1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:12,640 Speaker 1: Life Audio Thank you for listening to Your Nightly Scripture, 2 00:00:14,070 --> 00:00:18,170 Speaker 1: a Calming Scripture Center devotional podcast designed to help you 3 00:00:18,329 --> 00:00:21,070 Speaker 1: end each day with God's Word in your mind and 4 00:00:21,130 --> 00:00:26,530 Speaker 1: on your heart. Right after this short word from our sponsors, 5 00:00:27,130 --> 00:00:41,260 Speaker 1: we'll reflect on tonight's scripture and 2 Corinthians 1. Tonight's 6 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:45,019 Speaker 1: scripture reflection is written by Christine Brown and read by 7 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:53,370 Speaker 1: Carrie Eichberger. 2 Corinthians 1. Paul, an apostle of Christ 8 00:00:53,409 --> 00:00:56,570 Speaker 1: Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 9 00:00:57,030 --> 00:01:00,380 Speaker 1: to the church of God in Corinth. together with all 10 00:01:00,420 --> 00:01:03,930 Speaker 1: His holy people throughout Achaia. Grace and peace to you 11 00:01:03,990 --> 00:01:08,130 Speaker 1: from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Praise 12 00:01:08,209 --> 00:01:10,770 Speaker 1: be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 13 00:01:11,190 --> 00:01:14,610 Speaker 1: the Father of compassion and the God of comfort, who 14 00:01:14,670 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 1: comforts us all in our troubles, so that we can 15 00:01:17,750 --> 00:01:20,940 Speaker 1: comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves 16 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 1: receive from God. For just as we share abundantly in 17 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:28,220 Speaker 1: the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. 18 00:01:29,060 --> 00:01:32,320 Speaker 1: If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation. 19 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:35,899 Speaker 1: If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which 20 00:01:35,980 --> 00:01:40,259 Speaker 1: produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. 21 00:01:41,060 --> 00:01:44,140 Speaker 1: And our hope for you is firm, because we know 22 00:01:44,500 --> 00:01:47,830 Speaker 1: that just as you share in our sufferings, so also 23 00:01:47,890 --> 00:01:50,750 Speaker 1: you share in our comfort. We do not want you 24 00:01:50,810 --> 00:01:54,470 Speaker 1: to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about the troubles we 25 00:01:54,510 --> 00:01:58,030 Speaker 1: experience in the province of Asia. We were under great 26 00:01:58,110 --> 00:02:02,060 Speaker 1: pressure far beyond our ability to endure, so that we 27 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: despaired of life itself. Indeed, we thought we had received 28 00:02:06,580 --> 00:02:09,829 Speaker 1: the sentence of death, but this happened that we might 29 00:02:09,889 --> 00:02:13,250 Speaker 1: not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 30 00:02:14,130 --> 00:02:17,190 Speaker 1: He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and 31 00:02:17,230 --> 00:02:20,530 Speaker 1: He will deliver us again. On Him we have set 32 00:02:20,630 --> 00:02:23,910 Speaker 1: our hope that He will continue to deliver us, as 33 00:02:23,970 --> 00:02:27,290 Speaker 1: you help us by your prayers. Then many will give 34 00:02:27,350 --> 00:02:30,820 Speaker 1: thanks on our behalf, for the gracious favor granted us 35 00:02:31,220 --> 00:02:35,190 Speaker 1: in answer to the prayers of many. Now this is 36 00:02:35,340 --> 00:02:40,090 Speaker 1: our boast. Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves 37 00:02:40,190 --> 00:02:43,730 Speaker 1: in the world, and especially in our relations with you, 38 00:02:44,169 --> 00:02:48,990 Speaker 1: with integrity and godly sincerity. We have done so relying 39 00:02:49,090 --> 00:02:52,870 Speaker 1: not on worldly wisdom, but on God's grace. For we 40 00:02:52,910 --> 00:02:55,850 Speaker 1: do not write you anything you cannot read or understand. 41 00:02:56,650 --> 00:02:59,270 Speaker 1: And I hope that as you have understood us in part, 42 00:02:59,790 --> 00:03:02,790 Speaker 1: you will come to understand fully that you can boast 43 00:03:02,850 --> 00:03:05,190 Speaker 1: of us just as we will boast of you in 44 00:03:05,230 --> 00:03:08,660 Speaker 1: the day of the Lord Jesus. Because I was confident 45 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,780 Speaker 1: of this, I wanted to visit you first so that 46 00:03:11,820 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: you might benefit twice. I wanted to visit you on 47 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:17,940 Speaker 1: my way to Macedonia and to come back to you 48 00:03:17,980 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: from Macedonia and then to have you send me on 49 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:23,900 Speaker 1: my way to Judea. Was I fickle when I intended 50 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: to do this? Or do I make my plans in 51 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:29,500 Speaker 1: a worldly manner so that in the same breath I 52 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:33,639 Speaker 1: say both yes, yes, and no, no. But as surely 53 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:37,210 Speaker 1: as God is faithful, our message to you is not 54 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:41,030 Speaker 1: yes and no. For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, 55 00:03:41,410 --> 00:03:44,450 Speaker 1: who was preached among you by us, by me and 56 00:03:44,490 --> 00:03:48,370 Speaker 1: Silas and Timothy, was not yes and no, but in 57 00:03:48,430 --> 00:03:52,430 Speaker 1: Him it has always been yes. For no matter how 58 00:03:52,490 --> 00:03:55,930 Speaker 1: many promises God has made, they are yes in Christ. 