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Finding Strength in Trials: Understanding God's Presence in Our Difficult Days

Life can present us with overwhelming challenges that seem insurmountable. However, as highlighted in 2 Corinthians, we may feel hard-pressed, perplexed, and persecuted, yet we are not abandoned. Our struggles are meant to draw us closer to God, reinforcing that He remains with us through adversity. The promises of His grace and comfort remind us that our troubles do not signify His absence. Instead, these experiences serve to strengthen our faith and resilience, allowing us to comfort others in their trials. Trust in God's power and presence during life's storms.

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Finding Strength in Trials: Understanding God's Presence in Our Difficult Days

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  1. …Face Difficult Days

  2. See Clearly This is who I am This is who you are

  3. Troubles – Tests v 4

  4. ‘8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.’ 2 Cor 4:7-9

  5. Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea, 26 I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers. 27 I have laboured and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. 28 Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches. 2 Cor 11:24-28

  6. For when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest, but we were harassed at every turn – conflicts on the outside, fears within. 2 Cor 7:5

  7. Take Away Relax:Troubles are not a sign that God has left you

  8. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 2 Cor 4:16

  9. ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ 2 Cor 12:9

  10. 6 But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus, 7 and not only by his coming but also by the comfort you had given him. 2 Cor7:6-7

  11. Take Away Relax:Troubles are not a sign that God has left you Watch: God helps directly and indirectly

  12. 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. …. 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.

  13. Take Away Relax:Troubles are not a sign that God has left you Watch: God helps directly and indirectly Persevere: Pressure is not Pointless

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