Episode 400 - Show Notes
- Where do you go when you face trouble? Where do you go when life is hard. It’s true that without hope in Christ, you’ll turn to the things this world offers. Have you ever heard someone in a moment of stress or anxiety say, “I need a drink.” Or, “I need a cigarette?” They are turning to these things for comfort.
- But I know of another comfort. In fact, it’s a superior comfort, provided by God himself.
The Bible says God is close to those who have a broken heart. It says he will provide strength for the weary. It says God will provide rest for our souls - God sees us in our burdens and in our difficulties. He sees us in our hard times takes our load and carries it himself. God walks with us in our pain and suffering. He walks with us in our grief and loss. David wrote, “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for you are with me.” (Psalm 23:4)
- The reason God comforts us is not just so we will be comforted. He wants us to take the strength and courage that He’s given us and use it to encourage others.
- Your greatest ministry may come out of your deepest hurt. Because you can relate. You can say, “I have been there…and I’ve seen what God can do.”
- God is interested in every detail of my life. God is not some impersonal force who is uncaring and uninterested, or unable to know you. He knows you personally and intimately. You can turn to him in your times of trouble and he will be there to comfort you.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4 - “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.”
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