THE GIFT OF

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THE GIFT OF _______ Types of Pain: 1) _________ _______ – pain in the body caused by sickness, injury, etc. 2) _________ _______ – pain in the heart caused by others THE REASON FOR THE GIFT – 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 “thorn” – skolops = a __________ used for impaling someone “messenger” – angelos = ___________, but from Satan so “demon” “torment” – kalaphizo = to ___________ with the fist, ___________ 1. The Gift Of _________ Can ___________ Godly ___________________ 2. The Gift Of _________ Can ________ Us From _______ – 2 Cor 12:7 3. The Gift Of _________ Can _________ Us To _______ – 2 Cor 12:8 “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain.” –C. S. Lewis 4. The Gift Of _________ Can ____________ God’s ________ – 2 Cor 12:9a 5. The Gift Of _________ Can ________ God’s ________ – 2 Cor 12:9a, 10b THE RESPONSE TO THE GIFT – 2 Corinthians 12:10 “well content” – eudoko = to think it ___________

See the gift of _______ as the potential for __________