S123P6 – A people’s lament: where hope remains

Lam. 3:21‭-‬24 This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope.  Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not.  They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.  “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I hope in Him!” The verses prior to these are graphic and…

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S123P5 – A people’s lament: a view in the dark

Lam. 3:1‭-‬3 I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.  He has led me and made me walk in darkness and not in light.  Surely He has turned His hand against me time and time again throughout the day. Jeremiah had been given a really tough job by anyone’s…

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S123P4 – A people’s lament: led by delusion 

Lam. 2:13‭-‬14 How shall I console you?  To what shall I liken you, O daughter of Jerusalem?  What shall I compare with you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion?  For your ruin is spread wide as the sea; who can heal you?  Your prophets have seen for you false and deceptive…

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S123P3 – A people’s lament: the Lord’s withdrawal 

Lam. 2:9 Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and broken her bars.  Her king and her princes are among the nations; The Law is no more, and her prophets find no vision from the Lord. I never thought I would gain any spiritual life lessons from a mobster movie, but there…

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S123P2 – A people’s lament: sins laid bare

Lam. 1:8 Jerusalem has sinned gravely, therefore she has become vile.  All who honored her despise her because they have seen her nakedness; yes, she sighs and turns away. The revival began in a small town down south, but its impact reverberated throughout the world.  Thanks to current technological advances, everyone could see the event…

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S123P1 – A people’s lament: bad friends, worse lovers

Lam. 1:1‭-‬2 How lonely sits the city that was full of people!  How like a widow is she, who was great among the nations!  The princess among the provinces has become a slave!  She weeps bitterly in the night, her tears are on her cheeks; among all her lovers she has none to comfort her. …

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S122P9 – The man David: a son blessed of the Lord

2 Sam. 12:24‭-‬25 Then David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her and lay with her.  So she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon.  Now the Lord loved him, and He sent word by the hand of Nathan the prophet: So he called his name Jedidiah, because of the Lord.…

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Going bankrupt

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-yfqcf-117e816 We cannot afford to build temporary riches while neglecting true riches.  One can have a dozen zeros to that bank balance and still be bankrupt.  The difference is between the fortune we cannot take with us and the one awaiting us in eternity.

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S122P8 – The man David: almost chosen

2 Sam. 7:4‭-‬7 But it happened that night that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying, “Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Would you build a house for Me to dwell in  For I have not dwelt in a house since the time that I brought the children of…

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S122P7 – The man David: recognition of power

Psa. 144:1‭-‬2 Blessed be the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle—my lovingkindness and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield and the One in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me. No one would have guessed that he would rise to…

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