of all comfort. He comforts believers in tribulation so they can comfort others, and Christ's consolation abounds alongside suffering. Paul's severe affliction taught him not to trust himself but the God who raises the dead and delivers his people, while the church joins through prayer.
B — Best Verse
A Verse That Summarizes the Passage
2 Corinthians 1:3-4
Distilled from the devotional exposition; the speaker did not explicitly name a best verse.
The transcript contains no explicit best-verse choice. Verses 3-4 best represent Bryan's repeated emphasis that the Father comforts believers in every tribulation so they can pass that divine comfort to others.
C — Called or Christ
C — Christ Connection
Do not give up hope or trust in yourself when suffering becomes overwhelming. Trust the God who raises the dead, receive Christ's consolation, and pray for afflicted people to be brought out of despair and given hope.
Devotional Study
Transcript of the devotion. Minor transcription errors may remain.
well good morning good morning good morning welcome to coffee and devotions it's so good to have you this morning i had a couple little dudes who decided to wake up and come and visit us this morning uh why don't we have some oh well hey this is where every day you and i we get together we have a little bit of coffee we get into god's word and we grow in our love for the lord together this year 2022 lord willing we'll make it all the way from the book of acts to fight lehman why don't we have some coffee we'll pray and we'll get into god's word you want some of my coffee no no it's not decaf [Music] okay you ready to pray all right let's pray father thank you so much for this day thank you for your word and we pray that as we read your word this morning that you would bless us that you would watch over us that we would know and understand what you have for us in jesus name amen all right i'm going to close that out so you're not attempting to just look at the video of yourself the whole time all right we're at second corinthians 2 corinthians chapter one but the problem is i need to look at what verses we're at second corinthians chapter one where did it go there it is second corinthians chapter one verses one through eleven paul an apostle of jesus christ by the will of god and timothy our brother so who's writing this letter um the apostle paul and who else who's with him um paul is an apostle of jesus christ so he's sent by jesus christ with a message and timothy our brother good to the church of god which is at what corinth that's right that's why this is called second corinthians right to the church of god which is at corinth with all the saints who are in ikea so ikea it was a province of rome do you want to know what province that is what it's where greece is yeah so it's in that area of greece grace to you and peace from god our father and the lord jesus christ this is a very typical way that letters in the new testament are addressed who is writing it who is it going to and a greeting all right so let's keep going blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ and the father of mercies and god of all comfort who comforts us in our tribulation that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble with the comfort which we ourselves are comforted by god for as the sufferings of christ abound in us so our consolation also abounds through christ now if we are afflicted it is for your consolation and salvation which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer or if we are comforted it is for your consolation and salvation and our hope for you is steadfast because we know that as you are partakers of the sufferings so also you are partakers of the consolation for we do not want you to be ignorant brethren of our trouble which came to us in asia that we were burdened beyond measure even above strength so that we despaired even of life yes we had the sentence of death in ourselves that we should not trust in ourselves but in god who raises the dead who delivered us from so great a death and does deliver us in whom we trust that he will still deliver us you also helping together in prayer for us that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the gift branded to us through many you know what i just realized you all can read why did i read all that okay oh i guess it's too late to take that back okay that's fine so um it starts in verse one what is our verse three what does verse three say there bubba um blessed be the god of all father of our lord jesus christ that's right so blessed be who god the father our of jesus christ and he's the father of what what is the calling you're the father of right the father of mercies and the god of all comfort and then what does he tell us does he say that things are going to be easy for us in this life no he says he comforts us in our tribulation right even in our troubles even in our affliction even when things are going wrong who can we find comfort in god that's right and then he he says that for as the sufferings of christ abound in us so our consolation also abounds through christ right did jesus suffer yeah did jesus have afflictions yeah and so is jesus able to comfort us yeah and then he goes on and he actually talks about now if we are afflicted it is for your consolation and salvation which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer or if we are comforted it is for your consolation and salvation and our hope is what our hope for you is steadfast that's right does do paul and timothy do they think ah they got no hope their hope is steadfast that's right so you got to talk louder or else people on the microphone won't be able to hear you yeah their hope is steadfast right because they know that what verse seven and then as you are partakers of the suffering so also you will partake of the consequence what is so uh do you remember when grandma died when great-grandma quick died and do you remember how you guys came to daddy and gave me a hug yeah it was consoling right you were able to comfort and console you were able to bring hope and love the situation when we're in affliction tribulation sufferings how does jesus give us consolation do you think jesus persecutes us no what do you think how how do we find hope consolation even when there might be despair how do you find consolation in jesus christ let me stand over here after this life that's right that's right after this life isn't the end of the story is it no and but is jesus with us even in this life yeah and even if we die is that the end of the story was it the end of the story for jesus no right that's i think what verse 9 is saying yes we had the sentence of death in ourselves so paul and timothy when they were in ephesus in the book of acts when we read that they tried to kill them right that we should not trust in ourselves but in god who what who raises the dead who raises the dead right god raises the the dead so do we need to fear even death nope why not daniel will have a new life no sin that's right we'll have a new life with no sin with resurrection bodies that's right so even when things are going poorly in life do we need to be without hope no it says here in verse 8 that it got so bad for them when they were in asia it says that we even despaired of life right life was so hard for them that they they almost wished they could just be with god sometimes is life that hard yeah sometimes for some people life can just get that hard but do we should we give up hope no because god can give us consolation so it says here in verse 11 you also helping together in prayer for us that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the gift for the gift granted to us through many how do they how else do they find consolation in verse 11 how are they helping them in prayer that's right is prayer helpful or unhelpful yeah yeah very helpful oh are you picking your nose there dude while people are watching you you don't want to do that no daniel is prayer helpful or unhelpful oh do we what are some times in which you pray okay yeah so in the morning when we eat breakfast we do family worship and in the evening at dinner we pray when we do family worship and we pray at church and do we only pray for ourselves [Music] yeah we pray for missionaries we pray for others we pray for our congregation that's right we pray for lots of people because do other people need our help and can we pray that god would comfort them that god would console them you know i bet some people watching that this video this morning might need some prayer maybe they're going through a hard thing in their life do we want to pray for them this morning yeah i'll let you guys uh decide in the comments what you would underline as the best verse to summarize this i think praying for others that they would have consolation would be the best calling for this that people would know christ and would be brought out of despair and be given hope let's pray father we thank you so much that there is a resurrection of the dead that even when we grieve we do not grieve as those without hope for we know that the resurrection is real lord we don't know who's watching this this morning who might be even despairing of life who things are just difficult who by your providence you've brought sorrow into their life or affliction lord we pray that you would help them lord we pray that you would give them hope we pray that they would not be given over to despair but that they might lift up their eyes to the hills and see where their aid comes from that their hope would be you the lord and that you would renew their strength and care for them thank you for the work of your holy spirit thank you for jesus christ it's in his name we pray amen may the lord bless you today may you walk in the joy and peace of jesus christ may you love him always and find comfort and consolation in him and we'll see you tomorrow you guys want wanna say bye [Music]