DEVOTION ~ COMFORT FOR MOURNERS

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Theme: Comfort for Mourners 
Text: Matthew 5:4

4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.


To mourn, is to be sorrowful over a lost, circumstance, or anything that breaks one down. In this devotion today, we will look at mourners in two perspectives as dear children of God. Mourners could be classified to represent physical mourners (those who have lost loved ones through death) and the spiritual mourners (those who sorrow for the things of the Lord - not pleased with evil happenings). Irrespective of the category you may fall, comfort shall come to you because you are mourning. (Isaiah 62:2; John 16:20; 2 Corinthians 1:7 & Revelation 21:4).

Just as we sorrow over the death of relatives and friends, we need to also show sorrow for the death (decay) of godly values in society. If we mourn and lament about godliness while here on earth, comfort shall be ours in God's Kingdom someday. People may ridicule us, but if we stand firmly, the prophecy of Isaiah will be fulfilled completely in our lives; To console those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified (Isaiah 63:3).


Prayer: O divine solace and comfort of God, reach the hearts of those who are sorrowful and burden with pain over the transition of their loved ones. Give them relief just as You will do for the church that mourns for Your Kingdom. Teach our hearts to know when and how to mourn for the things of the Kingdom. This we pray in Christ Jesus' name. AMEN! 

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