We praise our God who always sends us two things: affliction and comfort.1. Whenever God allows affliction to touch us, God provides comfort. (v.1-3a)2. Why won't God prevent our affliction? (v.3b-4) God allows our affliction, so that we can better appreciate: a) that God's nature is to comfort, He constantly comforts us. (v.3b) b) that affliction comes with God's comfort, & the comfort is greater! (v.4) c) that we become channels of God's comfort to other sufferers! (v.4)3. We each get the twin pack: both affliction and comfort through Christ. (v.5-7)How can Christians accept our sufferings?What sort of comforts does God give us? Is. 40:1, 51:12, 66:13How can we be certain that God cares? Ps. 145:9, Eph. 3:13What enables us to rejoice in our sufferings? Col. 1:24