Our Afflictions are for others COMFORT?! 2 Corinthians 1 [Daily Bible Study]

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[@amypeterson3108]

Praying for you and your wife.

[@carolinegielnik4046]

I love this teaching! All the videos bring something alive thank you. I relate to Chris' experience and need to speak openly about how my faith in Jesus is transforming my hugely difficult situation on a human level. I pray that Chris makes complete recovery 🙏

[@raytrei13]

i pray for healing for your wife! god loves both of you!

[@Cwedits9201]

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[@anitanavarro4121]

That was a great example you gave that gave this verse a great perspective. Thank you.

[@rolandorodriguez8483]

I’m sorry for those who lost a family to death. May God give you strength, peace and comfort in this trial your going through.

[@kyanjajoseph7705]

May God bless you thanks for the wonderful presentation 🙏

[@valerielorenz-daniel5206]

Thank you

[@Apostlechristinerose2536]

Very helpful ❣️🥰🙌💪

[@Sciontc22jj]

I use my Bible app mostly not best reading. On the way to work. I lead or felt to start 2 cor. Now to lean on those gift help give more depth amen Love you all my brothers and sister

[@paulrangel5612]

Pastor Darren - We appreciate the love and comfort you shared with us during your family trial. Clearly we see you and your wife draw strength from our Savior. We pray for complete healing for your wife...

[@quentonbrewer3741]

I really want to thank you guys for what you're doing. For the past week or longer I always come to your channel to hear the chapter explained after I have read the chapter. Any chapter. You help me to get a deeper understanding of what I've read. This and you guys are a blessing. I going to read the entire Word of GOD with you all. Thank you.

[@jaydaalexander8239]

God I come to you thankful for your servants Jesus I pray that this word soaks in my spirit lord I ask u to merciful and show grace upon you servant and his family.. lord you said that by your stripes we are healed so I’m praying that this servants wife is healed in Jesus name I command every sickness all attacks of the enemy seize right now in Jesus name .. I pray there is so backlash or retaliation you will go to the out of hell in Jesus name lord god I thank you for this word I thank you for your servants and I thank you for your healing in Jesus name I pray amen

[@terrieforbes1715]

Thank 😊

[@Stebnitzbuilders]

Great read and even better reflection, Darren. Thank you for sharing your story, too. I can relate with my own "affliction" and the comfort it has brought me and those around me. The conversation today gave me a reminder of that comfort and the power of God's love that enables great things to happen during times that seem to be very dark.

[@oliverlanaque3]

yep God is working. He's changing my heart :))

[@thankfulvoice6474]

All Glory Glory Glory to the most Holy Holy Holy LORD YESHUVA Amen Amen 🙏🏻 Amen Yes, OUR LORD IS ALWAYS FAITHFUL Amen GOD bless you and family Always in abundance Brother

[@landofmilkchillies5832]

I hope she's much better now 💖🙏🏼

[@spilcher611]

Hello - I have been enjoying these daily readings and just wanted to let you know that I have gained much needed knowledge and understanding. I also am comforted by this chapter and humbly request prayer for grace and mercy in my situation that will manifest in the couple of months.

[@sheilajordan8417]

thank you for words of comfort and what they should signify in each christian's life. Powerful

[@samambrose3213]

Thank you, God bless you and your dear wife, with health strength and and with long life, Amen!

[@helencortecero9017]

Thank you for a good reading. My prayers are with you and your wife. May he bless you both and give you strength and healing. +

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[@deborahthompson5041]

Thank you for sharing God's word 🙏.I pray your wife is doing well. May God continue to bless both of you.

