1. What stood out to you most from Paul calling God “the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort”?
  2. When have you experienced God’s comfort in a difficult season?
  3. Why do you think God often comforts us so that we can comfort others?
  4. How can suffering make someone more compassionate instead of more bitter?
  5. In what ways do fathers, or father-figures, shape how a family views God?
  6. Paul said his hardship taught him not to rely on himself but on God who raises the dead. What does that kind of dependence look like in everyday life?
  7. How can we better support people in our church who are going through affliction?
  8. What is one practical way you can pass on the comfort you’ve received from God to someone else this week?