Fighting for Joy

  23 But I call God to witness against me-it was to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth. 24 Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith. 1 For I made up my mind not to make another...

I’ve been misunderstood, what next?

2 Corinthians 1:12 – 2:4 In one of the churches I previously led there was a man who used to say repeatedly to some of the other members, “what Nigel really means is…” This led to people believing wrong things about what I was saying, the motives behind...

Prayer: my biggest challenge, my greatest weapon

  You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many. 2 Corinthians 1:11 What is my greatest weakness? What is the one thing that will help me the most? Prayer. I have been a...

God’s Help when we are ‘Beyond’

8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely...

Sharing the Divine Comfort

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted...