{"id":282,"date":"2016-01-20T20:50:07","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T20:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=282"},"modified":"2017-06-08T21:08:41","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T21:08:41","slug":"09-therefore-i-have-hope","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/sermons\/09-therefore-i-have-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"09 Therefore I Have Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"

Therefore I Have Hope<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lamentations 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Context<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Suffering of God\u2019s people<\/em><\/p>\n

Lamentations 2:2 Homes failed<\/p>\n

Lamentations 2:5 Temple destroyed<\/p>\n

Lamentations 4:4, 11-12<\/p>\n

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Suffering of Jeremiah<\/em><\/p>\n

Vs. 1-5 Body and Spirit broken<\/p>\n

Vs. 7-9 No help from men or heaven<\/p>\n

Vs. 14-16 Bitterness<\/p>\n

Vs. 17 Forgot peace and prosperity<\/p>\n

Vs. 18 Strength and hope perished<\/p>\n

After all these years of preaching he must have felt like his life was a waste and failure<\/p>\n

How do you go on?<\/p>\n

Vs. 21 Memory. You cannot live without hope.<\/p>\n

Convince is the enemy of godliness<\/p>\n

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The Unchangeable Character of God<\/strong> vs. 22-24<\/p>\n

The Lord\u2019s Mercy<\/em> \u2013 Psalm 136<\/p>\n

The Lord\u2019s Compassion Fails Not<\/em><\/p>\n

Deuteronomy 7:7-8<\/p>\n

Great is His Faithfulness<\/em><\/p>\n

II Timothy 2:13<\/p>\n

The Sufficiency of God Never Waivers<\/em><\/p>\n

I have Him and That\u2019s all I Need<\/p>\n

Habakkuk 3:17-18<\/p>\n

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The Unfathomable Strength of God<\/strong> vs. 25-30<\/p>\n

God is good to them that vs. 25<\/p>\n

Wait on Him<\/p>\n

Soul that seeketh him (strength comes from worship)<\/p>\n

Hope and Wait Quietly vs. 26 (God is my truth)<\/p>\n

Willful Submission vs. 27-30 (Our Master is just and Good)<\/p>\n

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The Unfailing Promises of God<\/strong> vs. 31<\/p>\n

My work for your life will be completed vs. 31<\/p>\n

Philippians 1:6<\/p>\n

My compassion is as long as My mercy vs. 32<\/p>\n

My Purpose is not to destroy you, it is to make you more like Christ vs. 33-36<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Therefore I Have Hope Lamentations 3 Context The Suffering of God\u2019s 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. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ctc_sermon_topic":[36],"ctc_sermon_book":[46],"ctc_sermon_series":[38],"ctc_sermon_speaker":[12],"ctc_sermon_tag":[],"class_list":["post-282","ctc_sermon","type-ctc_sermon","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ctc_sermon_topic-theology","ctc_sermon_book-lamentations","ctc_sermon_series-vision-of-god","ctc_sermon_speaker-scotty-backhaus","ctfw-has-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_sermon"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283,"href":"https:\/\/brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/282\/revisions\/283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_topic?post=282"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_book?post=282"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_series?post=282"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_speaker?post=282"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_tag?post=282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}