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Series: Upside Down Living
Message: #2 - Mourning in a Time of Brokenness

July 18-19, 2020
Dr. Kurt Bjorklund

Scripture | Matthew 5:4

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

Notes

2 Ways to Respond to Brokenness:

1. Reveal Answer
   mourning =
   Reveal Answer
   comfort
   • Luke 6:21,25
   • Ecc. 7:2-4
   • Job 5:2-5

1. Reveal Answer
   mourning =
   Reveal Answer
   comfort
   • 1 Cor 5:1-2
   • James 4:8-9
   • 2 Cor 7:10
   • 2 Cor 5:21

Study Guide

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Read Matthew 5:1-2, 4 and Pray for your time together.

Discuss

1. What stood out to you the most in the message you heard this weekend? Was anything particularly encouraging or challenging?
   

2. Do you find yourself trying to avoid mourning? How do you try to avoid it?
   

3. The teacher in Eccl. 3:2-4 shares that mourning is better than feasting. How can this be so?
   

4. Read Job 5:2-5. If Eliphaz is right, what are the implications for your life and mine?
   

5. How can you mourn deeply? What are you mourning currently in your life? How have you experienced comfort after mourning?
   

6. How does Jesus prove Eliphaz wrong? What are the implications of this?
   

7. What is one thought from this week’s message that you will take away and seek to apply in your life?
   

Close in Prayer