Clear The Stage: Disturbed and Comforted | Greg Ford
MESSAGE NOTES
[I Corinthians 1:13]
Was I, Paul, crucified for you? Were any of you baptized in the name of Paul? Of course not!
[II Corinthians 1:23-24]
The reason I didn’t return to Corinth was to spare you from a severe rebuke. 24 But that does not mean we want to dominate you by telling you how to put your faith into practice. We want to work together with you so you will be full of joy, for it is by your own faith that you stand firm.
[II Corinthians 1:3-7]
All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort. 4 He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us. 5 For the more we suffer for Christ, the more God will shower us with his comfort through Christ. 6 Even when we are weighed down with troubles, it is for your comfort and salvation! For when we ourselves are comforted, we will certainly comfort you. Then you can patiently endure the same things we suffer. 7 We are confident that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in the comfort God gives us.
[II Corinthians 1:8-9]
We think you ought to know, dear brothers and sisters, about the trouble we went through in the province of Asia. We were crushed and overwhelmed beyond our ability to endure, and we thought we would never live through it. 9 In fact, we expected to die. But as a result, we stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only on God…
[II Corinthians 1:12]
…We have depended on God’s grace, not on our own human wisdom.
God has a way of COMFORTING us when we are disturbed, and DISTURBING us when we are comfortable.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
-What was your biggest takeaway from this weekend’s message?
-If God comforts the disturbed, and disrupts the comfortable, where in your life do you need comfort? Or maybe need to be disturbed?
-As you think about action steps, how can we practically apply this message content in our lives this week?