Lamentations

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Isaiah 63

Isaiah 63

Isaiah 63 – At the beginning of Isaiah 63 we find a familiar theme in Scripture. There is someone with blood-stained clothes who is robed in splendor…

Psalms 27

Psalm 27

Psalm 27 – This is by far one of my favorite Psalms.  There is such beauty to the cries for God’s protection and deliverance from the darkness.  Despite the…

Lamentations 5

Lamentations 5

Lamentations 5 – We don’t often think in terms of the comprehensive suffering that Judah endured during exile. It was not just that their enemies came and put them…

Lamentations 4

Lamentations 4

Lamentations 4 – With graphic detail, Jeremiah describes all the ways in which his people suffered during the Babylonian attack on Jerusalem. Those who survived the siege lived under…

Lamentations 3

Lamentations 3

Lamentations 3 – The first 20 verses of chapter 3 recall the conditions that God has allowed to take place which has brought immense grief to Jeremiah’s heart. He…

Lamentations 2

Lamentations 2

Lamentations 2 – In the second chapter of Lamentations, God expresses His hatred for sin. It’s important for us to remember that although God hates sin, it does not…

Lamentations 1

Lamentations 1

Lamentations 1 – He’s known as the weeping prophet. For 40 years Jeremiah served God faithfully with little to no success.  By the world’s standards, he was a failure…

Jeremiah 45

Jeremiah 45

Jeremiah 45 – We are masters at feeling sorry for ourselves. In particular this is found among Believers at times when things don’t go the way we expected…