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  • How To View Your Problems

    Contributed by Gary Bennett on Feb 25, 2003
    based on 50 ratings
     | 4,964 views

    What do we expect from life? Comfort or hardship? God’s grace and comfort are available to us - not to store, but to share.

    INTRODUCTION Every now and again, one of our politicians expresses a view that cuts to the heart of Australia’s social conscience. Sometimes these phrases come back to haunt them during the next election campaign. Occasionally their words will be immortalised as famous words of a great leader. ...read more

  • Why Must We Suffer?

    Contributed by David Taylor on Apr 18, 2003
    based on 88 ratings
     | 9,306 views

    Instruction on the handling of suffering falls short because it leaves us with the resounding question of why, and it is in this sermon we see four reasons that Paul gave on why we suffer.

    CBS News anchor Dan Rather admits he was always fascinated by the sport of boxing, even though he was never good at it. “In boxing you’re on your own; there’s no place to hide,” he says. “At the end of the match only one boxer has his hand up. That’s it. He has no one to credit or to blame except ...read more

  • Comforting Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Aug 13, 2003
    based on 20 ratings
     | 6,523 views

    This is the 3rd sermon in the series "God’s Care For His People".

    “Series: God’s Care For His People (Isaiah 40)” (#3) COMFORTING Isaiah 40:27-31 Introduction: 1. As I look around I have learned that pain and suffering are not discriminatory. It doesn’t matter your color, your age, your education, etc... We all have to deal with difficult times. I was recently ...read more

  • Hang In There

    Contributed by Ken Sowers on Nov 11, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,575 views

    Be an encourager

    Comfort - encouragement - 2 Cor. 1:3-7 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 have received from God. 5 For just ...read more

  • The God Of All Comfort Series

    Contributed by Joel Curry on Oct 29, 2001
    based on 41 ratings
     | 5,602 views

    Challenges and suffering are in God’s plan. They enable us to experience His care and pass His comfort on to others.

    Today we begin our study of the book of 2nd Corinthians. During the last few months, as we have studied through the book of 1st Corinthians, the extent of the problems at the church in Corinth became apparent to us. The church was characterized by disunity, dissention, arguing, and immorality. ...read more

  • When Trouble Comes Your Way

    Contributed by Howard Mcglamery on Dec 28, 2002
    based on 27 ratings
     | 14,674 views

    A message given to single adults but not limited to singles. An answer to the question of why trials and problems come into out lives.

    When Trouble Comes Your Way II Cor. 1:8-9 and 4:8-10 Introduction People react to trouble in different ways: Some Grumble – Some Gripe – Some Groan – Some Grieve – Some Growl - and SOME GROW. Trouble will never leave a person the same. It will either leave you “bitter” or “better”. A poet ...read more

  • Can God Trust You?

    Contributed by Joseph Comage on Nov 8, 2002
    based on 136 ratings
     | 39,668 views

    Can God trust you when you are under attack and all hell is breaking loose?

    CAN GOD TRUST YOU 2 Corinthians 1:8 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 life. CAN GOD TRUST YOU? To be able to trust the ones we love is important to almost all ...read more

  • Overcoming Opposition

    Contributed by Lisa Foy on Jan 20, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,937 views

    Opposition and problems are a part of life, it is important that we learn how to overcome problems through Christ.

    When Paul went into Ephesus he encountered a set of problems with a throng of people behind it. Paul states that he wanted at times to throw his hands up and go home. Most of his problems came from people that were unwilling to change. 2 Corinthians 1:8-9 Paul explains that we are not going to ...read more

  • How To Comfort Others Series

    Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Apr 15, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 6,436 views

    What is God’s comfort, and how do we actually show it to others?

    How to comfort others. 2 Cor 1:1-11. WBC 17/4/05am Intro clip: live 999 call of Eight-year-old Hope from Heybridge, Essex, kept her cool when mum Melissa Cook suddenly gave birth to a baby she did not know she was carrying. From this week’s news CONTEXT Letter written by Paul (ex Saul) about 57 ...read more

  • Comfort

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Apr 6, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,490 views

    Have you ever wondered, why do the righteous suffer? In various portions of Scripture we find that suffering is the result of Adam’s original sin which plunged the human race into misery. However, in this portion of Scripture Paul teaches us why it is n

    THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PASSAGE: One night while conducting an evangelistic meeting in the Salvation Army Citadel in Chicago, Booth Tucker preached on the sympathy of Jesus. After his message a man approached him and said, “If your wife had just died, like mine has, and your babies were crying for ...read more

  • Jars Of Comfort Series

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Jan 10, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,595 views

    We are jars of clay through whom God comforts others.

    Title: Jars of Caring Text: II Corinthians 1:3-7 Thesis: We are “Jars of Clay” through whom God works. We are stewards of the presence of God… we exist so that others may see the glory of God in us and working through us. We are also stewards of the God’s comfort. We exist to share from our ...read more

  • Radically God-Dependent

    Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Jan 18, 2008
     | 3,702 views

    We think we’re independent and to some degree self-sufficient, but what God wants of us is to be radically God-Dependent

    Radically God-Dependent TCF Sermon January 13, 2008 What do you think of when you hear the word helpless? Do you think of a little baby? Babies are certainly helpless. They’re absolutely dependent on their parents for their very life. If parents don’t feed them, don’t take care of all their ...read more

  • It's A Good Hurt

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Sep 4, 2008
     | 2,295 views

    A message on the good that can come from suffering.

    IT’S A GOOD HURT 2 Corinthians 1:3-11 Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Pastor Brian Matherlee I recall a “Far Side” cartoon that has a cowboy filled with arrows and he says to his partner, “It hurts Clem….but it’s a good hurt.” What good can come from suffering? 1. God is the Father of compassion and ...read more

  • The Fight Of Your Life

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Jul 4, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,113 views

    A message about the spiritual battle that we all face.

    THE FIGHT OF YOUR LIFE TEXT: 2 Corinthians 1:8-10; 10:3-5 2 Corinthians 1:8 10 8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: 9 But we had the sentence of death ...read more

  • Down But Not Out (Part1) Series

    Contributed by Rick Brown on Feb 9, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,227 views

    Reasons to Praise the Lord in the midst of suffering

    “DOWN BUT NOT OUT” (PART 1) 2 CORINTHIANS 1:1-11 BRBC 2/3/08 INTRO: SUFFERING IS ONE OF THE MYSTERY’S OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE? WHY DOES GOD ALLOW SUFFERING TO TAKE ITS TERRIBLE TOLL ON HIS PEOPLE? WHEN WE THINK OF SUFFERING WE MOST OFTEN THINK OF IT ...read more