Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.” The most spoken directive from God in the whole bible is to NOT BE AFRAID The need to know that we are: Not alone in life That someone is one our side…

“Comforting others with our comfort” 2 Corinthians 1:1-11 Story of Cat and detergent – I wanted to call this message “Life in the Spin cycle” Introduction - 1:1-2: Suffering prepares us to comfort others – 1:3-7 Focus on who God is – i. He is God – Creator, powerful one and in control. ii. He is the…

Deep feelings for others and sympathy for their needs, leading to appropriate action on their behalf. Spiritual sensitivity is the ability to perceive and respond to the call of God or the spiritual demands of the moment. Oversensitivity and lack of sensitivity are extremes to be avoided.

The consolation and reassurance of those who are in distress, anxiety or need. Such comfort is an essential aspect of human relationships. Scripture declares that God comforts his people in times of distress.

Submitting to direction from a wise & caring Shepherd enables us to positively traverse unknown circumstances.

The ability to appreciate another’s condition, especially through shared experience of pain or suffering. God sympathises with his people in their sufferings, as does Jesus Christ as the sympathetic high priest.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul dealt with much discouragement throughout his…

God’s providence is supreme, and therefore sovereign … He is the sole arbiter of events and destines … So that it is as clear that God rules alone as that he rules at all, that he rules everywhere as that eh rules anywhere; that he governs all agents, all causes, all events, as that he governs any of…

We must be as Jeremiah, the mourner, who approach the vision of sin that God Himself holds.

God’s providence is supreme, and therefore sovereign … He is the sole arbiter of events and destines … So that it is as clear that God rules alone as that he rules at all, that he rules everywhere as that he rules anywhere; that he governs all agents, all causes, all events, as that he governs any of…