Title: Repent and be Comforted

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Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Matthew 5:4 KJV
https://bible.com/bible/1/mat.5.4.KJV
Devotion: The second promise in the beatitudes is our case study today. In this Jesus promises to comfort those who mourn. The question here is mourn what? A loss, grieve or sickness or a mourn over ones' sin. 
You'll definitely be comforted whichever of these you mourn over. But I'll like to dwell on sin. As it is modern these days people just say they have repented of their sin and given their lives to Christ but you check their lives there's no difference. In the days gone by people actually mourn, grieve or feel sorrowful and remorseful over their sinful life. Then God sees genuine repentance and forgives them and they are comforted.
 I was convicted of my sin once while listening to a Sunday service sermon. I felt so remorseful that I openly cried and I went into the vestry to kneel down confess the sin. I got immediate relieve and I was comforted of the Holy Spirit, the comforter. This i feel is the true interpretation of the verse. 
  Dearly beloved have you ever been in such situation as I was? Confess and be comforted. Hallelujah.

Written by Dr Joel Olanrewaju, reach me on gbemide09@gmail.com for questions, suggestions, counseling and prayer requests. More devotionals available on ojaysjoel blogspot.com.

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