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Friday, April 9, 2010

Encouragement

The word Encouragement is a key word in 2 Corinthians. The verb “Encourage” or “Comfort” is used 18 times and the noun is used 11 times in the letter. In spite of all the hardships he faced, Paul was able to write a letter of Encouragement because Jesus Christ had transformed his attitude. 1) Hardships are a Normal part of Life. 2) Hardships provide an Opportunity to receive God’s Comfort. 3) Hardships equip us to Comfort Others. 4) Hardships enable us to Demonstrate our Faith. I will be going over each of these in the Posts that Follow…

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