The God of All Comfort - All Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals for 2025

Bible in a Year : Judges 1-3, Luke 4:1-30

We can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
2 Corinthians 1:4

Today's Scripture & Insight : 2 Corinthians 1:3-11

Five devastating miscarriages led Zoe and Andy to share God’s love with other grieving couples. Reflecting on the stories of loss, hope and healing they have witnessed, Zoe says, “I don’t believe God allows us to go through painful experiences in order that we can use those experiences for good. . . . [But God] can turn that pain into something beautiful.” She concludes, “God has turned my pain into purpose.”

Zoe echoes the words of the apostle Paul in his letter to the Corinthians, where he addressed the issue of shared suffering and the comfort we find in God. When we face troubles, the “God of comfort” will comfort us, “so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God” (2 Corinthians 1:4). Just as believers in Christ share in His sufferings, so also our comfort abounds through Him (v. 5).

Paul doesn’t downplay his and others’ troubles, such as the “great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure” that led them to despair (v. 8). But these crushing experiences also caused them to lean more fully on God as they set their hope on Him and depended on the prayers of their fellow believers (vv. 10–11).

Whatever kind of loss or suffering we’re going through, we know that the God of all comfort promises to help us to endure it with patience and grace. We can set our hope on Him.

By: Amy Boucher Pye

Reflect & Pray
How has God comforted someone as you’ve shared your experiences with them? How can you set your hope on God when you face disappointment, loss and pain?

God of all comfort, I look to You when I feel agony and loss. Reassure me, and help me to pass on Your love and grace to others.