Building ConfidenceCONFIDENCE THROUGH

SUFFERING

2 Corinthians 1:1-11

OUTL INE OF THE BOOK

• Building Confidence in Yourself (1-3)• Building Confidence in Your

Ministry (4-7)• Building Confidence in

Others (8-9)• Building Confidence in

Christ (10-13)

SET TLE YOUR CALL ING (1 :1 -2 )

• Know who you are• Know who has called you• Know who you’re with–Ministry is not for loners.–Ministry is discipleship.

SUFFER FOR COMFORT (1 :3 -7 )

• Comfort comes from the Father.• Both comfort and suffering

are for the benefit of others.

SPENT FOR THE CAUSE (1 :8 -11 )

• You must be spent in opposition. (1: 8)• You must be spent in death.

(1:9-10)• You must be spent in

prayer. (1:11)