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Intro
Hope springs from truth rehearsed !!
Pour out heart… anchor heart
Great is thy faithfulness
pushing his heart what he knows to be true despite what he sees with his eyes…
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21-33 = center
Message
Perspectives on Hardships
Lam 3.1-20… Bitter Hopelessness … focused on what God has done it is hard v18
Lam 3.34-66… God Centered Hopefulness … v58
V21 = hope… hope can be dangerous
Lam 3.21 “21 But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope:”
Tim Keller, in his book Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering, suggests that suffering requires self-communion and disciplined thinking:
We must be disciplined in our thinking.
You must meditate on the truth and gain the perspective that comes from remembering all God has done for you and is going to do.
You should also do "self- communion."
This is both listening to your heart and also reasoning and talking to your heart.
It means saying, "Why are you cast down, O my soul?
Forget not his benefits, his salvation" (Ps.
42; Ps. 103).
This is not forcing yourself to feel in a certain way, but rather directing your thoughts until your heart, sooner or later, is engaged.
Much of the thinking and self-communing that we must do has to do with Christian hope.
Heaven and the resurrection and the future-perfect world are particularly important to meditate on if you are dealing with death--your own or someone else's.
But it is crucial in all suffering
Meditate on His Mercies
God’s mercy never ends
Hesed = steadfast love = God’s Covenant Love…
Every Morning = grace of waking… V39
Lord is portion = Levites.... what else do you need ??
Practice Faith-filled Patience
Waiting on the Lord is never wasted
Hebrew = GOOD - 3
What is so good about waiting ??
What if you could go back to youth with what you know now ???
Cling to His Compassion
This is not the end
The semi colon of your life… this is not the end !
Clear your play-dogh off the table its time for the birthday cake !!!
Pain is an amazingly strong attention getter....
Remember His Redemption
God is ALWAYS good
Preach to yourself today…tomorrow
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Hesed =
Mercies never end = Meditate on Mercies
Waiting on the LORD is not a waste = Practice Faithful Patience
This is not your end = Cling to Compassion
God is always good = Remember Redemption
Great is His Faithfulness !!!
Group Questions
What do you do when you feel like God is the enemy?
Where are you most tempted to turn?
Discuss a time when you felt like God was thwarting you.
Describe the poetic trajectory of this chapter.
How does it move?
What are the poetic metaphors Jeremiah uses for God in verses 1-18?
Which of these can you relate to and how?
What do these metaphors teach us about God?
What connections do you see between Lamentations 3 and Psalm 103?
Jeremiah is broken.
How, in light of the beatitudes (Matt 5), can that be a good thing?
How does this passage teach us more about Christ?
When did Christ quote a song of lament?
Prior to this sermon what was your perspective on Lamentations 3:22–23 or the song “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”?
How has this message changed your understanding of the context of this text?
What comfort can we take from different perspectives on suffering in Lamentations 3?
Describe a time in your life when you would swing from “There’s no hope” to “I can trust you, Lord!” What was that experience like?
Does the phrase “dare to hope” resonate with you?
What is risky about hope when you are suffering?
Which of the three heart shaping truths are most applicable to your life right now? Why?
In your own lament, what other truths do you need to rehearse?
Take some time to write them down and pray over them.
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