Beatitudes – MATTHEW 5-7 –
Beatitude means bless or blessing

“You’re blessed when you feel you’ve lost what is most dear
to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most
dear to you.”

Matthew 5:4 The Message (MSG)

“You’re blessed when you’re at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule.”

Matthew 5:3
 (MSG)

Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.

Matthew 5:4
 New International Version (NIV)

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all 
our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.  For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. If we are distressed, it is for your comfort
and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer.
And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.

2 Corinthians 1:3-7 (NIV)

How is God going to use you 
to be an extension 
of the Good News 
of Jesus Christ?