Joy Sometimes Comes Through Mourning

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Leading The Way with Dr. Michael Youssef

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🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In this second message of the series, Dr. Youssef declares that true happiness is not found in ignoring sin or excusing it, but in mourning over it before a holy God. Jesus said, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted” (Matthew 5:4). This mourning is not self‑pity, nor the grief of earthly loss, but a deep sorrow over offending the Lord who shed His blood to redeem us. This godly sorrow opens the door for the Holy Spirit—the Comforter—to restore joy, purity, and intimacy with Christ. As the second step in the Beatitudes’ upward call, mourning flows from a heart already broken before God and leads to greater maturity, deeper repentance, and lasting happiness rooted in the righteousness of Christ alone. If today’s teaching stirred a question, burden, or need for prayer, you don’t have to walk through it alone. 🙏 Pastoral Care & Prayer Teams Our trained prayer partners and pastoral care team are available to pray with you and offer Biblical support. https://ltw.org/care 💬 Receive personal answers to your faith questions—anytime, day or night—at: https://myfaithassistant.com If you’ve been blessed by this podcast, please consider a tax-deductible donation to help extend this ministry—so another person can be encouraged, prayed for, and pointed to Christ. ❤️ Support Leading The Way: https://www.ltw.org/donate

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0:00.0	Thoughts today from Dr. Michael Youssef about where to find happiness and where happiness finds you.
0:09.0	The sad thing about our culture is that we are trying to find comfort everywhere, and we're finding it to be elusive.
0:19.0	I mean, some will try to find it in chemical substance.
0:22.6	Others try to find it in alcohol.
0:24.6	Others are trying to find it in denial of reality
0:27.6	and living in fantasy world.
0:29.6	Some are trying to find it and traveling far and wide.
0:32.6	Some try to find it in excessive work.
0:35.6	Sadly, it's like placing a band-aid on a tumor.
0:43.1	Thank you for joining pastor and author Dr. Michael Youssef, for happiness is in you.
0:49.4	This is a life-changing series of biblical messages from leading the way.
0:59.3	And Dr. Youssef invites you to listen carefully and experience the life-changing words contained in the most powerful sermon ever preached by Jesus, the sermon on the Mount.
1:05.7	Up next, a challenge to face your sin and step forward toward victory.
1:12.8	So get your Bible, get your Bible app. Join Dr. Michael Yousef right now in Matthew Chapter 5 for today's message. You'll be so
1:18.7	glad that you did. In fact, let's listen together to leading the way. Turn with me, please,
1:25.0	to the Gospel of Matthew chapter 5, verse 4. Blessed, happy, fortunate.
1:34.0	And in the Greek is what? Macarius, say it with me.
1:39.9	Happy are those who mourned. Now, at first glance, you've got to scratch your head and he shake your head and say,
1:49.6	wait a minute, Michael. How can that be? How can be happy? Are they unhappy? It doesn't make sense.
1:57.1	First, I need to stop here and explain something.
2:09.9	The word mourning here, or grieving, is not, let me repeat this, it is not the kind of mourning and grieving that we all experience when we lose our loved ones.
2:14.6	That's not what he's talking about.
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