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Comfort & Care One-Year Bible Reading Plan | Jan 28 - Comfort in Sorrow - 2 Corinthians 1

Jan 28 | Comforted in All Our Troubles - 2 Corinthians 1 | Comfort & Care One-Year Bible Reading Plan

When life feels heavy or exhausting, read 2 Corinthians Chapter 1. Join your reading companion Dandelion to experience the Father of compassion, finding renewed strength in His rock-solid promises.

Dear brothers, sisters, and friends, peace be with you in the Lord!

I am Dandelion, your Bible reading companion. I am so glad to join you once again in this quiet moment as we open God’s Word together.

Almost without noticing, the month of January is coming toward its close. Over these past weeks, you may have experienced moments of joy and fulfillment, but perhaps in your work, family, or quiet thoughts, you have also quietly carried a few heavy burdens. Sometimes the pressures of life blow across our days like sudden winds, leaving us feeling unexpectedly weary or unsettled.

Today, we will read 2 Corinthians Chapter 1, one of the most moving passages in the entire Bible concerning divine comfort.

In opening this letter, the Apostle Paul does not begin with lofty lectures. Instead, as someone who personally walked through deep trials, he shares the remarkable comfort he experienced from God. He uses the word comfort again and again—not as empty pleasantries, but as a warm, real strength that anchors the soul.

As you read 2 Corinthians Chapter 1 today, I invite you to keep these two perspectives in mind:

The Source and Flow of Comfort: Notice in verses 3–4 how Paul describes God. How does the comfort we receive from Him transform into something we can share with others?
God's Unshakable Promises: Look at verse 20. Amidst life’s uncertainties, how do God’s promises in Christ bring confidence and strength to our hearts?

Let us slow our pace and receive this warmth and rest from God's Word together.

📖 Light Context: The God of All Comfort

2 Corinthians was written by Paul following a period of intense hardship, pressure, and misunderstanding.

In verses 8–9, Paul honestly admits that he was "under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself." He made no attempt to hide his human limits, showing remarkably raw vulnerability.

Yet, in that very place of extremity, Paul came to deeply understand two truths:

The Father of Compassion: God is named the "God of all comfort" (Greek: Paraklesis, meaning "one who comes alongside to encourage, uphold, and accompany"). God is never a passive bystander in our trials; He stays as close to us as possible.
The Firmness of His Promises: In verse 20, Paul notes that all of God's promises are "Yes" and "Amen" in Christ. This means that every promise of love and care God extends to us is completely reliable and will never fail.

This context reassures us: no matter what weight we carry today, God is eager to come beside us, holding us steady through His faithful love.

📜 Today’s Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1

1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:

2 Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;

4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.

6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.

7 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.

8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

11 Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.

12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

13 For we write none other things unto you, that what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;

14 As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are our's in the day of the Lord Jesus.

15 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;

16 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea.

17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?

18 But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.

19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.

20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;

22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

23 Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.

24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.

💡Today’s Key Verse

“The Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles...”

—— 2 Corinthians 1:3b-4a

Today’s Reflection: Light & Response

1. Light 💡

What touches our hearts most in 2 Corinthians 1 is God's close, personal presence.

Comfort in "All" Troubles: Verse 4 uses the phrase "in all our troubles." This tells us that God cares about every detail of our lives—whether a major trial or the small irritations of daily routine, He is always ready to listen and soothe our hearts.
Faithful Promises as Our Anchor: When our surroundings change, verse 20 gives us absolute certainty. God's promises are like an unshakable anchor; no matter how strong the storm, His love in Christ remains steadfast.

2. Stillness & Reflection 💭

Today, let God's Word gently prompt your heart:

Is there anything in my life right now that feels like "too much to bear"? Am I willing to lay this weight down before the God of all comfort?
Having experienced God's soothing presence, can I extend that same gentle understanding to someone near me who might be feeling weary?

3. Gentle Practice 🍃

An Act of Trusting Surrender: Sometime today, find a quiet moment, pause, and pray softly: "Father, thank You for understanding all my fatigue. I place my worries into Your comforting hands today."
Carrying a Promise: Keep verse 4 in mind ("who comforts us in all our troubles..."). Whenever you feel pressed or tired today, quietly whisper this verse to remind yourself that the Father of compassion is standing right beside you.

🎵 Response Song :

🙏 Closing Prayer

Dear Heavenly Father,

Thank You for being my Father of compassion and the God of all comfort. Thank You that when I am weary or feel unable to carry on, You never leave me, but gently uphold me with Your love.

Lord, write Your faithful and unchanging promises deeply upon my heart. May Your peace calm all my anxieties, allowing me to find true rest and renewed strength in You today.

In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.

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