[@samisanar4284]

Amen Praise Be The His Glorious Name Bless Are Does Have Faith In The Glorious Lord Jesus Thank for Sharing the Word of God Good Lord May Bless You And Your Family To

[@germanlozanoorozco7403]

I am getting knowledge through these videos

[@adrienne7374]

I appreciate you helping me catch up on cor. For my Wednesday group while I work 12 hour shifts. GOD IS GOOD

[@kaylaserieux1428]

Thank you for your explanation, Sir. This was truly an example of turning one’s mess (affliction) into a message (conflict). Nowadays, I try to look at my struggles and wonder what good would come of it or how much of an impact the story of the breakthrough would make when I tell it to others in the future. God Bless 🙏🏽💕

[@shirttechs4244]

I'm just looking at this video today, but I'm still going to pray for you and your family. I pray that Chris is still with us. Your videos along with others have been helping me, by the grace of God, get a better understanding stand of what I'm reading..Thx and keep up the great work!

[@Dankehum]

Even though i don’t know your wife’s name, I will pray for her that she may feel better each day and that God will give her all the strength she needs and to your family.

[@derrelfisk9209]

Going through many of my own trials now and sorts of "sufferings." This was an amazing reminder to myself that God will comfort me in this and then use that to comfort others. He has done this before when He delivered me from heroin addiction and now has me working with others going through the same addictions. Thank you Lord that you comfort us and that you use us to comfort others.

[@merrellraymond3105]

Hi Pastor Darren. i Need To Learn To Bring Comfort Through My Pain,

[@wpbccommunity]

Thank you for sharing - I needed to hear this at this time.

[@skinrg]

Prayers for your wife.🙏🙏🙏

[@shanstaub]

My prayers are with you and your wife ... God bless

[@sispat2786]

Hallelujah

[@linagambardella7466]

Yes comforted 🙏

[@melodyharris4087]

so encouraging. Praying for you & your wife!!

[@DrBradHenson]

I wanted to thank you for this video. I’ve been doing a lot of study in second Corinthians and I really appreciate the tone and the information that you gave here. Good job Pastor.

[@mkl62]

2 Corinthians 1:12-16. How are your words and actions a representation of your faith in Jesus? As a believer in Him, why are integrity and sincerity vital in your dealings with others? And here is hoping that everyone reading this had a Merry Christmas and has a Happy New Year.

[@samisanar4284]

Good Lord May Bless You Hıll your wife that was Beautiful Allso I Remember Roman 8-28 God Will turn every situations for Good of Does who Loves Hime

[@brendapinnock2147]

Thank you for your helpful bible study/reading. What version do you use whilst reading the word? I missed seeing the reading on screen because it helps me to understand and grasp the chapter being read and discussed. I would appreciate you texting me back on this. Thanks.

[@brianprovorse7103]

As I read verse 4, I had similar thoughts as you. I spent 4 years being investigated prior to another 4 years in a military jail and as I read that verse, since then I have started my own business and have done alright for myself. Verse 4 shows that I should use my experience (both before and after) to lift up others that are going through similar situations or those that have come from out of it and are struggling to get back on their feet. As always, thank you for bringing the word. I pray that your wife is doing better now even though this is over 3 years after this posting.

[@BranchTogether]

Wow, what a thoughtful response. Love having you around. Yes my wife is doing ok. She has ups and downs, but God is good and we have no complaints. - Darren

[@craigcook6233]

I have sarcoidosis also hope your wife is doing well in Jesus Name. I alway tell my testimony to others because the doctors told me I needed a lung transplant but God I didn't need one. When I got diagnosed it was hard for me and my family I was oxygen for three years, two biopsies, I lost my job of twenty years, lost my house because I wasn't making money like I was before I got sick went on disability but God pull me through praying for your wife God will and can heal her I'm a living testimony

[@amyw8346]

Wow ..that is beautiful! Thank you for sharing. Jesus is the master healer and with God, all things are possible for those who love him and are called for his purpose!

