Looking to Jesus for encouragement
2 Corinthians 1:3-5
3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
- When trouble arises it is easy to get discouraged.
- Discouragement is dissatisfaction of the past, distaste for the present, and distrust of the future.
- Discouragement is a result of spiritual blindness.
- Discouragement is indifference to the opportunities of today.
- Its unbelief in the promise of God’s word, its unawareness of the presence of God.
- If you want to keep your discourages to a minimum, stay focused on Jesus Christ.
- All comfort comes from God.
- Comfort is received from God by faith.
- God uses his people to comfort you.
- Afflictions occur in the heart.
- When nobody suffers, nobody cares.
- Sometimes God doesn’t comfort us because he wants to turn us into comforters