1. God Doesn’t Waste a Hurt

2. God Doesn’t Waste a Hurt
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ … the God of all comfort who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.” 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (niv)

3. God’s comfort to me
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ … the God of all comfort who comforts us in all our troubles.” Corinthians 1:3-4 (niv)

4. God’s comfort to me
Jesus: “I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counselor” John 14:16 (nlt)

5. God’s comfort to me God encourages me to know Him in my hurt
“We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed and broken. We are perplexed, but we don't give up and quit. We are hunted down, but God never abandons us. We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going.” 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 (nlt)

6. God’s comfort to me God encourages me to know Him in my hurt
“You have collected all my tears in Your bottle. You have recorded each one in Your book.” Psalm 56:8 (nlt)

7. God’s comfort to me God encourages me to know Him in my hurt
God: “I will comfort you as a mother comforts her child.”
Isaiah 66:13 (ncv)

8. God’s comfort to me 2. God enables me to go through my hurt
1. God encourages me to know Him in my hurt
2. God enables me to go through my hurt
“O Israel [ ], the Lord who created you says: ‘Do not be afraid … I have called you by name; you are Mine. When you go through deep waters and great trouble, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown! When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you. For I am the Lord, your God … You are precious to Me … I love you.’”
Isaiah 43:1-4 (nlt)

9. God’s comfort to me 3. God empowers me to grow through my hurt
God encourages me to know Him in my hurt
God enables me to go through my hurt
3. God empowers me to grow through my hurt
“[God] said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.’ … [So] I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
2 Corinthians 12:10 (niv)

10. God’s comfort through me
“All praise to God … When others are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us.”
2 Corinthians 1:3 (nlt)

11. God’s comfort through me
Be helpful
“God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus.” 2 Corinthians 7:6 (niv)

12. God’s comfort through me
Be helpful
“ … you are helping by praying for us.”
2 Corinthians 1:11 (nlt)

13. God’s comfort through me
Be helpful
Be humble
“I think you ought to know … We were crushed and completely overwhelmed, and we thought we would never live through it.” 2 Corinthians 1:8 (nlt)

14. God’s comfort through me
Be helpful
Be humble
Be hopeful
“Our hope for you is strong. … We have put our hope in Him. ” Corinthians 1:7,10 (ncv)

15. God’s comfort through me
God’s comfort to me
God’s comfort through me
As God’s children, we need both.
But today:
Do I need God’s comfort?
… or …
Do I need to be God’s comfort?