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1:4—We receive comfort from God for ourselves and to comfort others
1:9—He’s more powerful than we are
1:10—We set our hope on Him to deliver us
1:11—He graciously answers our prayers
1:20—He’s faithful to His promises
1:22—He owns us and lives in us
1:17—We get distracted and disappointed when things don’t go as we plan
2:1-10—To reconcile relationships rightly when our feelings are hurt
2:5-10—To execute tough love when a Christian is deliberately sinning
2:11—To keep Satan from getting an advantage over us
2:14—He uses us to spread the knowledge of Him
2:17—He sends us to speak for Him
3:3—He writes a letter of recommendation for Himself in our lives
3:4—He gives us confidence to trust Him
3:5—He gives us competence to represent Him
3:16—He takes away the veil over our hearts when we believe
3:18—He transforms us by His Spirit
4:1—To not lose heart
4:6—He makes His light shine in the darkness through us
4:7—He can demonstrate His power through our frailty (jars of clay)
4:8-9—He keeps us from being crushed when we are burdened
4:10—He reveals Jesus’s life in and through us
4:14; 5:1; 5:5—He will give us a new resurrection/heavenly body as a reward
4:16—He can keep us from losing heart
4:16—He renews us inwardly while we outwardly “waste away”
4:18—He gives us an eternal perspective about our “light, momentary troubles”
5:7—Because we must live by faith not by sight
5:8—We will be with Him when this life ends
5:9—To learn how to live to please Him
5:10—He rewards us for our earthly lives
5:15—To live for Him rather than for ourselves
5:17—He’s made us into a new creation
5:19-20—We are His ambassadors and speak for Him
5:21—He exchanges our sin for Christ’s righteousness
6:4—We are His servants
6:4-9—To respond to troubles in a godly manner
6:10—Our lives influence others
6:16-18—We are His children
7:1—To purify ourselves to perfect holiness
7:6—He comforts us when we are downcast
7:9—To rightly respond to sin in our lives
7:12—To see truth in ourselves, in our hearts
8:1—He initiates the grace of giving
8:5—We need Him to direct our giving according to His will
8:9—He makes us spiritually rich so we can give
8:16—He puts into our hearts concerns for us to have
8:23—We are His representatives who honor Christ so can be trusted with money handling
9:8—God blesses us so we can give to others
9:10—God enlarges the harvest of our generosity and good works
9:12—God gives through us to meet the needs of His people
10:1—To treat others with the humility and gentleness of Christ
10:3-4—We need His power to demolish strongholds holding us captive
10:5—We need His power to take captive our thoughts for Him
10:8; 13:10—To use our authority to build others up and not tear them down
10:13—To find our sphere of service He has assigned to us
10:13—To confine our boasting to the Lord and the sphere of service He has assigned to us
10:17—To seek our approval and commendation from Him rather than others
11:3—To keep us from being led astray by false teaching
11:4-5—To help us recognize error in teaching
11:6—To know the truth about God
11:7-9—For financial support that enables us to share Christ and disciple others
11:13-15—To show us those masquerading as His servants and release us from their grip
11:23-27; 32-33—To rescue us from danger
11:30—To teach us the value of boasting about the things that show our weakness and need for Him
11:31—To keep praising God in all our afflictions
11:28—To help us handle the daily pressures of that which concerns us
12:6—To refrain from boasting about personal spiritual experiences
12:7-8—Enduring a thorn in the flesh that God chooses not to heal
12:9—Trusting God’s grace to be sufficient
12:9—Being glad about weaknesses so Christ’s power shines in us
12:10—Trusting Him for strength
12:14—To love others so much you don’t want to “use” them in any way
12:15, 19—To spend ourselves for others to grow spiritually
12:17—To walk by the Spirit consistently with other believers
12:20-21—Facing sin in those we love
13:4—To live by God’s power to deal with people
13:5—To gain assurance that you are in Christ by your faith in Him
13:7—For our disciples to do what is right even though we may fail
13:8—To stand for the truth
13:9—To be fully restored/matured in pure devotion to Christ
13:7, 9—To be concerned for disciples’ growth more than your own personal reputation
13:11—To rejoice, mature, encourage others, be united, and live in peace with other believers
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