Paul begins this letter by describing God as the "God of all comforts." Join us this summer as we explore the teachings of Paul to the church at Corinth.

2. Thank you for
being here tonight!

3. II Corinthians
Summer 2015
June 3: Intro & Ch. 1 "The God of all Comfort” Kelly Campbell
June 10: Ch. 2 "Forgiveness and Reconciliation" Rick Miller
June 17: Ch. 3 "Removing the Veil" John Pickard
June 24: Ch. 4 "Jars of Clay" Jeff Carden
July 1: Ch. 5 "The New Has Come!" Zack Bannister
July 8: Ch. 6 "Living in God's Favor" Erron Carlin
July 15: Ch. 7 "Godly Sorrow" Wayne Cornwell
July 22: Ch. 8-9 "Sacrificial Giving" Doug Carlin
July 29: Ch. 10 "Demolishing Strongholds" Gary Washer
Aug. 5: Ch. 11 "Suffering for Christ" John Cothron
Aug. 12: Ch. 12 "The Thorn in the Flesh" Mike Bragg
Aug. 19: Ch. 13 "Genuine Faith" Chris Barker
Aug. 26: Summary and Conclusion Matt Wilber

5. The
Storms
of
Life…
Loss of a loved one
Loss of a job
Financial Despair
Family Illness
Family Crisis

6. He teaches us
certain things…
How does God comfort us during
the storms of life?

7. v. 3-7… We need each other…
What does God teach us during
the storms of life?

8. 2 Corinthians 1:3-7
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the
God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us 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, so also our comfort
abounds through Christ. 6 If we are distressed,
it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are
comforted, it is for

9. 2 Corinthians 1:3-7
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, so also you share in our
comfort.

10. v. 3-7… We need each other…
v. 9… To rely on God, not
ourselves…
What does God teach us during
the storms of life?

11. 2 Corinthians 1:9
9 Indeed, we felt we had received
the sentence of death. But this
happened that we might not rely on
ourselves but on God, who raises the
dead.

12. What does God teach us during
the storms of life?
v. 3-7… We need each other…
v. 9… To rely on God, not
ourselves…
v. 10… To remember what
God has done before…

13. 2 Corinthians 1:10
10 He has delivered us from such a
deadly peril, and he will deliver us
again. On him we have set our hope
that he will continue to deliver us.

14. What does God teach us during
the storms of life?
v. 3-7… We need each other…
v. 9… To rely on God, not
ourselves…
v. 10… To remember what
God has done before…
v. 18-22… God is faithful to all
His promises.

15. 2 Corinthians 1:18-22
18 But as surely as God is faithful, our message
to you is not “Yes” and “No.” 19 For the Son of
God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among
you by us—by me and Silas and Timothy—was
not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it has always
been “Yes.” 20 For no matter how many
promises God has made, they are “Yes” in
Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is
spoken by us to the glory of God. 21 Now it is
God who makes both us and you stand firm in
Christ.

16. 2 Corinthians 1:18-22
He anointed us, 22 set his seal of ownership
on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a
deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

17. What does God teach us during
the storms of life?
v. 3-7… We need each other…
v. 9… To rely on God, not
ourselves…
v. 10… To remember what
God has done before…
v. 18-22… He is faithful to His
promises…