Do you think comfort and sympathy are the same thing? If you experience difficulty in the form of illness or financial or emotional distress and your friends come and express that they feel sorry for you, then they are offering sympathy.
This is only one aspect of comfort which involves much more. This is an important distinction because I refer to the Holy Spirit as the Comforter. Don’t you think that the Holy Spirit should do more than feel sorry for you? I tell you that the power of the Spirit of God is unlimited, and so I counsel you to walk in the Spirit and be led by the Spirit. If you avail yourself of the true ministry of the Comforter you won’t be in need of sympathy.
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