SESSION 2

JULY 18, 2021

“OPPORTUNITIES IN ADVERSITIES”

è Review

è Circumstantial pain can become God’s powerful platform! (Philippians 1:12-18)

• Imprisonment and opportunity

• Observed; followed?

è Your ministry opportunities are connected with how the Lord ministered to you in your suffering! (See 2 Corinthians 1:3-10)

• Tribulation – presence; weighted down; troubled; anguish

• Comfort – from paraklésis; to summon; comfort; encourage; come alongside

è Trusting God; the source of strength, the guarantee of successful navigation through life’s storms! (2 Corinthians 1:8-11)

è Our opportunity to minister to others! (2 Corinthians 1:3, 4, 11)