Ray Stedman on Lamentations 2: Chapter 2 describes the thoroughness of judgment. At the beginning of this chapter you have a description of how the armies of Nebuchadnezzar utterly devastated the city. Jeremiah, however, does not attribute this destruction to the armies of Nebuchadnezzar, but to the Lord. He looks behind the immediate circumstance to [...]
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God Does Exactly What He Says
Posted: October 23, 2010 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Lamentations, OctoberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, faithfulness of God, God Does Exactly What He Says, God's faithfulness, judgment, Lamentations, Scripture, suffering
The Therapy of Trouble
Posted: October 22, 2010 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Lamentations, OctoberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Jesus perfected through suffering, Lamentations, purpose of suffering, Ray Stedman, Scripture, suffering, The Therapy of Trouble, 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. [...]
Behind all the desolation is the work of love.
Posted: October 24, 2010 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Lamentations, OctoberTags: Behind all the desolation is the work of love., Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, discipline, God's discipline, God's faithfulness, God's mercy, judgment, Lamentations, purpose of suffering, Ray Stedman, Scripture, suffering, 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 [...]