59 00:03:56,670 --> 00:03:59,670 Speaker 1: And so through Him, The Amen is spoken by us 60 00:04:00,010 --> 00:04:03,070 Speaker 1: to the glory of God. Now it is God who 61 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He 62 00:04:07,060 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 1: anointed us, set His seal of ownership on us, and 63 00:04:10,740 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: put His Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing 64 00:04:14,060 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 1: what is to come. I call God as my witness, 65 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:20,500 Speaker 1: and I stake my life on it, that it was 66 00:04:20,540 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: in order to spare you that I did not return 67 00:04:22,990 --> 00:04:25,810 Speaker 1: to Corinth, not that we lord it over your faith, 68 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: but we work with you for your joy, because it 69 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:36,350 Speaker 1: is by faith you stand firm. When we are in 70 00:04:36,390 --> 00:04:39,670 Speaker 1: the midst of life's trials, it is hard to fathom 71 00:04:39,930 --> 00:04:42,830 Speaker 1: that one day you will be able to help others 72 00:04:42,890 --> 00:04:47,530 Speaker 1: through theirs. 2 Corinthians 1 emphasizes how God not only 73 00:04:47,570 --> 00:04:51,180 Speaker 1: comforts us, but He also works through us to bring 74 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:54,900 Speaker 1: comfort to those who are hurting. As followers of Christ, 75 00:04:55,410 --> 00:04:58,820 Speaker 1: We have the Holy Spirit here with us. He guides 76 00:04:58,940 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: us on the right path and comforts us in times 77 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:05,599 Speaker 1: of trouble. The Apostle Paul, in his letter to the 78 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:09,979 Speaker 1: Corinthian church, referred to God as the source of all comfort. 79 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:14,430 Speaker 1: What a blessing to know that God, our ultimate source, 80 00:05:14,870 --> 00:05:18,230 Speaker 1: will comfort us even when we walk through the darkest valley. 81 00:05:19,130 --> 00:05:22,830 Speaker 1: But Paul's message didn't stop there. He went on to say, 82 00:05:23,220 --> 00:05:26,370 Speaker 1: that God had an even greater plan in mind to 83 00:05:26,410 --> 00:05:29,529 Speaker 1: equip His children to pass on the love and comfort 84 00:05:29,750 --> 00:05:33,570 Speaker 1: we have received. Maybe you've met someone facing the same 85 00:05:33,650 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 1: battle you once faced. How did God bring you through 86 00:05:37,300 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: that difficult season? Is there some way you can offer 87 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:45,659 Speaker 1: the same comfort God gave you? Tonight, as we read 88 00:05:45,660 --> 00:05:49,890 Speaker 1: 2 Corinthians 1, let's thank the Lord for sending the 89 00:05:49,950 --> 00:05:53,860 Speaker 1: Holy Spirit to live within us, Then let's pray about 90 00:05:53,900 --> 00:05:57,060 Speaker 1: who we can reach out to in their troubles. Comfort 91 00:05:57,100 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: is something we shouldn't keep to ourselves. Instead, we can 92 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:08,500 Speaker 1: choose to pass it on. Dear God, thank you for 93 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 1: being the source of my comfort. When I am facing 94 00:06:11,670 --> 00:06:15,710 Speaker 1: life's most difficult circumstances, I have your Holy Spirit here 95 00:06:15,770 --> 00:06:19,210 Speaker 1: with me to comfort and guide me. But the comfort 96 00:06:19,270 --> 00:06:22,870 Speaker 1: you give isn't just for me. You desire that I 97 00:06:22,950 --> 00:06:26,350 Speaker 1: share it with others. Help me understand your plan for 98 00:06:26,410 --> 00:06:29,650 Speaker 1: providing comfort to those who are in need. Show me 99 00:06:29,690 --> 00:06:32,450 Speaker 1: the people in my life who are hurting, Lord. Help 100 00:06:32,490 --> 00:06:35,110 Speaker 1: me know how to pass on comfort so that they 101 00:06:35,170 --> 00:06:37,970 Speaker 1: can have peace in the middle of their struggle. I 102 00:06:38,010 --> 00:06:43,150 Speaker 1: give you praise, honor, and glory. In Jesus' name, amen. 103 00:06:44,790 --> 00:06:47,750 Speaker 1: How did tonight's scripture speak to you? 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