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Grief & Mourning “Grief is the painful emotion of sorrow caused by the loss or impending loss of anyone or anything that has deep meaning to you.” Biblical Counseling Keys on Grief Recovery, June Hunt. Be gracious to me, O Lord , for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body…

Lament helped us to see the world and ourselves through a different lens. As we dove deep into this book, lament helped uncover some hidden idols. Lamentations mourns the effects of suffering on a society, but not simply because of the loss. It is a memorial to the futility of trusting in anything but…

Introduction to Lamentations. We will spend the next few weeks in the book of Lamentations

Faith has room for complaint and worship

Let what you know about God from His Word guide you through your confusion and doubts.

Opening It is my humbled joy to be able to share God’s word with you again today. As we begin please join me in prayer. Before we get into our message today would you all join me in doing something? I would like us all to take a moment and just breathe deeply. Come on, ready, in through your nose, out…

Introduction to series on Lamentations

PSALM 13 - TEXT How long, O Lord ? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the…

Introduction: In learning to lament, we are taught one final lesson — how to come back to the LORD. Image: The story of the Prodigal Son is probably the most infamous story about a child who forsook his Father. The result of this story is that there was a great distance between the father and the son.…

Introduction to series on Lamentations

Introduction: Image: The world’s longest tunnel. In June 2016, the BBC reported on the opening of the world’s longest and deepest tunnel — Gotthard Tunnel. It is approximately 35 miles long, and it is located in Switzerland, under the Swiss Alps. According to the report, the engineers had to tunnel through…

(1) Believe in your heart the truth about the LORD (v. 1-10) Do you ever find yourself wishing that some of God’s laws were different than they are? If so, does such a wish reflect a dislike for some aspect of God’s moral character? What passages of Scripture might you read to convince yourself more…

Title: Learning to Lament: Dealing with the Broken Heart [ What do I do with a heart broken because of God's righteous anger? ] Text: Lamentations 2:1-22 Series: Learning to Lament Date: 09/05/21 Introduction: The Image In Season #2 of the drama series The Chosen , the producers add artistic creativity…

Title: Learning to Lament: Dealing with the Broken Heart [ What do I do with a heart broken because of God's righteous anger? ] Text: Lamentations 2:1-22 Series: Learning to Lament Date: 09/05/21 Introduction: The Image In Season #2 of the drama series The Chosen , the producers add artistic creativity…

Theme: You can walk through the valley and make it out victoriously.

Judgment follows disobedience. Repentance is necessary.

When hard times come, the key to suffering well is biblical lamentation. This comes from recognizing God's sovereignty in our suffering, pouring out our hearts to God, and clinging to the hope that we have in Christ. So just as Jeremiah, we can lament with hope.

God's judgment is grievous but can lead to hope as well.