GRATEFUL FOR GOD’S COMFORT

Matthew 5:3-10 NIV

3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit,
    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are those who mourn,
    for they will be comforted.

 Ecclesiastes 3:1-4 NIV 

John 16:33 NIV

HOW DOES GOD COMFORT THE BROKEN-HEARTED? 

1. GOD DRAWS US . 

“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” by C.S. Lewis

2 Corinthians 1:3 NIV  

Psalm 34:18 NIV

2. GOD GRIEVES US. 

John 11:33-36 NIV 

33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. 34 “Where have you laid him?” he asked.

“Come and see, Lord,” they replied.

35 Jesus wept. 

36 Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”

Psalm 23:4 NIV

3. GOD GIVES US A FOR SUPPORT.

Romans 12:5 NIV so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. 

Romans 12:15 NIV Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. 

4. GOD BRINGS AND .

Romans 8:28 NIV

Difference between happiness & joy: 

Our modern idea of “happiness” is a diluted version of the joy implied by the term Jesus used. Our idea of happiness is a dependence on circumstances. Instead, God’s happiness or joy is dependent on the assurance of God’s blessing (sometimes present, often future), not on current circumstances, and it abides deep and undisturbable within the believer.

2 Corinthians 1:3-7 NIV

Isaiah 61:1-3 NIV 

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