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• R O MA NS 8 :2 8 | And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good
of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.
When you wonder about your plans for the future.
Will God really take time to involve himself in my little problems?
• I SA I A H 4 0 :1 1 | He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will carry the lambs in his arms.
. . . He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young.
God has a shepherd’s heart. We are his lambs, weak and discouraged, carried in his arms.
• NA H U M 1 :7 | The Lord is good, a strong refuge when trouble comes. He is close to those
who trust in him. (See note on page 828.)
A God who is good wants to comfort his loved ones.
How can I comfort others?
• J O B 2 :1 1 | When three of Job’s friends heard of the tragedy he had suffered, they got
together and traveled from their homes to comfort and console him. (See note on page 453.)
You can be with them in their time of need. Just being there speaks volumes about how
much you care.
• J O B 2 1 :2 | “Listen closely to what I am saying. That’s one consolation you can give me.”
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You can be a good listener. It is usually more important for you to listen than to talk.
• R U T H 2 :1 3 | “I hope I continue to please you, sir,” she replied. “You have comforted me by
speaking so kindly to me, even though I am not one of your workers.”
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• 1 C O R I NT H I A NS 1 4 :3 | But one who prophesies strengthens others, encourages them, and
comforts them.
You can speak kind and encouraging words.
• 2 C O R I NT H I A NS 1 :3 -4 | All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our
merciful Father and the source of all comfort. 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.
Remember the ways God has comforted you, and model that same comfort to others.
When you have experienced God’s assuring love, his guiding wisdom, and his sustaining
power, you are able to comfort others with understanding. The comforted become the
comforters.
• 2 C O R I NT H I A NS 1 :7 | We are confident that as you share in our sufferings, you will also
share in the comfort God gives us. (See note on page 1047.)
A great privilege of believers is to share the vulnerability of offering comfort and understanding to one another. If you see vulnerability as a negative thing, you will always have
trouble sharing with others. If you see it as a way to deeper and healthier relationships,
you will learn to develop it.
• PH I L E MO N 1 :7 | Your love has given me much joy and comfort, my brother, for your
kindness has often refreshed the hearts of God’s people.
You can comfort others with kind actions.
Can I get too comfortable?
• G E NE S I S 1 9 :1 6 | When Lot still hesitated, the angels seized his hand and the hands of his
wife and two daughters and rushed them to safety outside the city. (See note on page 18.)
There is a difference between comfort and being comfortable. When we get too comfortable, we can lose our zeal for God and become useless to him.
What can I take comfort in?
• J O H N 3 :1 6 | “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that
everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.”