A CALL TO COMFORT - All Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals for 2026

Our Daily Bread - Wednesday, May 26, 2016
by RBC Ministries

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A CALL TO COMFORT

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Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort
-2 Corinthians 1:3

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
1 Chronicles 28-29
John 9:24-41

In their book, Dear Mrs Kennedy, Jay Mulvaney and Paul De Angelis note that during the weeks following the assassination of US President John Kennedy, his widow, Jacqueline, received nearly one million letters from people in every part of the world. Some came from heads of state, celebrities, and close friends. Others were sent by ordinary people who addressed them to "Madame Kennedy, Washington" and "Mrs. President, America." All wrote to express their grief and sympathy for her great loss.
When people suffer and we long to help, it's good to recall Paul's word-picture of "the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ" as "the Father of mercies and God of all comfort" (2 Corinthians 1:3). Our heavenly Father is the ultimate source of every tender mercy, kind word, and helpful act that brings encouragement and healing. Bible scholar W. E. Vine says that paraklesis - the Greek word translated "comfort" - means "a calling to one's side." The words comfort and consolation appear repeatedly in today's Bible reading as a reminder that the Lord holds us close and invites us to cling to Him.
As the Lord wraps His loving arms around us, we are able to embrace others "with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God" (v.4). - David McCasland.
Father, thank You for letting us share with You our worries and cares. We're grateful that You stand beside us to comfort and guide. Help us to console others as You look out for Your own.

God comforts us so that we can comfort others.

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