Living the Blessed Life | Matthew 5:1-4

1. What do you think it means to be “poor in spirit”?

2. Read Philippians 3:12-14. Why do people struggle with letting go of their past?

3. What do you think it means to mourn, and why would you say that a person who mourns will be comforted?

4. Do you agree that God uses our pain to bring attention to areas of our lives that need attention? Explain.

5. Read James 1:2-3 and Romans 5:3-4. What do these passages teach us about life’s hardships?

6. What does it mean that the mourners will be comforted? Who comforts?

7. Read Romans 8:28. Do you agree that God never wastes a hurt?