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Consolation Granted Through Prayer
2Corinthians 1:3-11
Paul often begins his letters by giving thanks to God for those to whom he is writing, as well as praying for them in some way. This letter is different. Instead, he begins by focusing on God's comfort to those who experience affliction. As later verses will reveal, Paul had recently endured an incredibly traumatic event in his life. Instead of praying for his readers, he will ask them to pray for him. He starts out, though, by offering praise to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Paul often focuses his prayers on God the Father, something possible only through personal faith in Christ the Son, who is our Lord (John 14:6). Paul calls God by two names: the Father of all mercies and the God of all comfort.
