(remember, these are unedited/draft show notes, not a transcript — listening is always better…and if you listen AND follow along below, you’ll see how)
Focus Question:
How does God use your afflictions?
Intro:
If you’ve been listening to this podcast awhile you’ve heard me use the phrase “ministry of showing up.” And what I mean by that is that wherever you are, you are the temple of the Holy Spirit…and in some crazy way part of God’s plan includes using broken weirdos like me.
Relatedly, today’s focus question is based on one of my favorite encouragements in the Bible: How does God use your afflictions?
If you’d like to hear an old episode about the ministry of showing up and one way God used my sordid past to minister to someone else, go to today’s show notes — episode #1175 — and you’ll find a link there.
And you should know — today I didn’t get as much time to prepare, so we’re just otherwise going to read. May you — and God — be blessed by our time together.
New Testament segment:
Passage: 2 Corinthians 1-2:3
Translation: CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Verses: 28
Words: ~659
< You will just have to listen. :) >
Old Testament segment:
Passage: Isaiah 65-66
Translation: CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Verses: 31
Words: ~1337
Wisdom segment:
Passage: Proverbs 15:1-4
Translation: CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Verses: 4
Words: ~64
The bottom line:
Love you!
Roger
ForTheHope is a daily audio Bible + apologetics podcast and blog. We’ve got a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
Sources and resources:
(1) James Swanson, Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains: Greek (New Testament) (Oak Harbor: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1997).
(2) David S. Dockery, ed., Holman Bible Handbook (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 1992), 406.