Jesus is Greater than my Pain

JESUS IS GREATER

Than my Pain
Pastor Aaron Sutherland  

SERIES SCRIPTURE:

John 16:33 "I’ve said these things to you so that you will have peace in me. In the world you have distress. But be encouraged! I have conquered the world.”

I. JESUS OFFERS COMFORT FOR MY PAIN
2 Corinthians 1:3-7 "May the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ be blessed! He is the compassionate Father and God of all comfort."

II. JESUS OFFERS COMPANIONSHIP IN MY PAIN
2 Corinthians 1:4-5 "He’s the one who comforts us in all our trouble so that we can comfort other people who are in every kind of trouble. We offer the same comfort that we ourselves received from God. That is because we receive so much comfort through Christ in the same way that we share so many of Christ’s sufferings."
 

III. JESUS OFFERS CLOSURE FROM MY PAIN
2 Corinthians 1:6-7 "So if we have trouble, it is to bring you comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is to bring you comfort from the experience of endurance while you go through the same sufferings that we also suffer. Our hope for you is certain, because we know that as you are partners in suffering, so also you are partners in comfort."

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. How have you experienced the comfort of Jesus amidst your pain?
2. In what ways have life’s difficulties allowed you to draw closer to another person?
3. What are the ways that your hope of eternity with Jesus impacts how you approach the trials of today?