August 3
Lesson 10
COMFORT IN TIMES OF TROUBLE
DEVOTIONAL READING: Psalm 46
BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: 2 Corinthians 1:3–11
2 CORINTHIANS 1:3–11
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.
6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
7 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.
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 in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
11 Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.
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KEY VERSE
Our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.—2 Corinthians 1:7
THE PEOPLE OF GOD SET PRIORITIES
Unit 3: Bearing One Another’s Burdens
LESSONS 10–14
LESSON AIMS
After participating in this lesson, each student will be able to:
1. Describe the nature of the suffering and the consolation that Paul discusses.
2. Explain the relationships between suffering, comfort, and prayer in the life of the Christian.
3. Write a letter of encouragement to a missionary supported by his or her church, including a prayer of consolation similar to what Paul describes.
LESSON OUTLINE
Introduction
A. Xtreme Christianity?
B. Lesson Background
I. Reality of God’s Comfort (2 CORINTHIANS 1:3–7)
A. Thanking the Father (vv. 3, 4)
Blessed, and Blessing Others
B. Standing with Christ (vv. 5–7)
II. Reliance on God’s Strength (2 CORINTHIANS 1:8–11)
A. Burdened Heavily (v. 8)
B. Delivered Providentially (vv. 9, 10)
Despairing of Life
C. Celebrating Thankfully (v. 11)
Conclusion
A. Power to Overcome Suffering
B. Prayer
C. Thought to Remember
HOW TO SAY IT
Corinth
Kor-inth.
Corinthians
Ko-rin-thee-unz (th as in thin).
Ephesus
Ef-uh-sus.
Macedonia
Mass-eh-doe-nee-uh.
Titus
Ty-tus.
Troas
Tro-az.
Weatherly, Jon et al. “Comfort in Times of Trouble.” The KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2013–2014. Ed. Ronald L. Nickelson & Jonathan Underwood. Vol. 61. Cincinnati, OH: Standard Publishing, 2013. 413–414. Print.
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