When Comfort Comes Through Suffering
Introducing Our Sunday Evening Series in 2 Corinthians
Most people don’t expect suffering to come with blessing. We live in a world that instinctively sees hardship as a sign that something has gone wrong —especially in the life of someone who loves and serves God. But in our new Sunday evening series through 2 Corinthians, we meet a surprising truth: Suffering is not the opposite of blessing. Sometimes, it is the very means of it.
The apostle Paul opens this letter with raw honesty. He’s been misunderstood, misrepresented, and maligned by people he once trusted. Even worse, some in the Corinthian church began to doubt him because of his suffering: “If he’s really a man of God, why does he suffer so much?”
That’s a question still asked today.
Yet Paul doesn’t defend himself with worldly accolades or personal triumphs. Instead, he introduces us to a God who meets us in our pain — the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort (2 Cor. 1:3). This is the God who walks with us in the fire, who doesn’t waste our wounds, and who shows us more of Himself in the valleys than we often see on the mountaintops.
As we begin this powerful series, we’ll discover how Paul’s suffering made him a deeper, more faithful minister — and how your own hardship might become a doorway to greater growth, deeper praise, and unexpected comfort.
Join us Sunday nights as we walk with Paul through the brokenness and beauty of 2 Corinthians.