October 25 Lamentations 4-5 (ESV) The Holy Stones Lie Scattered 4:1 How the gold has grown dim, how the pure gold is changed! The holy stones lie scattered at the head of every street. 2 The precious sons of Zion, worth their weight in fine gold, how they are regarded as earthen pots, the work [...]
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October 25 Lamentations 4-5
Posted: October 25, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Lamentations, October Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, October 25 Lamentations 4-5, October Bible Readings, Scripture
Fresh mercies every morning
Posted: October 24, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Lamentations, OctoberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Fresh mercies every morning, God's faithfulness, Great and Tender Mercies, Lamentations, mercy of God, Scripture, theology of suffering
Ray Stedman reflects on Lamentations 3: Suddenly, in the midst of a long wail, he [Jeremiah] says (verse 22-33): The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end;they are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”The Lord is good [...]
God doesn’t need incredibly gifted or wildly famous people to proclaim those truths from his Word.
Posted: October 24, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Lamentations, OctoberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, God doesn’t need incredibly gifted or wildly famous people to proclaim those truths from his Word., Scripture
Bob Kauflin writes at “Worship Matters.com” Our church as been trying to memorize one hymn a month for the past ten months. This month we’re working on Great is Thy Faithfulness. I had the opportunity to introduce the hymn yesterday morning and was moved by its history. Here’s what I shared. The story behind Great [...]
October 24 Lamentations 3
Posted: October 24, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Lamentations, October Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Lamentations, October 24 Lamentations 3, Scripture
October 24 Lamentations 3 (ESV) 3:1 I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of his wrath; 2 he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light; 3 surely against me he turns his hand again and again the whole day long. 4 He has made my flesh and my [...]
God is faithful!
Posted: October 23, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Lamentations, OctoberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, God is faithful, God's faithfulness, Lamentations, Ray Stedman, Scripture
The Lord has done what he purposed, has carried out his threat; as he ordained long ago, he has demolished without pity; he has made the enemy rejoice over you, and exalted the might of your foes. (Lamentations 2:17 RSV) Ray Stedman on Lamentations 2: In other words, God is faithful. Suddenly Jeremiah realizes that [...]
October 23 Lamentations 2
Posted: October 23, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Lamentations, October Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Lamentations, October 23 Lamentations 2, October Bible Readings, Scripture
October 23 Lamentations 2 (ESV) The Lord Has Destroyed Without Pity 2:1 How the Lord in his anger has set the daughter of Zion under a cloud! He has cast down from heaven to earth the splendor of Israel; he has not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger. 2 The Lord has swallowed up [...]
In Therapy?
Posted: October 22, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Lamentations, OctoberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, In Therapy?, Lamentations, Ray Stedman, Scripture, suffering, theology of suffering
Ray Stedman on Lamentations, to be continued over the next few days: What a description of the utter despair of the human spirit in the grip of deep distress and sorrow! And yet, in each of these chapters an insight is revealed, a lesson that God teaches through sorrow that otherwise would never have been learned. [...]
October 22 Lamentations 1
Posted: October 22, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Lamentations, October Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Lamentations, October 22 Lamentations 1, October Bible Readings, Scripture
October 22 Lamentations 1 (ESV) How Lonely Sits the City 1:1 How lonely sits the city that was full of people! How like a widow has she become, she who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave. 2 She weeps bitterly in the night, with tears on [...]
God and His Purposes Endure Forever
Posted: October 25, 2010 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Lamentations, OctoberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, discipline, God and His Purposes Endure Forever, God's discipline, God's purpose, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ray Stedman, Scripture, ultimate purpose
Ray Stedman, concludes his comments on Lamentations 4-5: At the end of chapter 4, the prophet says in verse 22: The punishment of your iniquity, O daughter of Zion, is accomplished, he will keep you in exile no longer; but your iniquity, O daughter of Edom, he will punish, he will uncover your sins. (Lamentations 4:22 RSV) The daughter [...]
All that God does endures forever
Posted: October 25, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Lamentations, OctoberTags: All that God does endures forever, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, God is sovereign, God's purpose, God's sovereignty, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Scripture
Ray Stedman, concludes his comments on Lamentations 4-5: Chapter 5 describes the humiliation of judgment, but in the end, Jeremiah comes to another flash of insight (verse 19): But thou, O Lord, dost reign for ever; thy throne endures to all generations. (Lamentations 5:19 RSV) What does this mean? Well, it means that though man [...]