From a place of comfort.



2 Cor. 1:3–5

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.

Can you care for someone else when you haven't been cared for? It isn't recommended. Showing kindness from emptiness is dangerous.

But you care for others from a place of comfort. The God of all comfort sees your struggles and knows your needs.

And he has already cared for your need for forgiveness in his son.

God never calls you to pour out what he hasn’t first poured into you.

Where have you experienced God’s comfort in the past? How might you show that to someone else?

 

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