“The Secret of Joy” (2 Cor. 8:1-4)
You’re straining under burdens too heavy to bear on paths too dark to see with no reasonable hope that your circumstances will improve. And that’s precisely why you need joy: because it is unrelated to your circumstances.
God Never Wastes Suffering (2 Cor. 1:3-9)
The apostles had learned what their Master had modeled: that suffering is easier to bear if you know it is accomplishing God’s purposes …for God’s people, suffering is never wasted. Today’s “WT” reveals two ways God makes good use of our troubles.