Queensland Baptists

Cairns Convention 2018

Turning Trials Into

Triumphs(2 Corinthians 1:3-11)

Plenary Session 2

By Rev Edmund Chan

Introduction

1. Discipleship in difficult

times…

2. Five keys for turning Trials

into Triumphs -

Five Keys for Overcoming in the Midst of Suffering

A. That which we must face

“… as you are sharers of our sufferings” (v.6-7b)

Five Keys for Overcoming in the Midst of Suffering

B. That which we must know

“… so also you are sharers of our comfort” (v.7c)

Five Keys for Overcoming in the Midst of Suffering

C. That which we must Want

“… of our application which came to us in Asia…” (v.8)

Five Keys for Overcoming in the Midst of Suffering

D. That which we must do

“… we would not trust in ourselves, but in God…” (v.9)

Five Keys for Overcoming in the Midst of Suffering

F. That which we must hold fast to

“Who delivered us… and He will yet deliver us” (v.10-11)

Conclusion

Be overcomers!