[@craigcook6233]

@@amyw8346 Amen

[@RedKnight-fn6jr]

Verse 4 can be summed up in one word: Charity

[@adamholtsclaw5841]

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[@andrewthomson3139]

Hello brother! Thank you for sharing this encouraging message! I appreciate the personal testimony you shared concerning your wife! Praise God!!! I wanted to ask about verse 5, where it says "The sufferings of Christ Abounding in us"... what does the sufferings of Jesus IN mean? I had a hard time grasping what "In us" meant. Like we can suffer, but it's the suffering of another in me that has me kind of lost 😅 like how do I suffer someone else's suffering? It's a loaded question aha! But if you could share your thoughts on it, that be awesome! God bless bro!

[@BranchTogether]

It's awkward wording. The NLT says it in a way that is much more understandable:. "5 For the more we suffer for Christ, the more God will shower us with his comfort through Christ"

[@alisromo2721]

Your voice sounds familiar. Are you the narrator of the sketched summaries of each book of the Bible app?

[@noahdemarigny]

I could be wrong but I think you might be thinking of Tim Mackie, look him up to hear his voice. Pastor Darren was definitely blessed with a great voice though!

[@parasharupasana]

Any update about your wife?

[@BranchTogether]

Thanks so much for asking. My wife still struggles a bit with complications from her health, but overall she is doing quite well with only very limited difficulty lately. Even through sickness God is good, but we are extra thankful for this season of good health! - Darren

[@ebenezer9178]

@@BranchTogether Thank you Jesus!

[@maggypfau3117]

Hi where it says/mentioned about a letter that is missing ??

[@heyosup9081]

Paul, an apostle(A) of Christ Jesus by the will of God,(B) and Timothy(C) our brother, To the church of God(D) in Corinth,(E) together with all his holy people throughout Achaia:(F) 2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.(G) Praise to the God of All Comfort 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,(H) the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us(I) in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 5 For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ,(J) so also our comfort abounds through Christ. 6 If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation;(K) if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. 7 And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings,(L) so also you share in our comfort. 8 We do not want you to be uninformed,(M) brothers and sisters,[a] about the troubles we experienced(N) in the province of Asia.(O) We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God,(P) who raises the dead.(Q) 10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril,(R) and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope(S) that he will continue to deliver us, 11 as you help us by your prayers.(T) Then many will give thanks(U) on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many. Paul’s Change of Plans 12 Now this is our boast: Our conscience(V) testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity[b](W) and godly sincerity.(X) We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom(Y) but on God’s grace. 13 For we do not write you anything you cannot read or understand. And I hope that, 14 as you have understood us in part, you will come to understand fully that you can boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of the Lord Jesus.(Z) 15 Because I was confident of this, I wanted to visit you(AA) first so that you might benefit twice.(AB) 16 I wanted to visit you on my way(AC) to Macedonia(AD) and to come back to you from Macedonia, and then to have you send me on my way(AE) to Judea.(AF) 17 Was I fickle when I intended to do this? Or do I make my plans in a worldly manner(AG) so that in the same breath I say both “Yes, yes” and “No, no”? 18 But as surely as God is faithful,(AH) our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.” 19 For the Son of God,(AI) Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us-by me and Silas[c](AJ) and Timothy(AK)-was not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it has always(AL) been “Yes.” 20 For no matter how many promises(AM) God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen”(AN) is spoken by us to the glory of God.(AO) 21 Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm(AP) in Christ. He anointed(AQ) us, 22 set his seal(AR) of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.(AS) 23 I call God as my witness(AT)-and I stake my life on it-that it was in order to spare you(AU) that I did not return to Corinth. 24 Not that we lord it over(AV) your faith, but we work with you for your joy, because it is by faith you stand firm.(AW)

[@RoseSharon7777]

The rest of the verse is what needs explanation. Very contradicting to what the church teaches about salvation.

[@carolinegielnik4046]

I love this teaching! All the videos bring something alive thank you. I relate to Chris' experience and need to speak openly about how my faith in Jesus is transforming my hugely difficult situation on a human level. I pray that Chris makes complete recovery 🙏