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Misery is when our hearts refuse to be still and at peace. Comfort is the opposite of that. Comfort is when we are content and happy in life. We experience joy in the things we do, the places we go, and in all our activities. Comfort is encouragement and strength when I feel insecure. And, best of a
A second notable feature of this catechism is its theme. It is a catechism with a theme. It is not only a catechism, one among the many produced by the church in the Reformation age. But it is a catechism with a theme, an underlying theme. With that theme in mind, the questions of the Heidelberg C
It comforts the believer with God: his power over against my weakness and frailty; his greatness over against my puniness; his steadfastness over against all the vicissitudes of this life; his good will over against great evil. The comfort of providence for the believer is not a vague, warm, or fuzz
Speech given at the Young People’s Convention, Redlands, 1999. In the last issue, Rev. Bruinsma explained “comfort” and “hope” as gifts from God. He defined comfort as “encouragement and strength when I feel insecure.
OUR NEED FOR COMFORT Tonight we will speak about comfort. You may ask, “Why speak about comfort at a Young People’s Convention?’’ When we think of those who need to be comforted we usually think of old people who are feeble, sickly, suffering pain and perhaps facing death. We think of families who
Comfort that is that good thing that takes care of the bad situation. Comfort that defeats all the evils that threaten us. So that I can live in comfort and peace. In body and soul. And I can die in comfort and in peace. So let it be. Amen. Let us pray. Our Father, give us this comfort and caus
Through the Holy Spirit we are comforted by the words of the Scriptures when they come to our minds. But Jesus Christ himself is also called our Comforter. That's perhaps striking. In 1 John 2 v. 1, Jesus is called our advocate with the Father. And that word advocate in 1 John 2 v. 1 is the ex
But all-comprehensive, or the fact that it is a comprehensive and all-comprehensive comfort, also implies that it is a comfort for every day of your life. Just understand this is not only a comfort for the days when we are afraid and when we feel we might need this comfort. The comfort that we belon
We don't have to look far from home in this too. Struggles that we have as congregation and as churches. We need comfort. There is need for the present, but also in the days that lie ahead. What about tomorrow? It's troubles. There's one thing that ultimately we can't forget, inevitable for eve
You come with the doctrine of the demand of thankfulness. You come with that. And they say, we don't believe that. We don't want your comfort. They roll their eyes at the truth. They will not receive the comfort. The comfort, you understand, of the catechism is not an airy and effervescent thing.