ARE YOU HURTING? HOW CAN WE EXPERIENCE GOD’S COMFORT? March 2 2025 sunday worship

ARE YOU HURTING? HOW CAN WE EXPERIENCE GOD’S COMFORT? (NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. ALL VIDEOS, AUDIOS, LYRICS AND MUSIC BELONG TO THE RIGHTFUL OWNERS.) ________________________________ ARE YOU HURTING? HOW CAN WE EXPERIENCE GOD’S COMFORT? MATTHEW 5:4 “BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO MOURN, FOR THEY WILL BE COMFORTED.” (NIV) “GOD BLESSES THOSE PEOPLE WHO GRIEVE. THEY WILL FIND COMFORT.” (CEV) “PINAGPALA ANG MGA NAGDADALAMHATI, SAPAGKAT AALIWIN SILA NG DIYOS.” (MBB) THE BEATITUDES. THEY ARE FOUND IN THE BIBLE, IN THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW, CHAPTER 5:3-12. THEY ARE A SET OF TEACHINGS FROM JESUS THAT DESCRIBE THE QUALITIES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE PART OF GOD’S KINGDOM. THE BEATITUDES DESCRIBE THE IDEAL DISCIPLE AND HIS REWARDS, BOTH PRESENT AND FUTURE. THE GREEK WORD TRANSLATED ‘BLESSED’ MEANS ‘HAPPY’. JESUS USES THE WORD TO REFER TO MORE THAN A SUPERFICIAL HAPPINESS. IN THIS CONTEXT, ‘BLESSED’ REFERS TO A STATE OF SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING AND PROSPERITY. THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE THE FIRST ASPECT OF A BEATITUDE (POOR, MOURN, MEEK, HUNGRY FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS, MERCIFUL, PURE, PEACEMAKER, AND PERSECUTED) WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE THE SECOND ASPECT OF THE BEATITUDE (KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, COMFORT, INHERIT THE EARTH, FILLED, MERCY, SEE GOD, CALLED CHIDREN OF GOD, INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN). _______________________________ MATTHEW 5:4 “BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO MOURN, FOR THEY WILL BE COMFORTED.” (NIV) “PINAGPALA ANG MGA NAGDADALAMHATI, SAPAGKAT AALIWIN SILA NG DIYOS.” (MBB)