To go through life without trials and tribulations is truly rarer than either gold or silver. Living in a fallen world of bondage and decay one can’t help experience times of personal illnesses, financial troubles, marital disagreements and the sting of numerous enemies. God never promised an easy life to His own but instead warned us that trials and tribulations would be the norm and so would being persecuted at the hands of those both within and outside of the church. Under the vice of pain, the minds of these fragile jars of clay often feel like they are going to break into a million pieces; letting despair rush in and completely drown all future expectations of joy. To those who minds are overwhelmed with pain Paul tells them to seek and they will find comfort from God the Father. The first part of the sermon will focus on various kinds of suffering as experienced by God’s people. The second part of the sermon will focus on Paul’s comfort theology: while suffering is an evitable part of the Christian life it is also an opportunity to take the comfort one has received from God and offer it to others. The third part of the sermon will focus on the trials and tribulations that Paul himself faced and the last part of the sermon will describe how Paul expects to be continually delivered.