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2 Here are the songs we sang this Sunday. This shows the song name, the artist who performed the song, and the cd that contains the song. Almighty Chris Tomlin Love Ran Red Jesus Loves Me Chris Tomlin Love Ran Red Victor s Crown Darlene Zschech Revealing Jesus Our God Chris Tomlin Arise: A Celebration of Worship

3 Endurance & Triumph Amidst Difficulties (part 4) 2 Corinthians 4:1-18

4 2 Cor. 1:1-11 Fruitful Suffering (God s comfort will always match our degree of suffering) **Our suffering is not in vain**

5 2 Cor. 1:12-2:17 How to Remain Triumphant Amidst Suffering God & His promises are always trustworthy

6 2 Cor. 3:1-18 How to be Adequate While Feeling Inadequate You are inadequate on your own, but totally adequate through Christ s Spirit in you.

7 Endurance & Triumph Amidst Difficulties (part 4) 2 Corinthians 4:1-18

8 1 Therefore, since through God s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. 2 Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways;

9 we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone s conscience in the sight of God.

10 3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

11 5 For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus sake.

12 6 For God, who said, Let light shine out of darkness, made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God s glory displayed in the face of Christ.

13 7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

14 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

15 11 For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. 12 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

16 13 It is written: I believed; therefore I have spoken. Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak,

17 14 because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you to himself.

18 15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glor y of God.

19 16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.

20 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

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22 1 Therefore, since through God s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.

23 1 Therefore, since through God s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.

24 1 Therefore, since through God s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.

25 1 Therefore, since through God s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.

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27 2 Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God.

28 On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone s conscience in the sight of God.

29 3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.

30 3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.

31 4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

32 5 You see, we don t go around preaching about ourselves. We preach that Jesus Christ is Lord, and we ourselves are your servants for Jesus sake.

33 6 For God, who said, Let there be light in the darkness, has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.

34 6 For God, who said, Let there be light in the darkness, has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.

35 7 We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves..

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37 8 We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.

38 7 We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves..

39 Our great testimony isn t that we re able, but that the God we trust is able.

40 8 We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair.

41 9 We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed. 10 Through suffering, our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies.

42 11 Yes, we live under constant danger of death because we serve Jesus, so that the life of Jesus will be evident in our dying bodies. 12 So we live in the face of death, but this has resulted in eternal life for you.

43 13 It is written: I believed; therefore I have spoken. Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak..

44 14 because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you to himself.

45 15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.

46 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.

47 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

48 16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.

49 Therefore, we do not lose heart!

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