Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Matthew 5:4

What should we be mourning?

• We mourn our

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Then I said, “It’s all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips, and I live among a people with filthy lips. Yet I have seen the King, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.”
Isaiah 6:5

For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.
Romans 3:23

Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
2 Corinthians 7:10

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Reveal Answer

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The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Psalm 34:18

But You have seen, for You observe trouble and grief, To repay it by Your hand. The helpless commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
Psalm 10:14

Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Hebrews 4:16

• We mourn the sin of

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As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it.
Luke 19:41

Rivers of tears gush from my eyes because people disobey your instructions.
Psalm 119:136

I fear that when I come again my God may humble me before you, and I may have to mourn over many of those who sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and sensuality that they have practiced.
2 Corinthians 12:21

How are we comforted?

• We are

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“The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”
Mark 1:15

“I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
Luke 5:32

²³ For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. ²⁴ Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins. ²⁵ For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood.
Romans 3:23-25

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
1 John 1:9

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Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
James 4:10

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.
James 5:16a

Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Hebrews 4:16

• We can

well.

³ And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ⁴ ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
Revelation 21:3,4