Therefore I Have Hope
Lamentations 3
Context
The Suffering of God’s people
Lamentations 2:2 Homes failed
Lamentations 2:5 Temple destroyed
Lamentations 4:4, 11-12
Suffering of Jeremiah
Vs. 1-5 Body and Spirit broken
Vs. 7-9 No help from men or heaven
Vs. 14-16 Bitterness
Vs. 17 Forgot peace and prosperity
Vs. 18 Strength and hope perished
After all these years of preaching he must have felt like his life was a waste and failure
How do you go on?
Vs. 21 Memory. You cannot live without hope.
Convince is the enemy of godliness
The Unchangeable Character of God vs. 22-24
The Lord’s Mercy – Psalm 136
The Lord’s Compassion Fails Not
Deuteronomy 7:7-8
Great is His Faithfulness
II Timothy 2:13
The Sufficiency of God Never Waivers
I have Him and That’s all I Need
Habakkuk 3:17-18
The Unfathomable Strength of God vs. 25-30
God is good to them that vs. 25
Wait on Him
Soul that seeketh him (strength comes from worship)
Hope and Wait Quietly vs. 26 (God is my truth)
Willful Submission vs. 27-30 (Our Master is just and Good)
The Unfailing Promises of God vs. 31
My work for your life will be completed vs. 31
Philippians 1:6
My compassion is as long as My mercy vs. 32
My Purpose is not to destroy you, it is to make you more like Christ vs. 33-36