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Blessing in Mourning
July 2, 2023Series: Beatitudes
Speaker: Tim Perkins
Date: July 2, 2023
Scripture: Matthew 5:4
Title: Blessing in Mourning
Matthew 5:4 NIV – Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
(2 Corinthians 7:10–11 NIV, Psalm 51:3–4 NIV, Isaiah 66:2 NLT, Psalm 32:1–5 NIV, James 4:8-10 NIV, Romans 7:15–20 NIV, John 14:15–18 NIV)
Daily Practice: , , & .
We think things shouldn’t happen to people.
(John 16:33 NIV, Hebrews 11:35-39 NIV, 2 Timothy 4:18 NIV)
Thank goodness God isn’t . If He were fair, we would have to for sin ourselves.
We think always means something is .
(James 1:2-4 NIV, 1 Peter 1:6-7 NLT)
Six Stages of Grief – Rick Warren
- :
We think we what’s .
(Isaiah 55:8–9 NIV, Isaiah 57:1–2 NLT, Psalm 116:15 NIV, 2 Corinthians 1:8-11 NIV)
How do we move from mourning to comfort?
- on what’s happening in me, not to me.
(2 Corinthians 1:9 NIV)
My pain is either a that imprisons me or a that shapes me.
- , God always delivers.
(2 Corinthians 1:10 NIV)
The best predictor of God’s help is His faithfulness.
(Revelation 21:3-4 NIV)
- on solid relationships.
(2 Corinthians 1:10b-11 NIV)
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